The tribute to Paul Walker at the end almost made me cry.

Vin diesel said that this movie will win the oscar hahaha...

All things considered, it is impressive how they handled Paul's death in the middle of production, but it is noticeable that his death had a effect on the plot and the handling of his character. Its odd how at a certain point, Brian becomes more of a background character and doesn't talk as much. Seeing as Dom and Brian are typically the two brains and leaders of the group, it was odd how Dom suddenly became the final word while Brian just looked on. Still, what else could they have done? While the CGI covering for Paul isn't distracting or bad, its just noticeable. Especially with how after awhile any scene involving him is quick cut ways, shadows or quick shots of a his face and no dialogue. Great movie overall.

R.I.P Paul Walker :'(

Mad Max is going make Furious 7 look like Driving Miss Daisy.

I didn't think CGI Paul Walker was all that painfully obvious

What parts did the CGI look cheesy for you? I only noticed it at the very end on the beach and in the car when he was driving along Vin.

nonsense, uploaded on April 1st.

was I the only one expecting a 1st of April prank? I'm so paranoid on youtube today..

Have you seen Ip man Chris? The fights are hella clean

I love this movie. In the end, "For Paul". It hit straight into my heart. I almost cried. Race In Paradise Paul. Your very missed.

I always think of the Fast and Furious movies as bad, but then when watched 5&6 I didn't hate them. I guess they're my guilty pleasure movies

The Fast and the Furious - Good time, no alcohol required 2 Fast 2 Furious - Will forget in T-minus 10 days Tokyo Drift - Good time, if your drunk Fast and Furious - Good time, if your drunk Fast Five - Worth buying on blu-ray Fast and Furious 6 - Good time, no alcohol required Fast Seven - Awesometacular

For someone who hasn't seen any of the previous movies in the Fast and the Furious franchise, I got to say that Furious 7 did an outstanding job keeping the story going in a way that allows new viewers to follow from where things were left off in the last movie. Because of this, I was able to understand the plot of this movie, like the characters and enjoy the fun humor and the wild and energetic action scenes. Paul Walker is such a wonderful hero in this movie. He'll be deeply missed. 5/5 stars.

Honestly, for me, you can't just say...."Well this movie is supposed to be dumb so you can't really criticize it." No, Sharknado is not a good movie just because it accomplished what it set out to do. If you try to make a bad movie it's still a bad movie. I digress, but the Fast and Furious movies don't get a pass just because they mindless fun

I hate the logic of "oh this movie is so much fun and dumb! Who cares about plot there just having fun!" Because the people who ass kiss the F&F franchise are the same people who hate transformers for the exact same reason lol

Why does Fast and Furious get the "dumb fun" movie excuse but movies like Transformers don't?

The hand to hand combat was pretty good in this film. I could always tell what was happening

Surprisingly emotional. It really felt like an homage movie. Which is nice. Really nice. HOWEVER, there are some scenes that were lifted straight out of Eagle Eye. Doesn't deter the overall experience, but if you've seen both movies, you'll know what I'm talking about.

lmao the music icon plays darude sandstorm

Idk, i really miss the old movies that were more focused on street racing... rather than all these heists :S

Probably one of my favorite franchises

Duuuuuuude your shirt is AMAZING! Your reviews almost always 100% spot on. Keep doing your thing - you're absolutely awesome. Thanks and looking forward to your next review.

I barely saw the difference between CGI and regular Paul. Just a tiny bit. Well done. The future of movie production

...Why is there an icon that plays Darube-Sandstorm?

B ? If this was not as good as 5 and 6 as you say it wasn't, this movie is totally below C.

Chris this was a great review, especially when you talked about how Walker's death affecting it. You could have easily just just hammered the film. I thought you were awesome before but I have so much more respect for you as not just a reviewer but a person! Keep it up, you're awesome!!

Yo, my name is Amalia (aka Maya) Wood, your videos have made me watch some movie I typically would not watch and it is a habit now to watch your reviews before I decide to watch a movie. Keep up the good work man.

You'd be surprised at the analyses that can be done for the franchise as a whole. I've been a fan of the franchise from the beginning and enjoyed almost all of the films immensely. Now, yes the physics engine might be different from that of the real world and characters may behave differently from real people but it works because they are consistent with it. How is that any different from, say, a well done anime? Good action scenes, memorable characters, and an engaging plot that now spans 6 (debatably 7) films. I couldn't ask for more from an action movie franchise.

Been on board with these movies since the beginning, and I absolutely hate that the BEST character in the franchise is finally out for good. Godspeed, my fictitious friend. Godspeed. 🙏

This movie was an example of something so ridiculously crazy and over the top, but it really works somehow, tons of fun

First off, I love you're channel!!! I just saw this film at the drive in and Loved it! CGI Paul walker didnt look to bad with the low resolution of the drive in, but I bet it's super noticible in High DEf. thanks for what you do chris! Go Buck Eyes!!

