The fifth movie in the Fast and the Furious franchise hit theaters in April with a bang. This loud, fast-paced, and testosterone-filled movie placed third in the box office, receiving $86 million on the opening weekend.
Being a part five, many are claiming this to be the best of the series yet. On Rottentomatoes.com, a website that reviews movies, the Fast and Furious series is rated with percentages and whether it is “fresh” or “rotten” as the following:
1. The Fast and the Furious: 52% (Rotten)
2. Two Fast Two Furious: 36% (Rotten)
3. Fast and the Furious; Tokyo Drift: 35% (Rotten)
4. Fast and Furious: 28% (Rotten)
5. Fast Five: 79% (Fresh)
As far as fourth sequels go, Fast Five is done remarkably well. Instead of two hours of car chases and explosions, it turns out to be a heist movie. Of course it’s still filled with the car chases and explosions, but there is more of a plot present than otherwise suspected.
Taking place in Rio de Janiero, Brazil, this film brought back characters from all of the previous four Fast and Furious movies. Vin Diesel and Paul Walker team up to bring down the crime lords that run the city. Also appearing was Don Omar, who put together much of the soundtrack, and contributed to the music to the third and fourth films in the series.
What made me originally decide to go see Fast Five was to see the face-off between Vin Diesel and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Their displays showed pretty much only what was expected, and it was far from a disappointment. Vin Diesel and The Rock’s performance, powers the movie along through pure energy.
Johnson, whenever shown, is covered in sweat, usually yelling at someone, and carrying some sort of weapon. Playing a government sent agent, Johnson and his team are out to capture (or kill) Vin Diesel and his team. This consists of frantic chases through Rio de Janiero, providing excellent shots of the city.
At some points between races and explosions, there are “group hug” moments, where characters stop to talk about their fathers, their sons, how they’re one big family, etc. In these moments, you realize that this is actually a “male-bonding” movie, only disguised as an action film.
The film is absurd and chaotic, but enjoyable in the way that has been progressively making the series more and more entertaining as it goes along.
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