Fast Five (2011)
Genre: Action / Drama
Duration: 130 minuten
Alternative titles: The Fast and the Furious 5 / Fast & Furious 5 / Fast & Furious 5: Rio Heist
Country:
United States
Directed by: Justin Lin
Stars: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Dwayne Johnson
IMDb score:
7,3 (440.182)
Releasedate: 20 April 2011
Fast Five plot
"Get the fifth gear."
After ex-cop Brian O'Connor (Paul Walker) and Mia Toretto (Jordana Brewster) help Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) escape from prison, they are on the run from the police. When they finally end up in Rio de Janeiro, they must take on one more job to regain their freedom. However, they are hot on the heels of FBI Agent Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson), who will do anything to catch Dom, Brian, Mia and their team.
Social Media
Actors and actresses
Dominic Toretto
Brian O'Conner
Mia Toretto
Roman Pearce
Tej Parker
Vince
Han Lue
Gisele Yashar
Leo
Santos
Reviews & comments
Naomi Watts
-
- 54554 messages
- 3155 votes
Bigger is better Lin must have thought and I'm totally right. Where he proved with the previous parts to be a professional in testosterone blockbusters a la Michael Bay, he gives the second confirmation. Such blockbusters are rare, but if you get one for yourself, the payoff is all the greater. Lin throws it one more step on top. On every level.
Very happy with Rio as the setting, the film has a very threatening atmosphere and a very nice environment. It's great that Lin also comes up with the idea of lumping all the characters from the previous parts together. Still think it's a nice bunch of stuff where every cast member just 'works'. Also the necessary drama, which again works remarkably well here. Lin always knows how to keep the right balance. Johnson is also a nice upgrade, delicious weak one-liners too.
It is mainly the testosterone that makes this rare 'breed' of blockbusters so interesting. Sound design is monstrous and your home cinema set is working overtime, my neighbors have gone on holiday again and they are right. The DTS Master audio track is a beast and in the final chord that the entire arc of Fast Five revolves around you will be completely blown away. If you have to make do with your poor speakers that are in your TV, you're not going to love this, no.
Much better than they were in my memory, and the kind of blockbuster I've come to love since Harman Kardon moved in with me. Highly directed, booming audio design and an excellent interaction between cast, narrative more than adequate and a crazy roller coaster ride. Lin is the Asian equivalent to Michael Bay. A master at what he does.
Translated from Dutch · View original
IH88
-
- 9903 messages
- 3205 votes
“This shit just went from mission:impossible to mission: in freaking sanity!”
This is the best movie in the Fast and the Furious franchise. Everything comes together in this film and if you also have Rio de Janeiro as a location, you know that it can't go wrong anymore. The action is stark and spectacular, the humor is successful, there is no shortage of beautiful ladies and the addition of The Rock is one of the best casting choices in the history of casting choices (exaggeration...).
Everything is big, bigger, biggest and sometimes that doesn't work, but in Fast Five it's like all the puzzle pieces fall into place at once. The story is really just an excuse to get the group back together but once that's done you can brace yourself for an explosive movie with one action scene after another. There's nothing wrong with it when it's all portrayed so spectacularly and the chemistry between the actors is so strong. Diesel and Walker are of course the biggest assets, but Ludacris and Gibson are also very nice and provide the comic touch. With the ladies, the honor is held high by Gal Gadot, Elsa Pataky and of course Jordana Brewster and all three know how to fill their somewhat one-dimensional roles well. And The Rock well... A better addition to the already overcrowded cast can't really be done. Fast Five is unpretentious entertainment of the highest level.
Translated from Dutch · View original
Onderhond
-
- 87737 messages
- 13162 votes
Little less than part 4.
Not so much in quality, because Lin can now direct these films with his eyes closed. There are some nice car chases again, in terms of drama it's still not much and the old cast is ready again. So business as usual.
But why in God's name 130 minutes for a clumsy action movie like this. There is absolutely too little material for that, which makes the time between the action scenes just too long. The film also starts to drag here and there, something you would have had less with half an hour shorter.
But it is still solid filler. I don't think it's exceptional, but the action scenes are well put together and provide enough spectacle. Only the balance in this part is on the wrong side. More action, less drama, less stuff please.
2.5*
Translated from Dutch · View originalPre- and sequels
Fast X
2023
F9
2021
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
2019
The Fate of the Furious
2017
Furious Seven
2015
Furious 6
2013
Fast & Furious
2009
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
2006
2 Fast 2 Furious
2003
The Fast and the Furious
2001
Related news
Christopher Nolan is a massive Fast and the Furious fan
The 10 BEST Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson movies of all time
Vin Diesel explains why it was vital The Rock returned to the Fast and Furious franchise
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson officially returns to Fast and Furious franchise
Corporate & Media
Realtimes Network
Innovatieweg 20C
7007 CD, Doetinchem, Netherlands
+31(315)-764002