Do Review of the Fast and the Furious Tire collection. talk about the films How You Known first Fast and the Furious.

The schmoes said that the Paul Walker CGI wasn't noticeable.. Guess you have good eyes

Always a Pleasure Chris! You are starting to repeat yourself quite a bit though something to keep in mind. Love the channel.

Thanks for being open and honest both about critique with the skewed CGI, as well as the plot mishaps. It's nothing against the movie itself, it's more about the pacing. Kudos, sir.

Dude,I wanna see you collab with Jeremy Jahns.

everyone else ive heard say cant really notice cgi paul walker unless you were really looking for it, maybe you were really trying to notice

Great review, as always, Chris. My wife and I saw it last night and really enjoyed it. I would have enjoyed it even more, like you, if The Rock had been in it more, but it is what it is and we had a good time. Even got a little lump in the throat with the Walker send off at the end.

I actually liked the hand to hand combat. The first fight with the Rock vs Jason was shot really well in my opinion. It was clear and there were some awesome camera angles. One 6 second shot going 360 around them as they fight was the highlight and I also liked how the camera spinned when the Rock fell with the armchair. Pretty cool to be honest. Anyway, I liked every fast and furious movie and this one is no exception. They are no masterpieces but I am never bored and that's what matters to me.

Great review I agree a 100% you should review more movies like this sometimes you trash movies too hard when they are just popcorn movies

I have only seen Fast 1, but I want to see Fast 5 and 6. Does it matter that I skip the ones before?

I don't know how you can say the CGI for Paul was obvious. I could barely tell the difference from the real him. They did a great job with this. At least we didn't get the cgi quality they used on Tony sopranos mother. My god her head wasn't even attached to her body.

Ha, I bought that tire case too, even though I own 1-6 in Steelbooks. I hope they put on the blu-ray what the original story was going to be before Paul's death.

Felt the same, I actually fell asleep watching it cos the story wasn't going anywhere, it made my head dizzy. People were telling me how good it was, even after, thinking I might have missed something, but nada. You justified my point. Yes.

I saw this movie today i agree with you chris. It is still a great movie, but i was expecting some more scenes with lucas blacks character from tokyo drift, thinking that he would become part of the team

I was surprised, this review is really quick!!! I was really looking forward to this movie and wanted to know what you think about this first. I am a big fan of this franchise so I am glad to know explosions and flying around is still awesome. I will definitely check this movie out!!! RIP Paul Walker...but CGI him....hehe Love your review!!!!

5 in the Morning Chris? You have a very good work ethic man!

I give this movie A+++. I saw it at Marcus Theatres, with recliner seats, in the UltraScreen version, (near iMAX quality, Dolby Atmos sound) I paid $5 (Tuesday's price) I LOVED IT, worth watching 2 times

I hated this movie. My friends bought me the ticket, bought me my dinner and bought me a large coke. I eventually went and fell asleep 2/4's into it. I feel bad that Paul passed on, but still.

Great review. Precise, clear and informed

Talking about action movies with cars, you should check out Redline (2009), Chris. This animated movie looks gorgeous and will get your heart pumping during the races, but, admittedly, it's slow towards the middle. Still, a great weekend-couch movie. Great video as always Chris!

YES! Ive been waiting for this review! Keep doing this chris. Your my reasons to go to a movie or not go to one.

Man it became progressively harder for me to keep the suspension of disbelief through out this one, even for post Rock Furious standards this was freaking ridiculous, but still enjoyed it though. Seriously, if in the next one they end up riding on top of a nuclear misslile trying to defuse it while fighting robot Korean wheeled ninjas it wouldn't surprise me not one bit after this one.

Quick note, "high frame rate" refers to the number of frames per second. What I think you mean in describing the action is "high shutter speed" or "high shutter angle" which refers to how long each frame is exposed. A higher shutter speed will lead to a more jerky look which you see in basically every action movie since Saving Private Ryan.

Great review Chris! You truly are like the new Roger Ebert or Gene Siskel of the Internet! :)

I personally enjoy very much this film, but there are some issues that I would like them to fix for possible future films. The first as Chris said is that the camera and the editing in some actions scenes was very dizzy. Very quick editing and quick camera movements that finally had me with a small headache, you can't almost see what's happening as the camera was moving very fast and the shots were very short with a very quick montage. Other issue is the plot in general, i didn't like very much the fact that they deal with the "goverment" and all the stuff with the God's eye and all the technology that was in the film. I personally prefer the plots (and the films) of the 5 and 6, as they are criminals working for whatever they want (despite in 6 they deal with Hobbs, it's not the same as they are still criminals working for what they want). Finally I will say that I also wanted more The Rock in the film but the plot leave him out almost all the film. Despite all this complains, I have to say that I really enjoyed this film, is in the way of the 5 and 6 but I think not as good as them. 7.5/10 (sorry if my english is not perfect, I'm a 17 years-old boy from Spain)

im probably the only person who's tiered of these movies...after Tokyo Drift the franchise went south

I really enjoy your work and your observations. It has saved me lots of money and time. Thank you.

