A second offering from Universal.

Furious 7

Stars: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jason Statham, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges, Dwayne Johnson, Lucas Black, Kurt Russell, Nathalie Emmanuel, Elsa Pataky, Gal Gadot, John Brotherton, Luke Evans, Tony Jaa, Djimon Hounsou, Noel Gugliemi, Ali Fazal, Sung Kang, Ronda Rousey, Miller Kimsey, Charlie Kimsey, Eden Estrella
Director: James Wan
Premise: From IMDb: “Deckard Shaw seeks revenge against Dominic Toretto and his family for his comatose brother.”
Oscar Chances: Poor: The film was incredibly popular with audiences and received decent reviews. However, the Academy has never gone out of its way to recognize franchises, especially ones that are genre heavy. The only franchise that has ever been nominated for Best Picture was The Lord of the Rings and even its first film got a nomination in Best Picture. The Hobbit films did not. It’s possible the film could get nominated in Best Original Song or in a tech category, but that would be the limitation of its Oscar appeal.
Campaign-Proposed Categories:

• Best Picture (Neal H Moritz, Vin Diesel, Michael Fottrell)
• Best Director (James Wan)
• Best Actor (Vin Diesel, Paul Walker)
• Best Supporting Actor (Dwayne Johnson, Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Kurt Russell, Jason Statham)
• Best Supporting Actress (Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Nathalie Emmanuel)
• Best Adapted Screenplay (Chris Morgan)
• Best Cinematography (Stephen F. Windon, Marc Spicer)
• Best Film Editing (Christian Wagner, Dylan Highsmith, Kirk Morri, Leigh Folsom Boyd)
• Best Production Design (Bill Brzeski, Danielle Berman)
• Best Costume Design (Sanja Milkovic Hays)
• Best Makeup and Hairstyling (James MacKinnon, Sarah Mays, Autumn Butler, Linda Flowers, Jennifer Santiago, Lisa Wilson, Andrea Brotherton)
• Best Sound Mixing (Whit Norris, Mark Weingarten, Jon Taylor, Frank A Montano)
• Best Sound Editing (Peter Brown)
• Best Visual Effects (Michael J. Wassel, Kelvin McIlwain, Joe Letteri, Dan Sudick)
• Best Original Score (Brian Tyler)
• Best Original Song (“See You Again” – Justin Franks, Andrew Cedar, Charlie Puth, Cameron Thomas; Performed by: Wiz Khalifa (feat. Charlie Puth)

Rotten Tomatoes:
81% (211 critics; as of 10/31/15)
Metacritic:
67 out of 100 (44 critics; as of 10/31/15)