“We don’t ever, ever let them get into cars.” This is the key essential piece of advice given about deterring the two heroes in the fifth installment of the long running Fast and the Furious movie franchise, Fast Five. If you don’t follow these words of wisdom wisely, the two crafty speedsters will pull tricks with the professionalism of a magicians slight of hand – and the cops, yes, I said cops, know it.
Action packed throughout, Fast Five does not disappoint anyone with an appreciation for the finer cars in life. Just to see classic cars like a 1963 Ford Galaxy go toe to toe against a new 2011 Dodge Charger Police Interceptor, with none other than Vin Diesel or Paul Walker at the wheel makes this a true fan favorite.
Working pieces of past plots, inside jokes and old friends into the scenery makes the viewer feel like he’s at a reunion, of sorts. Even if you have not seen any of the other Fast and the Furious movies, you will not be left out wondering what is going on. The movie flows smooth and fast making you wish it were longer than the already seemingly long 2 hours and 11 minutes it plays.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is the perfect setting for Fast Five, with landscape and photography so breathtaking you will be swept away out of the the theater and into the thrill of fast, loud, beautifully designed motor vehicles and twisting, riveting plot surprises. Being able to watch it in an IMAX theater makes it all the better.
With a rating of PG 13, it’s not too adult for teen crowds, and has just enough of the ‘blood and guts’ destruction for adults of all ages and types to sit back and say WOW.
Even though the original Fast and the Furious movie dates back to 2001, viewers do not have a problem catching up with where the characters are in life.
Four sequels and two short films under it’s belt, Fast Five is in my opinion the best of the films and the best movie of 2011 so far. Hopes for just one more sequel run through the veins of fans everywhere who know the secret. “We don’t ever, ever let them get into cars.”