Fast & Furious 7 - Part 2

[Mr.T]

6.5/10
Fun and action packed. Why not just cover the "hot potato" up so cameras couldn't see her? Michelle Rodriguez still tops my list of most annoying actors/actresses. Heart felt sendoff for Paul Walker.

5 & 6 are better than 7, IMO.

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

The Osama Bin Laden line kinda ****s up the continuity but I doubt anyone noticed.

That's nothing compared to the flip-phones.

 

[ComicChick]

Did anyone notice one of the henchmen during the rescuing Ramsey scene as being one of the racers from 2 Fast 2 Furious (John Cenatiempo)?

I thought that was pretty fun. Reminded me of how they put Ricky Tan and Soo Yung's driver in Rush Hour 3 even though they were both different characters in 1 & 2.

yeah i noticed Fonzi lol

 

[ComicChick]

I just got back from seeing this a second time. There is a HUGE plot hole that I noticed last night and I caught it again tonight.

Spoiler

During the Shaw and Dom fight on the garage building roof top in the finale , Shaw should have defintely died. He got trapped in rubble and then the team in the chopper that was after Ramsey collapsed most of the building and there is no way Shaw could have gotten away or survived that makes sense, even in the over the top world of Fast & Furious. Later it just cuts to him being put in prison. Even people in the audience tonight were confused on how he was still alive.

Did I miss something or is this a plot hole?

Spoiler

i thought that shaw falling through, and the part of the garage collasping were on opposite sides of the building. i kinda thought this because of it showing Dom racing to get out of the parking garage with pieces falling as he drove past. i could totally be wrong though, or Shaw could've gotten to a sturdier part before it collapsed even more

 

[ShadowBoxer]

Spoiler

i thought that shaw falling through, and the part of the garage collasping were on opposite sides of the building. i kinda thought this because of it showing Dom racing to get out of the parking garage with pieces falling as he drove past. i could totally be wrong though, or Shaw could've gotten to a sturdier part before it collapsed even more

Maybe that's what happened ha.

 

[ShadowBoxer]

Also I thought it was kinda irresponsible of Dom and crew to bring a whole gang of dangerous criminals to the streets of LA where loads of civilians could have gotten killed. It made for a cool finale but when I think about it a chopper shooting missiles and stuff would have defintely killed or injured people. And LA was pretty empty during the finale civilian wise which also threw me off. I know they aren't super heroes like The Avengers but they should have taken the fight outside the city. I know Ramesy needed to be near a signal tower to do the hack, but still seems kinda iffy on their part.

 

[antonydelfini]

Although I hated Furious 7, Im still excited for FF8. I want Hobbs to be the no. 2 man in this movie. I want it to be more grounded and less CGI and directed by Justin Lin or Chris McQuarrie.

The plot? Hobbs on a mission with his team, his team gets killed and Hobbs framed for it, Owen Shaw is behind it. Owen breaks out his brother Deckard. Hobbs becomes a fugitive and asks for Dom and his crew's help to clear his team. Dom and Hobbs vs Shaw brothers. In the end, Hobbs clears his name and with Dom kill the Shaws, Hobbs has a choice if he wants to work for the government again or join Dom's family, he chooses Dom's family.

 

[ShadowBoxer]

Has any of the Fast movies released the short film Vin did called Los Bandoleros? People either have forgotten about it or didn't think it was canon but apparently it is, since Letty's flashbacks sorta reference it.

So the offical timeline is this

The Fast and the Furious

2 Fast 2 Furious

Los Bandoleros (Vin Diesel’s short film)

Fast & Furious

Fast Five

Fast & Furious 6

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

Furious 7

 

[DarthSkywalker]

The box office is insane. Going to be close to $150m for the weekend. Yeah it will be frontload, but it is crazy what a passing can do for a film. Also, clear air is so much more important then a "prime" release date.

 

[antsman41]

Has any of the Fast movies released the short film Vin did called Los Bandoleros? People either have forgotten about it or didn't think it was canon but apparently it is, since Letty's flashbacks sorta reference it.

So the offical timeline is this

The Fast and the Furious

2 Fast 2 Furious

Los Bandoleros (Vin Diesel’s short film)

Fast & Furious

Fast Five

Fast & Furious 6

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

Furious 7

I typed this up last night, lost on last page...

The Fast & The Furious takes place in around 2000, you can reference the dvd player models. Then, Brian moved to Miami while Dom was on the run... roughly more than a year has passed so we could easily put in 2002 for 2 Fast & 2 Furious, where we meet Roman. Plus, Brian has a newish 2001 Mitsubishi 3000GT within the film.