I love the Furious franchise and I think you hit the nail on the head with your review. It was a great movie. It wasn't an in depth story like a Christopher Nolan film but it was fun.

At least the ending was amazing and excellent 🥺😭

the movie was just too stupid, its almost an insult to the viewers intelligence. The only redeeming scene for me is the final fair well to Paul walkers character.

According to a number of rumors I read throughout the shooting of this movie, the reason why The Rock was in so little of the movie was because, originally, he wasn't suppose to be in it that much. Due to scheduling conflicts with "Hercules", he was only going to drop in for a cameo (probably in the whole beginning fight scene), then the Kurt Russell character was there to kind of take his place. But after the Paul Walker tragic, there was more time to film, so he was reinserted back into the film (which also explains why many of his scenes are separate from the rest of the crew until the very end).

I really agree with you on the review. I've been wanting to see Fast 7 for a long time now and actually avoided watching this review up until after I saw it. Last night we finally watched it and I agree on all your points. The action scenes were intense in the fact that I didn't know where to focus. There was a hell of an overload of images going on. I wish those scenes where handled a bit smoother. My favourite characters where The Rock and Jason Statham. They both kick ass.

"the thing about street fights is, the street always wins"... lol

Jason Stathem - great action star, quality actor, but often utilized for shit parts.

That tribute at the end still makes me teary

I'm a huge fan of the series and I gotta say that the end felt super weird. Like we were watching the actors saying goodbye to Paul, not the characters saying goodbye to Brian. It was such a eulogy, but I 'm glad they did it.

I Cant Lie I Cried At The End

Man, I hope the fight scenes aren't Taken 2 bad.

I'm a huge martial arts movie fan and am so pleased by this movie!

Im still excited to see this film. Me, my dad, brother & brother-in-law are going to see this on Friday night.

This movie might be one of the worst movies I have ever watched...my cousin and I laughed the entire time...the stunts are so ridiculous and over the top you have no other expression but to say "WTF was that" ... Saying this script was rush would be an understatement... I hated the acting the plot the jokes but most of all the action...omg the action the last 30 minutes is a CGI free for all...if the Transformers showed up I wouldn't have been surprised just awful

The Furious franchise wasn't supposed to be big and dumb. They started out great, car culture-centric, emotional, accurate, and had really nicely fleshed out characters. They went from some of the greatest gearhead movies in history to one of the biggest degraded, dumbed down one-liner filled Hollywood money making fests the world has seen. Any fan of the franchise will tell you that while yes, it's "fun," it's less than a shadow of a shadow of it's former self.

While I don't agree with the ultimate grade, I do understand Chris' points and agree that the Rock and Statham's under-utilization were unfortunate in context of the plot. I honestly couldn't tell at points when Paul was real vs CGI, except for the ending, but I still congratulate the crew and his family for the amazing effort. That alone makes this my favorite in the series. It was never going to be perfect, and it truthfully didn't need to be. The goal was mainly to have fun and celebrate Paul for "one last ride".

The Rock was filming Hercules at the time, hence his lack of screentime. They actually added the scenes with his daughter and the minigun scene at the end after Paul Walker died since they had more time to produce the film.

I enjoyed this movie and was having fun watching it up until the final major action sequence in their home city. Which lasted WAY too long and was nothing more than a massive explosion fest that made it hard to tell what was going on. To me, this entire climax was silly and corny. The whole city was pretty much destroyed and hundreds of lives were lost but that of course is completely disregarded and the heroes go about their way. Also, did anybody else find it completely ridiculous when Dom fell down that huge cliff in the car and walked out with hardly a scratch on him. But at the end he almost died because his car fell a story off a parking garage? I mean come on. Way too many inconsistencies throughout the film. I know it's just a fun action movie and not really meant to be taken seriously and analyzed but still. It was a bit ridiculous at times.

I honestly did not like it, and I think it's because I was expecting something different...

