4. Furious 7
If you thought the Fast And Furious franchise couldn't get anymore insane than what director Justin Lin served up in the fifth and sixth movies, think again. Even with the unthinkable creative and emotional baggage of Paul Walker's untimely death mid-production, horror director James Wan somehow pulled out a major miracle by crafting arguably the best movie in the series to date. Aside from the fact that Dwayne Johnson's role is unfortunately dialed-down (because he was shooting Hercules), this feels like a bigger and more bombastic film in pretty much every way. The stunts go full cartoon (a Lykan Hypersport is driven through three skyscrapers), it features easily the series' best villain to date in Jason Statham's Deckard Shaw, and even manages to give Walker's Brian O'Conner an extremely moving and tasteful exit from the series. Again, it's impossible to imagine things being any better or more insane for part eight, especially with the unavoidable absence of Walker, but as the series has shown, it's best to reserve judgment until the movie is out in the open.
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