{"id":105476,"date":"2015-04-06T06:50:55","date_gmt":"2015-04-06T06:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=105476"},"modified":"2015-04-06T06:50:55","modified_gmt":"2015-04-06T06:50:55","slug":"furious-7-opens-to-overwhelmingly-positive-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=105476","title":{"rendered":"‘Furious 7’ opens to overwhelmingly positive reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"

As part of a high-octane, action franchise six sequels deep, it would be easy to assume that critics would write off Furious 7<\/em> as predictable, at best.<\/p>\n

Despite the relative ease of falling into common action blockbuster tropes, Furious 7<\/em> has emerged as a critical darling with over an 80% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and as an audience pleaser, already reeling in almost $140 million domestically in its opening weekend alone.<\/p>\n

The franchise \u2014 which began 14 years ago with the comparatively toned down The Fast and the Furious<\/em> \u2014 centers around a ragtag crew of street racers turned globe-trotting vigilantes, who occasionally use their skills in service of the U.S. government.<\/p>\n

A lot can change in 14 years.<\/p>\n

Though the franchise is by turns outlandish and sincere, the improbability of its stunts generally works in its favor. As E Online put it:<\/p>\n

“If we were to sum up how the writers and directors of all the Fast and Furious films felt about accuracy regarding physics, it would be this:
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Not that we’re even mad about it, because who cares about logic when someone is jumping off a truck that is stuck on the side of a speeding train onto a car going full speed toward a cliff?!”<\/p>\n

Below, the critics weigh in on whether the film is worth your movie fare:<\/p>\n

The New York Times<\/em><\/h3>\n

Compared to almost any other large-scale, big-studio enterprise, the Furious<\/em> brand practices a slick, no-big-deal multiculturalism, and nods to both feminism and domestic traditionalism. \u201cI don\u2019t have friends. I have family,\u201d Dom says, and there is something beautiful and downright utopian about the idea that the bonds among his gear heads and speed demons transcend race and nationality. Gasoline is thicker than blood.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Rolling Stone<\/em><\/h3>\n

It probably seems lame to call Furious 7<\/em> a family film. But what the f*ck, it is \u2014the family being the audiences that have stuck with this car-porn franchise, thick and thin, since the first chapter, in 2001…Furious 7<\/em> is the best F&F by far, two hours of pure pow fueled by dedication and passionate heart. This one sticks with you. The usual flaws \u2014 plot bumps, muscle acting, tweet-length dialogue \u2014 fade in the face of the camaraderie on and off screen. Finishing the film in Walker’s honor clearly brought out the best in everyone.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Entertainment Weekly<\/em><\/h3>\n

No one forks over 10 bucks to see one of these flicks for its logic. We go for the bananas demolition-derby mayhem. Furious 7 delivers that with the direct visceral rush of an EpiPen. For two hours and change, we\u2019re treated to a high-octane orgy of some of the most exhilarating stunts ever put on film, including one showstopper where Walker balances on an overturned bus that\u2019s teetering on the edge of a cliff.<\/p>\n

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RogerEbert.com<\/h3>\n

The film’s primary concern is putting its viewers through an action-packed wringer. The fight sequences have the usual sped-up kinetics, but Wan frames them so they\u2019re not hard to follow. The car scenes are equally proficient. And the film\u2019s midsection, which piles action sequence upon action sequence, is the most riveting and exciting set piece I\u2019ve seen in years. It pulses with adrenaline and a visual humor to match the comic camaraderie of its characters.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

L.A. Times<\/em><\/h3>\n

Furious 7<\/em> is the fuel-injected fusion of all that is and ever has been good in The Fast and the Furious<\/em> saga that began in 2001 with souped-up cars and a stripped-down story about a tightknit East L.A. street racing crew…While it will never win that best picture Oscar, as Diesel has suggested, the film does hit on all the franchise cylinders \u2014 high-stakes action, unbreakable friendships, absolute loyalty, self-deprecating humor, a high-energy hip-hop and rock score and an endless string of high-speed chases between muscle-bound cars just made for crashing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Forbes<\/em><\/h3>\n

Furious 7<\/em> is basically a string of action set pieces involving heists and car chases, each more elaborate and ridiculous than the last. There are two connecting threads that turn it all into a single storyline, but they exist merely to get us from one sequence to the next with barely enough time to catch our breath before the adrenaline kicks in like nitro again. It doesn\u2019t need to do much more than that, so long as the action and stunt work are as over-the-top excellent as they are. But it does actually do more, by creating personal narratives for a few characters to add extra heart and personal drama to the festivities.<\/p>\n

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Source:\u00a0mashable.com<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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