“Furious 7” is the seventh instalment in the unstoppable “Fast and the Furious” franchise. I’ve never really been a fan of these films but if you’re willing to turn your brain off, you can get some joy from the spectacle of the ridiculous action sequences. “Furious 7” is even more outrageous and juvenile than its predecessors. I really think a young boy with some toy cars writes these films.

In this movie, Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel “xXx”, “Pitch Black”) and his crew are being hunted down by the deadly Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham “The Transporter”), who is out for revenge. Toretto and the others are also recruited by a shadowy government agent (Kurt Russell “Escape From New York”) to steal a sophisticated cyberweapon.

I still don’t care for Vin Diesel, Paul Walker (“Running Scared”) or Tyrese Gibson (“Baby Boy”, “Transformers”). However, I think both Jason Statham and Kurt Russell are great here. I really wish Statham got some more scenes because whenever he’s on the screen, it’s just great. Michelle Rodriguez (“Machete”) and Dwayne Johnson (“Rampage”) are back too. Tony Jaa (“Ong-Bak”) has a small role but due to the editing, you don’t really get to appreciate his martial arts skills. Go and watch some of his films made in Thailand to see just how great he can be.

“Furious 7” is a stupid movie with attack helicopters, miniguns, cars parachuting out of planes and cars driving out of one skyscraper only to land in another skyscraper. The whole movie feels like a kid playing with whatever is in his toybox. It’s not an interesting movie but I cannot deny the fact that I had a good time watching all the explosions. It works on the same level as the “Transformers” movies so if you like watching robots slam into one another, you might like cars tearing up the streets and stuff blowing up.