Furious 7
Furious 7 (often stylized as Furious Seven and alternatively known as Fast Seven and Fast & Furious 7)[7] is a 2015 American action film directed by James Wan and written by Chris Morgan. It is the seventh installment in The Fast and the Furious franchise. The film stars Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez,Tyrese Gibson, Chris Bridges, Jordana Brewster, Kurt Russell, and Jason Statham. Furious 7 follows Dominic Toretto (Diesel), Brian O'Conner (Walker) and the rest of their team, who have returned to the United States to live normal lives after securing amnesty for their past crimes in Fast & Furious 6 (2013), until Deckard Shaw (Statham), a rogue special forces assassin seeking to avenge his comatose younger brother, puts them in danger once again.[8]
With the previous three installments set between 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) and The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), Furious 7 is the first installment in the franchise to take place after Tokyo Drift. The film also marks the final film appearance of Walker, who died in a single-vehicle accident on November 30, 2013, with filming only half-completed.[9] Following Walker's death, filming was delayed for script rewrites, and his brothers, Caleb and Cody, were used among others as stand-ins to complete his remaining scenes.[10]
Plans for a seventh installment were first announced in February 2012 when Johnson stated that production on the film would begin after the completion of Fast & Furious 6. In April 2013, Wan, predominantly known for horror films, was announced to direct the film in place of Justin Lin, who left the franchise after directing the previous four installments. Casting began in the same month with the re-signing of Diesel and Walker, and an initial release date was set. Principal photography began inAtlanta, Georgia, in September 2013, resumed in April 2014 and ended in July 2014, with other filming locations including Los Angeles, Colorado, Abu Dhabi and Tokyo.
Furious 7 premiered in Los Angeles on April 1, 2015, and was first released in Australia on April 2, 2015, and then in the United States on April 3, 2015. The film was also released in 3D, IMAX 3D, and 4DX internationally. Upon release, the film became a critical and commercial success, with praise being aimed at the film's action sequences and its tribute to Walker. The film grossed $397.6 million worldwide in its first five days of release, which is the third-highest-grossing opening of all time. The film has grossed over $1.5 billion worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film in the franchise after just twelve days, the second-highest-grossing film of 2015 (behindJurassic World) and the fifth-highest-grossing film of all time. A sequel is scheduled to be released on April 14, 2017.
| Directed by | James Wan |
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| Written by | Chris Morgan |
| Based on | Characters by Gary Scott Thompson |
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| Music by | Brian Tyler |
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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| 137 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States[2] |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $190 million[3][4][5] |
| Box office | $1.512 billion[6] |
Cast[edit]
For more details on the characters, see List of The Fast and the Furious characters.
- Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto, a former criminal and professional street racer who has retired and settled down with his wife, Letty.
- Paul Walker as Brian O'Conner, a former FBI agent-turned-criminal and professional street racer. He is Mia's partner, with whom he has a son, Jack.
- Caleb and Cody Walker, Paul's younger brothers, were used among others as stand-ins to complete his remaining scenes following their brother's death in a single-vehicle accident on November 30, 2013.[10]
- Dwayne Johnson as Luke Hobbs, a DSS agent who allied with Dom and his team after their outings in Rio de Janeiro and Europe. It is later revealed that he is also a father, to a young girl. Johnson initially said that if Universal Pictures pursued the accelerated development of a seventh film beginning in the summer, he would be unable to participate due to scheduling conflicts with filming on Hercules.[11] However, as production for the film would commence in September, he confirmed his return for the film, as Hercules would complete production in time to enable him to film a significant part.[12]
- Michelle Rodriguez as Letty Ortiz, Dom's wife and a professional street racer, who was revealed to have suffered from amnesia after being presumed dead in Fast & Furious.
- Tyrese Gibson as Roman Pearce, a member of Dom's team and a childhood friend of Brian.
- Chris Bridges as Tej Parker, a mechanic and technician, and a friend of Brian and Roman's from Miami.
- Jordana Brewster as Mia Toretto, Dom's younger sister and a former member of his team. She is Brian's partner, with whom she has a son, Jack.
- Djimon Hounsou as Mose Jakande, a Somalian mercenary and terrorist who leads an a private military company that allies with Shaw and uses the God's Eye to track its creator and use her to track down his enemies.[13]
- Kurt Russell as Frank Petty[14] (also known as "Mr Nobody"), the leader of a covert ops team who agrees to help Dom stop Shaw if he can help him prevent Jakande from obtaining a computer program called the God's Eye.
- Jason Statham as Deckard Shaw, a rogue special forces assassin seeking to avenge his comatose younger brother after his demise at the hands of Dom and his team in Spain.
- Nathalie Emmanuel as Ramsey, a British computer hacktivist and the creator of the God's Eye, who allies with Dom and his team after being saved from Jakande and helps them to regain control of her program.[13]
- Tony Jaa as Kiet, a member of Jakande's team who possesses great agility, athleticism and fighting prowess. Thai martial arts actor Jaa was confirmed to have joined the cast in August 2013, making his Hollywood debut.[15][16]
- Ronda Rousey as Kara, the Head of Security for an Abu Dhabi billionaire. Rousey's involvement was confirmed in August 2013. Having committed to The Expendables 3 at the same time (along with Russell, who later pulled out, and Statham), Rousey was forced to shoot both films back-to-back in order to allow herself 45 days to focus on training for her UFC championship rematch against Miesha Tate. Her participation in the film was similar to that of Gina Carano making the transition from mixed martial arts fighting to acting, following Carano's involvement in Fast & Furious 6.[17]
- Lucas Black as Sean Boswell, a professional street racer and drifter based in Tokyo, who meets Dom when he travels to Tokyo to claim the body of Han, a mutual friend of theirs killed by Shaw. In September, it was confirmed that Black had signed on to reprise his role as Boswell for Furious 7 and two more installments.[18][19]
- Elsa Pataky as Elena Neves, a DSS agent and former Rio police officer who moved to the United States to become Hobbs' new partner at the DSS.
- Ali Fazal as Safar, a friend of Ramsey to whom she sent the God's Eye for safekeeping. It is Fazal's first appearance in an American film. He described his role as a cameo.[20]
- John Brotherton as Sheppard, Petty's right-hand man.[13][21][22][23]
Noel Gugliemi reprises his role from the first film as Hector, a street race organizer. Luke Evans briefly reprises his role from the previous film as Owen Shaw, the comatose younger brother of the film's primary antagonist.[24] Sung Kang, Bow Wow and Nathalie Kelley appear in archive footage from The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift as Han, Twinkie and Neela, respectively. Gal Gadot appears as Gisele Yashar in a photograph and in archive footage from the previous three films. Tego Calderón and Don Omar appear as Leo and Santos, respectively, in archive footage from Fast Five. Australian rapper Iggy Azalea makes a cameo appearance in the film and contributed to the soundtrack.[25][26]
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