saw Furious 7 today.
the film was severely lacking in "seoul", pun definitely intended and aimed at the absence of Han, perhaps the series coolest character.
it also seemed to lack the cohesion and overall comraderic vibe of the previous 4 films (perhaps due to the departure of longtime director Justin Lin?)
granted, the action sequences were mind-numbingly off-the-nuts, but the film just seemed to lack any personality, not to mention that it really went off the deep end in terms of the characters becoming these over-the-top caricatures of secret agents (I know, I know, they emerged as these in F6, but that film just flowed a lot better: again perhaps because of the participation of Lin and the inclusion of the character Han).
as mentioned above, the flow/pacing of F7 was bit erratic; the film never really seemed to gel as a whole.
the previous films always managed to at least stay grounded in the characters and the whole "family" thematics, but this film just seemed to be echoing any real semblance of humanity in lieu of taking the action to extremes; most of the actors seemed to just be going through the motions/cruising through each scene on auto-pilot.
The Rock is easily in the running for becoming the new Arnie, what with his smoking guns and cheesy one-liners.
Overall, perhaps the weakest of the series, just a notch above 2 Fast 2 Furious.
