Furious 7

Breakin' 2:  Electric Boogaloo.  That is what I think of when a movie has too, two, way too many sequels.  I think of Electric Boogaloo.  But 7 of them, can you imagine, Breakin' 7:  the wheelchair.

I always laugh when I see trailers for Fast and Furious movies.  They are so outrageous, their stunts are completely impossible, and the characters keep surviving.  I think Tokyo Drift has to be the strangest one.  I remember I used to work with this guy that just loved the whole franchise of Fast & Furious.  Strange.  I do love that line, living life a quarter mile at a time.  Vin Diesel's character is so funny.  The whole thing is funny.  But they got my money.  I keep going to them, I guess more to laugh about how ridiculous the stunts are.

Of course, this one has the subtext of the death of one of its main stars Paul Walker.  I have to admit that their tributes to this guy were touching, and maybe a tiny bit commercializing this guys death.  Maybe.  I don't know.  It is sad poetic justice when a tool like a car becomes a dangerous toy and takes a life, many lives.  Driving on the highways of Southern California, I see many people racing each other, I assume young males, caught up in this whole fantasy, and endangering us all along the way.

The story is so convoluted by now, kind of like the Die Hard franchise.  But it definitely is about the box office and making money when it comes to this stuff.