Furious Seven

The Rock rolls over as Statham transports his genre expertise into this Diesel-fueled joy ride.  A couple of Kurt commands send the team through several fun-filled video-game (and building) levels, but the slow-paced L.A. finale is even less arouse-y than Ronda’s brief ‘performance’.  Plus a fond farewell to Fast Walker.

Pawn Shop Chronicles

After crossing over from his cooler films, Kramer runs scarily amok with this schoolboy attempt to emulate Coens and Tarantino within Sin City’s plot structure.  Walker stands out, but Fraser and Dillon can’t even carry a third.  Senseless scripting qualifies this one for nothing but bargain bins and pawn shops.

Fast Five

Best of franchise, with everything bigger except title. All series players have great parts, and music cues fill holes left by talent quality. Walker drives but he can’t act, and Diesel definitely crushes Rock, but no one watches this movie for drama. Brilliant physics defying car stunts make it fast-astic.