It’s a Friday so it must be time for yet another entry in the Fast and Furious franchise. This is the seventh outing for Vin Diesel and cohorts and, if you think that’s seven films too many already, you won’t find much here to fire your engine. For cineastes (stay with me here) the main (well only) intrigue is solid Aussie horror helmer James Wan taking the directors chair. For the ghoulish there’s how the film coped with the death of actor Paul Walker half-way through (body doubles, stunt doubles and CGI since you ask). For the rest, it’s as you were. Plot-wise we have the retired crew coming back online when they’re threatened by a relation (hello Jason Statham!) of the bad bod they defeated last time out. It’s mainly loud and noisy nonsense with some plot points beyond suspension of disbelief (at one point a massive is bomb is sent via the normal post from Japan to the US!). The odd thing is though is that Wan appears to have directed this all with a straight face. That aside it’s still entertaining, albeit in a pure throw away manner. You can understand Wan wanting to do something outside of his comfort zone, but an over reliance on dodgy CGI suggests this isn’t really his bag. It’s also far too long, the casual misogyny prevalent throughout the whole series is still present and (in)correct and the breaking of the fourth wall homage to Walker at the end of the film is somewhat clunky. Anyway, even if you don’t enjoy this, part eight will probably be out next Friday. Rating: 6/10.
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