Fast and Furious 7: The BE review

Ronda Rousey's inclusion has given Phil Mackenzie a transparent excuse to review the latest in the shiny cars and explosions franchise for BE

I did not think that this series would make it to seven films. If it did, then it would be in some radically diminished form. The first film was Point Break with cars and it was OK, and it did OK, but the sequels began shedding their stars, and setting off on the typical downward spiral down into straight-to-DVD. 2 Fast 2 Furious. 3 Fast 3 Furious.

Then something happened. The fourth film reunited Paul Walker and Vin Diesel and brought back some interest. The fifth film brought The Rock on board. The sixth kept going. Somehow, as these ludicrous films…