Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Fast Five

If you're a fan of the Fast and the Furious, this movie won't disappoint. Fast cars, great action sequences, hot actors = a great few hours.

I won't bore you with the plot. After all, we all know what we're going to get here. How we get it had some surprises. So be sure to stay after the credits roll to get a sneak into "Faster Still Six"? Yes, I just make up that name. Perhaps they will name it after the location they choose again like Tokyo Drift - well hopefully not - that was the worst of the 5 movies for me. Though I really liked the "drifting" scenes. And I'm not a car junkie.

Anyway, onto the actors. Paul Walker hasn't gained any acting ability but he's still hot. And Vin Diesel, what can I say - he's the man. Jordanna is still beautiful. In fact, one of the scenes between Vin, Paul and Jordanna's characters was surprisingly sweet and touching. Who knew you could get that into an action movie?! I won't ruin why for you. But I'm sure you can guess after the first 15 minutes of the movie. The movie also brings together past characters from other F&TF movies. So that was fun to see. Although, they don't explain how they're bringing back the dead Asian guy from Tokyo Drift but in the end I didn't care. They could have put in 5 more rap stars and I wouldn't have thought twice about it.

See this on the big screen. There's HD TV flatscreens but the sound and action is best for the big screen even if it goes to DVD and streaming within 2 months instead of 3 after theater release.

Worth the money: $$$ 1/2