Finally, a good F&F

Rating: 8/10 (19 February 2012)

I watched the first Fast and Furious, a few years ago (2001), and was very disappointed. This was the typical arrogant action-i-am-stronger-than-you-bunch-of-high-fives-with- muscular-hands-absent-script movie. For me, the F&F series would end at that number one.
But yesterday, intrigued by the 7.3 IMDb rating of F&F 5, I decided to give that movie a chance. And... action, action and action. Nicely done. Beautiful, amazing and, even, the unexpected: the movie has a lot of originality!
The first action scene is absolutely fantastic, and literally breathtaking. And the one near the end... I can just say amazing... while I'd like so much to talk about it - but this comment would be flagged as spoiler. Not only that scene belongs to the "never seen before" category, but also it was filmed from the right angles, and it looks real (maybe it is!).
The script is not from Agatha Christie, of course, and one may anticipate and guess some of the developments during the movie, find a few plot holes, but, clearly, this is not what you want from the movie. It is more than watchable thanks to the amazing action scenes, and the brilliant making that seized the most from those scenes.
Finally, Brazil, the Brazilians and the Favelas add a lot to the atmosphere, colors and photography. This is also why the movie looks "different".
If you need to get some more energy, to get 120% woken up, ready to run / work / whatever, watch that movie ; this is far more efficient than an energy drink!