I really enjoyed this movie- the chemistry between Vin Diesel ad Michelle Rodriguez is amazing, and a renewed focus on their relationship fills in the heart of the group that Walker's Brian really brought to the role (I feel he gets undue credit for that). The send off for Walker is perfect, and yes, the plot does get convoluted, I think that is a big strength for the movie- *minor spoilers ahead* - they are hired by some sort of CIA type (Mr. Nobody, perfectly played by Kurt Russell) and I am not surprised that a CIA plan is crazy convoluted, it felt real, in a sense- *end spoilers* I do agree about the hand-to-hand combat though, as it was too edited a lot of the time. James Wan's sense of atmosphere and location, which have served him so well in his horror flicks, is immediately clear here, as each scene is dripping with atmosphere. However, Justin Lin handled the group dynamic a bit better for me- Roman was too much of a clown this go round, etc. Overall, great fun, fitting send off, very recommended,

I have not seen the movie yet but I loved this review. Chris sat back and enjoyed teh film for what it was - dumb fun summer blockbuster. Chris also not only mentioned the problems with filming w/o Paul Walker as a warning but also as a credit to the filmmakers for making the best of a terrible situation. A lesser critic would have gone full out on one side of that fence or the other; blasting the plot and CGI Walker or forgiving it completely because of the situation. Kudos, Mr. Stuckmann

I was seriously disappointed with the laziness of this story and I feel like people like this movie just because oil walked passed away.

So, was the film fun? Yes!!! However it wasn't that great being honest. I know we wanna be nice and I would be if they ended the franchise here with this cast!!! However, this seems to be a money grab let's put out Fast 8 and 9. Hell even if they both flop they will most likely make a Fast 10. The issue is the following films will be utter trash compared to this film. While this film seems broken due to Paul Walker's death, it still had the chemistry of Brian and Dom that made this franchise a franchise!!!! 1 and 4 are my favorite films followed by 6,5, and 7. Notice what the bottom two films are the ones without Paul and Vin. I could get behind going back to street racing and making a new cast from the ground up. This is why I put Tokyo Drift above 2F2F. A relaunch even if it failed would be better than seeing this group being remembered for a horrible film!!!! Let's face it whatever they did this film was doomed but it was a tragedy once the film was already in production. Making another will be a choice and if you wanna believe oh its what Paul would want fine. But I'm sure he would rather them make a quality product. It won't be and that is that. They need to make a relaunch go back to pure street racing build a new cast!!! Have Dom and Letty if you wanna keep some of the original cast in it running the local garage. But I would prefer go back complete new cast and hope magic happens like the first film!!!

you are pretty much on point with it as always dude 👍

I agree with the grade but think the review is a little unfair. Sure, there were like 2 or 3 scenes with a CGI Paul Walker, but they were so quick that for 99.9% of the movie it was virtually unnoticable and didnt hinder anything in the least. It also didnt seem to hold back the plot at all; nothing felt convoluted or confusing even for a minute. Plus, the Rock didnt HAVE to be in it that much, and the fact that he wasnt actually worked to the film's benefit bc it helped make the final act more exciting. The only setback I saw was the somewhat wooden acting by Jordana Brewster and a Michelle Rodriguez in a few scenes, but it was easily forgivable bc the movie was just so fun and exciting.

........aaaaaand Jeremy Jahns?

I absolutely hated this movie. If you want to make a superhero franchise, make it about bigger issues then a family affair demolishing the whole city and incredibly dumb "driving in to each other" scenes.

I personally never noticed the difference between the CGI Paul Walker and the real Paul Walker.

Went on Friday to see the movie, not a big fan of the series but it was fun to watch. I've only seen the first one and part 7 on the big screen. Great send off for Paul Walker!!!

Haha... CGI Paul Walker... that's funny... Just me? April fools?

this is not my guilty pleasure, I have the opposite opinion about this franchise, loved the first and second one but by the third they just fell off movie by movie and now its a silly barely watchable action raump its an opinion but this movie was much sillier and more incoherent than the need for speed movie, it wasn't directed as well as that movie and had far less impressive action scenes, and you gave it a C and this one a B. I dont want to question your rating method and I realize this franchise is your guilty pleasure, but man I think you kind of snuffed need for speed.

Dat jump in the car from the building to bulding was redculously awesome and awesomely rediculous

Nice Review Man!

I'll save my popcorn eating fun for Avengers: Age of Ultron. Thx:-)

Just because a dude died doesn't mean you can't in "good conscience" give your honest opinion about the film and it's "convoluted" plot. Just say what the movie is; a film where you turn your brain off and watch cars do things that defy the laws of physics and where things explode. It's not a good movie, but... EXPLOSIONS! So it's fun.

Now that you have that awesome box-set you should review all the Fast & Furious movies!!

Great review. Can't wait to see this movie

Its way too long and the CGI is terrible! fucking terrible movie!

How can people like this shit. 1-6 were great but James Wan ruined the series in my opinion. 'Big stupid dumb time', nobody says that about Transformers or GIJoe. Can't even talk about it since I know I'll be wasting my time.

Spot on review dude, I couldn't agree more except for the lack of the Rock. I was actually OK with that because that was what Kurt was for, to fill in as the military figure. The cuts for a few of the action scenes was pretty ridiculous, 1/3 sec cuts give me a headache, but what can you do, we're in a time of A.D.D. viewers.

Was cool good car stunts also the ending was well done, and the car at the end was a real trip back.