One of the Best Action Films in a Decade

Rating: Null/10 (23 May 2013)

Fast Five (2011)
*** 1/2 (out of 4)
Brian (Paul Walker) and Mia (Jordana Brewster) help Dominic (Vin Diesel) avoid his prison term and the three head to Rio where they plan on stealing over a hundred million dollars from a drug lord. Soon they have his men trying to track them down as well as a Special Units Force led by Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson). FAST FIVE contains some of the dumbest action scenes in the history of cinema but it doesn't really matter because they also show some of the greatest imagination you're ever going to witness and the most important thing is that they're incredibly fun. There are three different sequences in this film that contains action scenes so wild that your brain is telling you that everything you're seeing is impossible but there's something else telling you that it doesn't matter because they're simply so much fun. The fifth film in the series is without question the best and it's certainly a much needed improvement over the last two episodes. This film here pretty much seems like a steroid rage because of the non-stop action that is constantly challenging itself to come up with new ways to show destruction. It should go without saying but by this time the characters are all well-known and liked by the viewer. Both Walker and Diesel are at the top of their game as both have no trouble bringing these characters to life. Brewster, Tyrese Gibson and Ludicrous also have no problem in their supporting roles. Johnson adds a lot of testosterone as he helps pump up the action. With Johnson and Diesel in the same film you expect some sort of big fight between the two and we're not disappointed. It should go without saying but the greatest thing here are the action scenes including an amazing start with a train robbery and then a finale involving a bank vault, which is just incredible to watch. The amount of imagination in these scenes is something the series needed as they just brought back all sorts of great action. Whereas previous films settled with stylish car chases, this one here delivers them as well as so much more.