During Easter I realised that I have not seen a single 2017 film! Being a fan of the franchise,I decided that it was time to drive into my first 2017 movie.
The plot:
Whilst honeymooning with his wife Letty Ortiz, Dominic Toretto is approached by cyberterrorist Cipher,and asked to leave his "family" and join her criminal gang. Turning it down,Toretto is shown something by Cipher which forces him to join. Keeping it secret,Toretto betrays Ortiz,Hobbs, Roman and Parker by stealing an electronic bomb that is on Cipher's wish list. Finding their leader to have gone rogue,the rest of the gang start trying to figure out how to remain fast and furious,against Dominic Toretto.
View on the film:
Coming straight outta Compton,director F. Gary Gray & returning cinematographer Stephen F. Windon follow Furious 7's James Wan's decision to retain some of his own style within the series,as Gray separates the locations with whip-pan chapter headings and surprisingly still group shots showing the friendships, being rolled straight from Gray's Hip-Hop epic. Impressively driving the series into a more living cartoon atmosphere,Gray delivers cracking extravagant set-pieces which strike a fine balance between hard- hitting combat scenes with wonderfully bonkers CGI that takes the car races into flight of fantasy.
Revving up the series again,the screenplay by Chris Morgan cooks up a delicious gumbo,that mixes the hyper action scenes with espionage skills,a gritty jail escape,and even some propah British Gangster business. Slightly turning down the action volume,Morgan does well at setting up the next films with Letty's/Toretto's relationship being more prominent,and last baddie Deckard solidly joining the goodies. Being the first lead women baddie in the series, Charlize Theron gives a wonderfully icy performance as Cipher,thanks to the unsettling calm Theron gives Cipher being against the explosive performances of Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson and The Stath,who all discover the fate of the furious.
The plot:
Whilst honeymooning with his wife Letty Ortiz, Dominic Toretto is approached by cyberterrorist Cipher,and asked to leave his "family" and join her criminal gang. Turning it down,Toretto is shown something by Cipher which forces him to join. Keeping it secret,Toretto betrays Ortiz,Hobbs, Roman and Parker by stealing an electronic bomb that is on Cipher's wish list. Finding their leader to have gone rogue,the rest of the gang start trying to figure out how to remain fast and furious,against Dominic Toretto.
View on the film:
Coming straight outta Compton,director F. Gary Gray & returning cinematographer Stephen F. Windon follow Furious 7's James Wan's decision to retain some of his own style within the series,as Gray separates the locations with whip-pan chapter headings and surprisingly still group shots showing the friendships, being rolled straight from Gray's Hip-Hop epic. Impressively driving the series into a more living cartoon atmosphere,Gray delivers cracking extravagant set-pieces which strike a fine balance between hard- hitting combat scenes with wonderfully bonkers CGI that takes the car races into flight of fantasy.
Revving up the series again,the screenplay by Chris Morgan cooks up a delicious gumbo,that mixes the hyper action scenes with espionage skills,a gritty jail escape,and even some propah British Gangster business. Slightly turning down the action volume,Morgan does well at setting up the next films with Letty's/Toretto's relationship being more prominent,and last baddie Deckard solidly joining the goodies. Being the first lead women baddie in the series, Charlize Theron gives a wonderfully icy performance as Cipher,thanks to the unsettling calm Theron gives Cipher being against the explosive performances of Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson and The Stath,who all discover the fate of the furious.