mindless but sure to please

Rating: Null/10 (29 April 2011)

Diesel, Walker, and Brewster are on the run from the law and hightail it to Rio de Janeiro where they recruit some old friends to pull off one final job before they go their separate ways. But the group's daring plan quickly goes awry, they receive some unexpected family news, and they suddenly find themselves targeted by bloodhound federal agent Johnson—who never met a mark he couldn't collar. Preposterous plotting and cardboard villains abound, but made watchable by high-octane action scenes, effective casting, beautiful women, gratuitous fight scenes, great scenery, and everything else needed to pass for escapist entertainment. Overlong and incoherent, but fast enough, furious enough, and fun enough to satisfy the target audience. **½