We then jump ahead for Fast &Furious about 5 years to 2008, Dom/Letty/Han are stealing oil in the Dominican republic. After about 5 months, Letty 'dies' while working under cover for Brian, sometime in 2009. Which is indicated by Leddy's gravestone and Brian steals a used modified 2008 Subaru Impreza WRX STI Hatchback from the LAPD's impound lot.

Fast 5 takes place in 2009 and maybe into 2010. The film started right after F&F and the crew then established themselves in Rio... where they pull off an epic heist while tangling with Hobbs for the first time.

We can 'softly' place Furious 6 in 2011, we can assume it took them all sometime to settle and Hobbs has had a few different cases in between. Plus, Brian and Mia are having their boy, which would be about 9 months later from the Rio heist.

Here is the tricky part, dealing with The Fast & The Furious: Tokyo Drift. The film is pretty dated with cell phones and models of cars but we can cheat the timeline because of retcons and so forth, sometime between 2011 to 2012.

Where I can see the beginning of Furious 7 happening in 2012, where Shaw's brother attacks Hobbs, then Han is murdered, basically concurrently with The Fast & The Furious: Tokyo Drift. The rest of the film could happen in 2013. Plus, baby O'Conner is roughly 2 years old considering his rough ability to talk.

 

[JaD]

yeah i noticed Fonzi lol

Oh yeah, I forgot that's what Roman called him

Unfortunately the Fonz had the worst death in the movie.

 

[rashad]

Furious 7 Sets A New April Record Over Easter Weekend
By Edward Douglas
ON April 5, 2015

Universal Pictures’ anticipated sequel Furious 7, starring Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Paul Walker, Jason Statham, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Jordana Brewster, Kurt Russell and Ludacris, opened on Good Friday in over 4,000 theaters and after setting an April opening day record with $67.3 million ($15.8 million of that coming from Thursday previews), it fell a bit on Saturday to end up with an estimated $143.6 million over the weekend.

That number would make it the top opening movie for April, beating Captain America: the Winter Soldier by almost $50 million, as well as the top Easter opening, a record previously held by Warner Bros’ Clash of the Titans with its $61.2 million opening. It also bested the previous opening for a movie in the “Fast and Furious” franchise by grossing $50 million more its opening weekend than Fast and Furious 6 over its first three days of Memorial Day weekend 2013.

Furious 7 opened on 365 IMAX screens domestically which accounted for $14 million of its domestic opening or $38,000+ per screen, besting the previous April IMAX record set by “The Winter Soldier” with its $9 million IMAX opening. It’s also the second-best IMAX opening ever after The Dark Knight Rises in July 2012.

Overseas, Furious 7 grossed another $240.4 million in 63 territories, making it Universal’s highest-grossing weekend internationally ahead of Fast and Furious 6‘s $162 million, with $8 million of its overseas business grossed in 175 IMAX theaters, also beating the previous April IMAX record set by “The Winter Soldier.” Furious 7 is also the third highest-grossing international opening weekend behind Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, and its $384 million global opening is setting it up to become the first billion dollar movie of the year. It was #1 in every country where it opened with some of the biggest numbers coming from Mexico ($20.8 million), UK/Ireland ($19 million), Germany ($15.2 million), France, Australia and Brazil.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/ne...new-april-record-over-easter-weekend#/slide/1

Insane numbers all around! 1 billion worldwide is in play. That $240 million overseas is without China, Japan or Russia.

 

[antsman41]

Take this with a grain of salt, per IMDB...

- Wan said this is for sure the last F&F film
- Letty's grave site was actually shot at Paul's real plot.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Those are some massive numbers for Furious 7, I'm happy for the franchise. Still sad that the cast will never be whole again. Love the cast's chemistry.

Hopefully everything goes smoothly while they are making the 8th one (it's going to be made, lets not pretend otherwise), that Hobbs has more screentime and most importantly the story is more focused/better (for an FF movie, I'm never expecting greatness storywise when it comes to this franchise).

 

[warhorse78]

Also I thought it was kinda irresponsible of Dom and crew to bring a whole gang of dangerous criminals to the streets of LA where loads of civilians could have gotten killed. It made for a cool finale but when I think about it a chopper shooting missiles and stuff would have defintely killed or injured people. And LA was pretty empty during the finale civilian wise which also threw me off. I know they aren't super heroes like The Avengers but they should have taken the fight outside the city. I know Ramesy needed to be near a signal tower to do the hack, but still seems kinda iffy on their part.

You gotta just go with the flow. Trust me, in my head when that chopper was being used in the city, I was like, where did they get it and how come there weren't F-22's there immediately to blow it out of the sky. But then I would just have to assume, that the bad people might be working for someone in the Government to get that sort of clearance. It would explain how Shaw knew when and where to find Dom, because of some mole.

