The Fast and Furious franchise has to majority’s
surprise become one of Hollywood’s top earners following seven installments of
its action. Although industry insiders reiterated that the octane series was
poised to become the next great franchise in Hollywood, its unreality, and
theatrical fiction was an aspect that would have had majority reconsidering its
success especially following the fourth series that was a bore (Harris). However, the last three series including Fast
and Furious 7 have reshaped and got the majority of fans thinking otherwise.
Fast and Furious 7 had an emotional send-off that was emphasized by the ending
of the movie combined with Wiz Khalifa's tribute song to Paul Walker one of the
main characters in the series that died following a car crash in reality. Below
is an evaluation of the Fast and Furious 7 and how the Fast and Furious
Franchise grew to become Hollywood’s greatest action-movie franchise (Harris).
The plot summary of the Fast and
Furious 7
Dominic and his crew had left the life of crime and
mercenary behind and had taken different routes of their lives following their
defeat of the international terrorist called Owen Shaw that had presented a
threat in their lives before. However, the sins of their past are daunting them
and since Shaw’s brother Deckard Shaw is out to seek revenge against those that
had attacked his brother. To make the matter worse, there is a Somali terrorist
by the name Jakarde and another shady government official called “Mr. Nobody”
in a race competing to steal a computer program called “God’s eye.” The
terrorist weapon can turn any technological device into a weapon and hence the
need for Dominic and his crew to intervene. Therefore, Dominic is forced to
reconvene the team to stop Deckerd and retrieve the computer program from the
terrorists while trapped between the power struggle existing between the
terrorist and the United States government (Fast & Furious 7)
The principal characters in the movie are:
1.Dominic Toretto.
He appears in all the films in the series apart from the second one in
which he was mentioned. He acts as an elite street racer, auto mechanic, and an
ex-convict. He is the brother to Mia and the husband to Letty Ortiz. In the
Fast and Furious 7 he is the brother in law to Brian O’Conner following Mia’s
marriage to him. In Furious 7 Dominic is out to seek revenge and protect his
family against Deckard Shaw, who is revealed to have been behind the crash that
killed Han in the Tokyo drift and had destroyed his home in an attempt to
assassinate the family. He reunites the crew that had gone their different ways
to stop the terrorists from using a potentially destructive weapon called the
“God’s eye.” Dominic is a tough and street-smart individual in the film (Fast & Furious 7)
2.Brian O'Conner
He appears in all the films in the series apart from The Fast and the
Furious: Tokyo Drift. He was once an undercover agent that had infiltrated
Dominic’s crew and later falls in love with Mia, the sister to Dominic. He
allows them to escape and goes rogue and because of the friendship between him
and Dominic, he joins the team and becomes a street racer as well. In the
furious seven he is the brother in law to Dominic, and they have a child with
Mia. He is working with Dominic and the crew to stop the terrorists and protect
the family against the attacks from Decker and promises Mia that the job is
going to be his last one so that he can be there for her and their son. He was
portrayed by actor Paul Walker that died in a car accident in October 2013. The
writers of the film had to make changes in the movie since he had not completed
filming the Furious 7andf they decide to retire him from the film rather than
kill him (Romano)
3.Mia Toretto
Mia is Dominic’s sister and Brian’s love and mother to his son in Furious
7. Mia is also a good driver having grown with Dominic and their race car
driver father. She is, however, not involved in the team’s mission of revenge
against Deckard who had murdered Han her close friend, and blew their house in
an attempt to kill them. She stays home to take care of jack their son and is
worried about Brian being killed in action. She is last seen playing on a beach
with her family as the rest of the crew watches. She is portrayed by Jordana Brewster
(Fast &
Furious 7)
.
4.Luke Hobbs
In the fifth series, he is an agent out to bring down Dominic and his
crew but later joins forces with Dominic and his crew to bring down Hernan
Reyes and steal his money. They also work together to bring down Owen Shaw in
Furious 6. In Furious 7 Deckard attacks, him at the station leaving him
severely injured and they work together with Dominic to bring Shaw and Jakande
down. Dwayne Johnson portrays him.
Fast & Furious has been a vehicle for aggressive
behavior and muscle flexing with breaking being for losers (Harris). A movie involves tricks that go against a
majority of laws of physics with the stunts made. However, the franchise has
experienced changes in its course from the first film to the seventh one. It
has come to attract the attention of most movie lovers especially with its
motor tricks and even though it is intensely fictions with some tricks on
street racing, they have managed to keep the films interesting and entertaining.
The Franchise has grown to become one of the biggest and profit-making
franchise, in the Hollywood action movie (Harris).
Furious 7 portrays the characters of Dominic and his
crew as having retired from the street crime and not their usual plotting to
commit crimes as portrayed in other films before. They have settled and parted
ways until the peace is disturbed by Deckard Shaw in his revenge mission
against the crew. Unlike the other films where Dominic and his crew had been on
the offensive in that they are chasing after someone, in Furious 7 it starts
while they are on the defensive for their lives. They are also working for the
government without any criminal records on any of the crewmembers.
Following the death of Paul Walker Portrayed as
Brian O'Conner in the movie, the scriptwriters had to give the entire cast a
break as they figured how to have an ending of the Furious 7 without him.
Instead of killing him as many anticipated, the writers opted to use his
brother to finish the scenes and then decided to retire him instead of killing
him. The film ends with a touching tribute as they part ways with Dominic and a
song by Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth "See You Again" in the
background (Romano).
