Fast Five
2011
Director: Justin Lin
Starring: Vin Diesel,
Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, Dwayne Johnson, Sung Kang, Tyrese Gibson, Chris
Bridges, Matt Schulze, Gal Gadot, Elsa Pataky, Joaquim de Almeida
Rated PG-13
Running ain’t
freedom. You should know that
~Dominic
Toretto
It took 5 tries, but the Fast & Furious franchise put out a great movie! And a super awesome one at that! Ditching the forced racing aspects in favor
of a pure action movie with the guise of a heist plot, the series is able to
fully breathe and become a summer popcorn thrill ride that allows you to enjoy
and not care too much about detailed semantics of its plot. The film boasts an ultimate team up of who’s
who from the entire series, giving those who’ve been paying attention some
rewarding character moments while at the same time not reminding the viewer of
the shortcomings of those previous films.
The cast gels and carries this thing along quite nicely.
