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Fast Five (2011)

Directed by Justin Lin

Action

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Overview

Former cop Brian O’Conner partners with ex-con Dom Toretto on the opposite side of the law. Since Brian and Mia Toretto broke Dom out of custody, they’ve blown across many borders to elude authorities. Now backed into a corner in Rio de Janeiro, they must pull one last job in order to gain their freedom.

Rated PG-13 | Length 130 minutes

Actors

Vin Diesel | Paul Walker | Dwayne Johnson | Jordana Brewster | Tyrese Gibson | Ludacris | Gal Gadot | Sung Kang | Matt Schulze | Joaquim de Almeida | Elsa Pataky | Tego Calderon | Don Omar | Michael Irby | Fernando Chien | Alimi Ballard | Yorgo Constantine | Geoff Meed | Joseph Melendez | Jeirmarie Osorio | Mark Hicks | Esteban Cueto | Corey Michael Eubanks | Luis Da Silva Jr. | Eva Mendes | Luis Gonzaga | Benjamin Blankenship | Jay Jackson | Arlene Santana | Kent Shocknek | Sharon Tay | Andy Rosa Adler

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

I’m not a Fast and Furious franchise fan boy, though I thought the first movie was decent. So I was surprised that I actually kinda enjoyed Fast Five. I won’t say I went into it with a negative attitude, but I wasn’t expecting much.

At times, it felt like I was watching a remake of Ocean’s Eleven with the goofy “Here’s what we’re gonna do” lines from Vin Diesel (I have a hard time picturing him doing that much critical thinking) but that’s probably more to its credit than a negative.

To be sure, there are some ridiculously outlandish things going on in this movie, but that’s really the point, and the fun, of it all.

This was another $3 matinee at my local cheap seats first-run theater, so we more than got our money’s worth. My kids weren’t entirely happy that I picked this over Pirates of the Carribean 4, but they enjoyed it more than they thought they were going to.

I’ll have to watch this again after revisiting the rest of the series though, as there were more than a few references to previous plot elements that I missed.

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