Fast Five

Name: Fast Five
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: April 29, 2011
Duration: 130 min
Rating: 66
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Paul Walker, Vin Diesel

2011

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Universal Pictures | Release Date: April 29, 2011 | PG-13

Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Paul Walker, Vin Diesel

Summary: Fugitive Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) partners with former cop Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker) on the opposite side of the law in exotic Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. There they are hunted by a high-powered U.S. strike force led by its toughest Fed (Dwayne Johnson) and an army of corrupt cops working for a ruthless drug kingpin. To gain their freedomFugitive Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) partners with former cop Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker) on the opposite side of the law in exotic Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. There they are hunted by a high-powered U.S. strike force led by its toughest Fed (Dwayne Johnson) and an army of corrupt cops working for a ruthless drug kingpin. To gain their freedom and win this ultimate high-stakes race, they must pull off one last job - an insane heist worth $100 million. [Universal Pictures]… Expand

Director: Justin Lin

Genre(s): Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 130 min

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Benjo Colautti

Apr 15, 2017

Fast Five boasts incredible action scenes that are all varied and equally exciting. The film is full of clean, well choreographed shots that are easy to watch and the cast works great as a whole unit, making the film's running time breeze by. Read full review

Michael Wilmington

Apr 29, 2011

Dwayne Johnson hops aboard as a stern U.S. agent hot on Diesel's trail, and the whole thing progresses to one of the looniest heists of all time. The result is the most exciting, visually jazzy, and absurd entry in the series. Read full review

The Playlist Drew Taylor

Apr 15, 2017

What’s interesting is watching the way that Lin has to maneuver in and out of the limitations that the franchise has established, while attempting to push it into new territory. Read full review

Dana Stevens

Apr 15, 2017

Justin Lin, who's now directed three movies in the Fast series, knows how to choreograph and edit an action sequence so that it's more than an onslaught of chopped-up images and grating noise. Read full review

M. E. Russell

Apr 29, 2011

It's great to see The Rock re-embracing the action genre, and when his clobbering match with Diesel finally happens, it's as outlandishly room-wrecking as I'd hoped. Read full review

Time Out London Anna Smith

Apr 15, 2017

Overlong but slick, this still gets away with simplistic dialogue and characters, perhaps because it doesn’t take itself too seriously. Read full review

Kyle Smith

Apr 29, 2011

If you're wondering why this movie must stretch past two hours, it's because it takes that long to read every item in the cliché dictionary. Read full review

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Manymade1

May 3, 2011

I don't think anyone expected the fifth film of the series to be the best. Up to this point the only one I liked was the first one, but after seeing this one possibly the greatest car themed film ever. it's full of action, comedy, drama, babes, and way more. True it didn't have too muchI don't think anyone expected the fifth film of the series to be the best. Up to this point the only one I liked was the first one, but after seeing this one possibly the greatest car themed film ever. it's full of action, comedy, drama, babes, and way more. True it didn't have too much racing in it for a street racing film , but the use of street racing was one of the main reasons none of the films got good reviews, and because of the fact that the last chase scene is one that you'll never forget. I definetly recommend this film to all, whether your a fan of racing or not.… Expand

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ahmedmohammed

Oct 10, 2011

i think the film was every good because Fast Five is definitely the best of the series and the most worthy to be called a sequel to the original. Fast cars, guns, and insane action sequences.Best in the series. Loved hauling the safe part. Was the most action ever. Also like seeing Dom withi think the film was every good because Fast Five is definitely the best of the series and the most worthy to be called a sequel to the original. Fast cars, guns, and insane action sequences.Best in the series. Loved hauling the safe part. Was the most action ever. Also like seeing Dom with the FBI agent at end, was hoping for that. Looks like Lettie is still alive or maybe a start for another movie that was shown after end of movie.Also fast Five is definitely the best made of the fast films so far and i will be fan of fast five for ever.… Expand

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ReviewMedia

Jun 5, 2011

Fast Five. Action packed thrill ride gun firing explosion blowing WOW of a film. You would think that after all the other four films that five would be pushing the sequel's too far. now i can see that, However "Fast Five" is by far the best one out of all of them. i guess because they haveFast Five. Action packed thrill ride gun firing explosion blowing WOW of a film. You would think that after all the other four films that five would be pushing the sequel's too far. now i can see that, However "Fast Five" is by far the best one out of all of them. i guess because they have put much more money into this film, the budget was an estimated $125,000,000, the film was well advertised and people were more aware of this film coming to the cinema and there was a big "hype" about it coming out. I think the hype towards this film was the audience responding to all the characters from the previous films are now featured together as one "big family" and working together as a team to do this last job. This films got it all, comedy action thrill suspense, muscle and guns and girls in next to nothing washing beautiful cars, i mean seriously can anything top that? watch and see, yet another must see film and will rock your night at the cinema.… Expand

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garunimo

May 17, 2011

Fast Five is so much fun ot watch. This movie is much more emotional and engaging since it is not about racing, it's about the characters trying to leave their dangerous lives with one last bang. The action scenes keeps the movie pumped up and help weave the story together. It never feelsFast Five is so much fun ot watch. This movie is much more emotional and engaging since it is not about racing, it's about the characters trying to leave their dangerous lives with one last bang. The action scenes keeps the movie pumped up and help weave the story together. It never feels overdone or unnecessary but always makes sure to leave you with an OOOHHHH!!… Expand

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OnAnarchy

Jun 6, 2013

Fast Five is the first film in the series to drift from the traditional underground street racing films, and the result is an action-packed blockbuster culminating as an excellent heist film.

