“New Location, New Characters, New Rides”
Easily the best car movie of the year, The Fast Five will have you shifting to the fifth gear shortly after watching it. The story unfolds after Mia [Brewster] and O’Connor [Walker] broke Dom [Diesel] out of custody. Being in the most wanted list, the trio fled from the U.S. across the border as top-priority fugitives. Soon, they found themselves rounding up an elite team for another grand heist to get enough money to buy their own freedom. The problem is that the U.S. Government appointed the best tracking agent, Luke Hobbs [Johnson], to hunt all of them down. And Dom’s team is also up against the most powerful man in Brazil, Reyes [de Almeida], the guy who’s money they’re about to steal.
Since the beginning of the film franchise, the quality of the story in each movie had grown less and less believable. The plot had consequently grown weaker as well, almost on the verge of desperation to piece the franchise together into a coherent series of events. Also, the script is a bit tacky, depending heavily on macho cliché one-liners and corny car puns. Even so, what it lacks in sense is clearly made up with its high-octane action sequences.
The only aspect of this film that elevated it to the point of being awesome is the action. Surprisingly though, one of the best scene in this flick isn’t a car scene but the fight between The Rock and Vin Diesel [always a pleasure to see two buff bald dudes breaking into an epic fist fight]. On the other hand, it was a bit of a disappointment on the fans’ part because the concept of racing was dramatically downplayed in this installment compared to the previous installments. But then again, watching steroid-fueled cars [literally] flying through the slums of Rio de Janeiro and seeing intensely believable police car chases makes this film a definite must-see on the big screen
.Another desirable and unique feature of this installment is the combination of the old characters with the new ones. Personally, I was having doubts with the casting of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson having seen his latest forgettable movie: Faster. Fortunately he fit the role well and blended satisfactorily to the other Fast and Furious veterans such as: Tyrese , Ludacris and the guy who played Han. Also, expect new romances to be formed between the diverse characters in this film. The heavy star power of Fast Five gave this movie more character than the previous ones.
Despite all its obvious weaknesses, the Fast Five is still a highly recommended movie to watch. It successfully fulfils every straight man’s testosterone-driven fantasies: cars, women and a whole lot of action. Plus, it’s got enough explosives to keep the viewers at the edge of their seats. Also, the unexpected twist in the end will surely have fans itching for the next film.
Indeed its a nice action flick and a very nice review done by you. To add to it here are some more points :
1.The movie runs a little more that 2 hours, but its acceptable as they have to make sure that the audience is able to gulp the final scene of the movie. 2.To the viewers its an advice to leave their brains at home and forget things like gravity, speed limitations and fear ever existed, only then you can thoroughly enjoy this experience.
3. Final sequences should have had more of Dwayne Johnson as he was one of the USP’s of the movie and could have been used for power packed jaw breaking stuff in the end.
Other than that a nice movie which will bring out the Street hawks and F1 riders out of you ..
-Kushagra
Ypur review sums up Fast Five pretty accurately! Fast and the Furious movies were never intended to be intelligent thought pieces though; I think it’s safe to say that the dialogue is not what drives audiences to go and see these movies (pardon the pun)! Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson does his best John McClane impression (with more muscle) which isn’t necessarily a bad thing as it’s a welcome return to the old school era of action movies where scripts were cliched and the heroes shot first and asked questions later! Tyrese Gibson is remarkably underused however he does bring much needed humour to the scenes he appears in. As always, it’s the cars and the action sequences which steal the show: the police chase scene in particular is worth the wait. Agreed that the street racing aspect is distinctly missing from the film. There were two instances where this could have been shown but they were oddly not included. However, the chase sequences more than make up for it! Note to those who haven’t seen it yet: stay in your seat until the credits have rolled. Enjoyable movie if you are a fan of the franchise or are looking for something to keep your blood pumping throughout!
Thanks for the comment. I hope the next fast and furious movie will return to its racing roots again. Btw, i completely agree with what wrote. Thanks again.