Furious 7
2015 · Directed by James Wan
Original language: English
- action
- crime
- thriller
The story
Deckard Shaw seeks revenge against Dominic Toretto and his family for his comatose brother.
What it’s like
Glossy, saturated digital imagery with night-city neon and sun-blasted desert highways, where cars glide through lens flares and slow-motion sprays of water and glass. The camera swoops, circles and cranes around vehicles with huge, showy momentum, and the palette runs warm amber and teal with bright headlight streaks. The sound is loud and percussive: revving engines, thudding bass, and a sweeping orchestral-pop score that swells on every stunt. Pacing is relentless in the action set pieces, broken by lighter family banter and quips between long-running crew members. The emotional register is bombastic and sincere, with a tough, loyal ensemble sticking together through grief and payback, and a closing tribute that lands warmly. Violence is frequent and cartoonishly large-scale, with gunfights, brawls and crashes, but little gore and no sexual content. It suits a loud Friday night, a lean-back action rewatch, or anyone who wants absurd, admiring spectacle and car-crazy adrenaline with a family-of-friends heart. Best for people who love big set pieces over grit.
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