 

[warhorse78]

Take this with a grain of salt, per IMDB...

- Wan said this is for sure the last F&F film
- Letty's grave site was actually shot at Paul's real plot.

Studio CEO's are too greedy and cold hearted to say no. They'll burn this into the ground.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Studios aren't a charity, they are a business, all businesses are greedy. As long as Paul Walkers family don't come out and say they shouldn't make anymore I think it's just fine for them to make more movies.

 

[MadVillainy]

Just got back. Very good. Liked it better than 6 but not better than 5.

Not much else to say. Don't really have any major complaints.
I guess maybe tweak Tyrese's character a little. He's my favorite character after The Rock and generally I think he was hilarious. He was hilarious in this one too, but I also felt it was a bit much because he didnt really do much else. Keep him funny but at least make him as competent as he was in the other films.

Im not a huge fan of Walker as an actor other than these movies and Running Scared, but it was still sad when he dad. The ending was really sad and heartwarming the way they sent him off. They did a really good job.

What Im wondering is:
1) Is Jordana Brewster done too. I assume so. I mean she doesnt do much other than being Brian's wife...well she did get kidnapped in the sixth one.
2) I wonder who their gonna add to the team. Like is Ramsey gonna stay around? She didnt make any impact on me other than being gorgeous

Take this with a grain of salt, per IMDB...

- Wan said this is for sure the last F&F film
- Letty's grave site was actually shot at Paul's real plot.

...really....really people believe that?

I bet 700 trillion dollars that that isnt true.

Studio CEO's are too greedy and cold hearted to say no. They'll burn this into the ground.

Studios aren't a charity, they are a business, all businesses are greedy.

And this is what some of us fanboys need to realize.

As long as Paul Walkers family don't come out and say they shouldn't make anymore I think it's just fine for them to make more movies.

I know youre not saying they will, but just to add on to what you were saying: I doubt Walker's family will do that. Walker is/was a big part of the franchise but I feel like they know certain people sort of rely on these movies.
And besides that they gave him a great send off it's not like they shafted him or anything
No disrespect to Walker at all, but I feel that if it was Vin Disel than this might be a bit different

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Yeah, I definitely don't expect his family to say "please don't make anymore." The cast and crew depend on these films from a monetary standpoint.

The franchise is probably going to need another straight man though. I will not use the word "replacement" though because you can't replace the Brian character. That character was with the franchise from the start and had a long history with the franchise, it is irreplaceable.

 

[MadVillainy]

Yeah, I definitely don't expect his family to say "please don't make anymore."

The franchise is probably going to need another straight man though.

Before I saw 7, I thought that's what they were going to do with Lucas Black.

I dont remember Tokyo Drift much.

I think he would be a better choice than getting a new character. Although he didnt make much of an impression

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Before I saw 7, I thought that's what they were going to do with Lucas Black.

I dont remember Tokyo Drift much.

I think he would be a better choice than getting a new character. Although he didnt make much of an impression

I remember Black being alright in Drift. I think they should just bring him onto the team.

 

[DarkKnight88]

Studio CEO's are too greedy and cold hearted to say no. They'll burn this into the ground.

Vin Diesel also needs to pay for those Riddick movies nobody wants to see.

 

[Prison Mike]

They should definitely bring back Sean, his girlfriend, and Bow Wow to the team. I wish they showed the race between Dom and Sean though.

 

[MadVillainy]

Really the studio greed complaint is played out.


Oh two other mini gripes I came up with it

1) I wish they'd limit the cameos a bit. But that's just me not being a real big fan of minor cameos in general. They take me out of the movie a bit. I dont wanna be thinking "Oh hey it's Rita Ora" or "Hey it's Iggy Azalea. Wow she's really doing that accent thing here too" or "Hey it's Ronda Rousey"
They F&F films have always been kinda cameo heavy though
2) I also wish we saw [BLACKOUT]Kurt Russell[/BLACKOUT] one more time before the ending. But Im sure he'll return

 

[MadVillainy]

They should definitely bring back Sean, his girlfriend, and Bow Wow to the team. I wish they showed the race between Dom and Sean though.

Sean sure. Not so sure about the other 2

Bow Wow I dont think would bring anything.
Same with the girl.

I mean the team pretty much has all they need.
Leader and muscle: Dom,
Smart guy: Tej/Ramsey if she sticks around
Tough girl and love interest: Letty
Comedy relief and wild card: Roman
Additional muscle/extra: Hobbs

all they really need is a "straight man"


PLus Lucas Black and Bow Wow are series regulars on TV shows. I wonder if they can dip out for a few episodes.