Furious 7 is respectful, even solemn, when it needs to be, but is still, thank God, plenty of crazy fun.

| May 10, 2019

Furious 7 is certainly a popcorn movie geared towards delivering big thrills, but it's also oozing with heart and passion.

| Original Score: B+ | May 10, 2019

Director James Wan (Saw, The Conjuring) may be a dab hand at things that go bump in the night, but action is not his strong point.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 10, 2019

... Furious 7 is a fitting sendoff for the franchise, not only to the many millenials who grew up with the films but the rest of us who admire them for their penchant for rebellion, diverse casts and, yes, their foolishness.

| Original Score: B | Sep 1, 2017

Great and familiar cast, excellent script, superb production values and the direction is tight as a drum. Can't say this is the best film of the franchise, because so many of them have been excellent. But it's easily the most daring.

| Mar 15, 2017

The chemistry between Walker and his costars, his friends, gives this muscled sledgehammer of a film some surprisingly gentle moments that you'll think about hours later.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 17, 2015

The fact that Furious 7 is messier than any of the past installments is more than mitigated by its grandeur. "Dom, cars don't fly! Cars don't fly!" Brian yells before its biggest stunt. Furious 7 makes you believe they can.

Full Review | Nov 10, 2015

A big, noisy, ridiculously diverting time, that not only gives a proper sendoff to the character of Brian O' Conner, but manages to be a whole lot of fun in the process.

| Original Score: B | Apr 17, 2015

The director, James Wan, sends cars repeatedly airborne and seems himself to marvel at the results; the movie's real subject is the stunt work, but its stars' authentic chemistry lends melody to its relentless beat.

| Apr 6, 2015

It's flying cars and explosions. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Bang Bang.

| Original Score: B | Apr 5, 2015

A deafening orgy of explosions, car chases, well-polished bumpers (human and automotive), explosions, fist-fights and more explosions.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 5, 2015

As zippy, playful and amiably preposterous as the best of the previous models.

| Apr 5, 2015

"Furious 7" could have come across as ghoulish, but it's not until the very end that we're reminded of Walker's fate, and the filmmakers handle it with taste and respect.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.0 | Apr 4, 2015

Who would have thought that a series addicted to the high of movement could also summon a solemnity that leaves you moved?

| Apr 3, 2015

Takes no names. Saves no places... The racing franchise continues bigger and better...

| Apr 3, 2015

The only grace note in this otherwise determinedly graceless movie is the classy way Walker's exit is handled. To say more is to say too much.

| Original Score: C+ | Apr 3, 2015

The latest instalment of the franchise cost a pretty penny, yet often feels less like a slick blockbuster than a demented day-time soap.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 3, 2015

Furious 7 kicks the biggest and hardest, but it's far from the best.

| Apr 3, 2015

This is an immensely entertaining movie, and if the filmmakers are wise, they'll quit on this high note.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Apr 3, 2015

It's all entertaining enough, I suppose. But there's a twisted coldness under the action that's anxiously concealed by the characters' refrains of the importance of "family" and sticking together and other ostensibly nice stuff.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 3, 2015