Release Date : April 29, 2011
Director : Justin Lin
Writer : Chris Morgan
Cast : Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Tyrese Gibson, Sung Kang, Gal Gadot, Matt Schulze, Tego Calderon, Don Omar, Elsa Pataky, Joaquim de Almeida, Dwayne Johnson
Studio : universal
There's a moment in Fast Five when Dominic (Vin Diesel) is about to race his 1970 Dodge Charger through the streets of Rio de Janeiro against a Porsche 911 GT3 RS for pink slips. The audience holds its breath in anticipation of the race that's about to come....
Then it doesn't happen. In the next moment, Dom has won the Porsche and Brian O'Connor (super-dreamy Paul Walker) is seen driving it into the gang's hideout. The film never bothers to show the race between the Charger and Porsche — not a single frame, not even the very start or the very end.
It's like director Justin Lin is goading the audience, daring everyone who paid to see this fifth installment in The Fast and the Furious saga to not love it. To embrace it even though they expected a street-racing movie and didn't get a single race.
Fast Five is a transitional film for this series. From here on out, NBC Universal has explicitly stated, the Fast & Furious gang aren't street racers. Now they're a multiethnic mélange of super-clever thieves who take absurd chances to complete a heist. The next movie will be a blue-collar Ocean's 11 with more action-packed mayhem.
Given that, Fast Five is undeniably one of the most exciting and best-made action films produced in the last decade. And there's still enough car stuff around to keep us gearheads on the hook. Barely.
