Earlier, I went to watch the latest installment of the Fast & Furious franchise. I would like to admit that I was not a big fan of the franchise at first. I love racing – a big fan of Formula 1 and MotoGP even though I neither drive a car nor ride a motorbike. But Fast & Furious was never my cup of tea. I’m not sure exactly why but I came to love the later installments. I am particularly fond of Elena, who is quite a badass.

Like any other action-packed movies with racing as the central plot, it has beautiful fast cars and sexy, bikini-clad ladies. But what Fast & Furious has that the other similar movies do not is heart, which could be due to the fact that the casts know each other long enough that they indeed became a family so when one member is gone, you could sense the sincerity in their goodbyes. And Fast & Furious 7 is indeed a 2-hour long goodbye to Paul Walker, who died 2 years ago in an accident.

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