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FAbFilms

May 1, 2011

The latest in the Fast and Furious franchise has recently hit the screens and what with the others being a good way to spend a few hours I was hoping for a similar type of movie from this one with plenty of great cars and car chases to boot.

Set after Fast & Furious (No. 4) but before TheThe latest in the Fast and Furious franchise has recently hit the screens and what with the others being a good way to spend a few hours I was hoping for a similar type of movie from this one with plenty of great cars and car chases to boot.

Set after Fast & Furious (No. 4) but before The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (No. 3), this time the action is played out in Rio, Brazil after Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) has escaped from police custody in the US with help from his old pal Brian (Paul Walker) and sister Mia (Jordana Brewster) and gone into hiding. With them needing money to disappear forever, Dom hatches a plan to steal all the money from Rio's most reputable underworld kingpin Reyes (Joaquim de Almeida).

At the same time they are being hunted down by the elite federal agent Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) and his team who are trying to capture and take him back to prison. Although it is quite possible to watch this movie without seeing the previous 4 there will be some parts that may slip you by as the writers have assumed that, if your coming to see this movie then there is a very strong possibility you have seen at least a couple of the prequels/sequel.

One thing that I was quite surprised about was the lack of actual cars in the storyline. Sure they were involved slightly more than a normal action movie but I was expecting a lot more. There were probably only 2/3 scenes involving racing or car stunts and when the whole movie is supposed to be based around cars I was expecting just that little bit more. If fact in one scene just when you are expecting a good old fashioned drag race, they cut away to reveal the car back in the garage and already won!

The action does make up for this though and is fast flowing throughout as they jump from one explosion/fight scene to the next. The casting of Johnson as the bad-ass agent was a stroke of genius with him bringing his former WWE smack talk to the character. He really makes you want to hate him and I especially enjoyed the Johnson Vs. Diesel fight scene as the 2 heavyweights traded blows.

At over 2 hours this is by far the longest in the franchise and although in general the time will pass quickly, they could have easily chopped off a few minutes here and there to stop the risk of it dragging for some people. The acting and script is nothing special and you will have to sit through a fair bit of 'we're doing this for family' talk but that is not what people will come to watch this movie for.

With Neal H. Moritz announcing in March the development of a sixth and seventh movie for the series it is doubtful that this surprisingly long lasting franchise will go away quietly. Despite having lots of good action and successfully filling a void in my day, lets just hope that they return to the core basics for the next one rather than forgetting the main reason for these movies was supposed to be the cars.

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Broyax

Oct 20, 2020

Nouveauté dans le cinquième épisode des kékés qui se tirent la bourre dans leurs grosses caisses à savon, je vais vous le dire : c’est un nouveau gros con ! Connard Johnson rejoint l’équipée des bras cassés en compagnie du blaireau Walker, de la petite conne brune et bien sûr deNouveauté dans le cinquième épisode des kékés qui se tirent la bourre dans leurs grosses caisses à savon, je vais vous le dire : c’est un nouveau gros con ! Connard Johnson rejoint l’équipée des bras cassés en compagnie du blaireau Walker, de la petite conne brune et bien sûr de l’indéboulonnable Vincent Merdafioul Diesel !

D’ailleurs, comment un cave de ce genre peut-il « jouer » dans des gros navets à grosses bagnoles et gros moteurs avec un nom pareil ? serait-ce Fast and Furious TDI ou HDI Edition ? non, pas de merdes à fioul dans ces films (de merde) quand même ! mais bon, passons et d’ailleurs l’habituel gros con à la boule de billard est rejoint (et poursuivi) par le nouveau gros con à la boule de billard lui aussi : c’est la mode des gros cons aux gros bras mais crânez pas, vous êtes tous chauves, bande de gros cons !

Donc dans cette foire aux gros cons, on retrouve les cascades des gros cons qui font n’imp’ au gré d’un scénar de vieux nanar périmenaze mais avec des ordinateurs pour leur souffler dans le cul, ce qui accentue encore (évidemment) un peu plus tout le ridicule de ces prétendues cascades pour gros cons.

A part ça rien de nouveau, c’est toujours aussi con, Fast and Furious ! ils n’ont toujours pas inventé l’eau chaude ; ça reste souvent bien ramolli et même sans leurs bagnoles, ils ont toujours l’air con d’autant que la moindre « séquence » à pied, de baston ou de fusillade est très, très mal filmée : c’est cuté, zoomé et mové parce que ça plaît aux jeunes kévins (le public ciblé) quand la caméra bouge dans tous les sens et que le film entier ressemble à un clip MTV, accompagné d’une musique de merde, bien entendu.

Bref, impossible d’aller au bout de ce truc, même en mettant la télécommande en mode turbo, car même en avance rapide, figurez-vous que c’est toujours aussi con. Et chiant. Allez, FF5, direction la casse avec tes **** copains, comme d’habitude !… Expand

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