Fast Five Movie Review

Yeaaaaa, the Fast Five - disappointing to say the least. Vin (can I call you Vin? After all, I feel like I've known you for years...) was in fine form, and The Rock was too. In fact, everyone looked just fine, and I suppose the acting was so-so, but the cars. What happened to the dang cars?



The first Fast and Furious was a really cool flick. The entire thing was based on cars and racing and horsepower and stunts. This latest installment really wasn't. Oh, sure, it had a few tricked-out cars and even what I guess to be a Unimog hot-rodding through the desert in the beginning, but the racing, go fast feel of the series just wasn't there, in my opinion.



I believe we get to see one single drag race the entire movie, and it was extremely lame because they pitted four identical Chargers up against each other. They weren't even cars owned by their drivers '" they were cop cars. Umm, my lame-o-meter about redlined at that point. They "imply" one more race, but we never even get to see it! I couldn't believe the film makers chose to go that route.



The plot was "okay", especially considering it was an action movie. The stunts and many of the foot chase scenes were cool, too, but I really wanted more racing and fixing up cars and smack talk and insanely fast street driving. But, the chicks were all pretty hot, which is always a plus.



In the final scene, two Chargers tow an immensely heavy safe through the streets via cable to create once of the most unbelievable car scenes in movie history. And when I say unbelievable, I don't mean that it was cool beyond belief, I mean that it was literally un-believable. There simply isn't a chance those two cars could do, well, anything that they did. Not a single thing.



So, in short, the Fast Five is a movie to see when matinee prices are in effect, because there really is no sense in blowing $25 on it. There are a lot of weird scenes in the movie that could be totally deleted, and no matter what happens, only Vin Diesel and The Rock ever sweat, and then only from their arms. It's pretty lame. But, if you are in the mood for a pretty fast-paced action movie and are into one-liners like, "Let's go get us some cars," then Fast Five may fit the bill.