For a long time I wondered if I should spend some time reviewing Fast and Furious -5....
It's a crazy film... but the first two scenes are worth it. One is the opening shot, depicting the skinny Mia and blue-eyed-boy-cop-turned-hero Bryan rescuing always-the-hero Dom, who is en route to prison for a really long time. Followed by the scene where these guys are thrown off a bridge into the sea in a car. That was totally crazy.
The plot is.... nevermind. Here's what must have transpired between Chris Morgan, one of the screen-play writers, and Justin Lin, Director:
Morgan: But tell me.. If Dom is really the family guy why does he care about getting a heist job done, rather than actually concentrating on his pregnant sister's future???
Lin: Beat it, Morgan... how many times do I have to tell you... I have cars, Paul Walker's eyes, Diesel's body works. and good blasts... a bikini... why are you bothering me??? Jeez, Dexter Morgan is better than you!
The performances are mediocre, but then it's the cars that perform in the film. However, sometimes you feel the lack of racing in the film. But the last scene more than compensates for it. The film seems intelligent in bits and pieces, some of the sequences are well orchestrated.
The glorification of the anti-hero in the film is really great. The cops are the enemies, and the long ranger "Last Testament Guy" Johnson decides to side with Dom, thanking the latter for saving his life and trying to side with ethics and "code" of the hero-in-the-villain. The perspective is amazing. And you see it coming.
Everytime Dwayne Johnson appeared on the screen, my jaw just dropped. His one, lone, singular muscle is like a wall.
There is about fifteen minutes of total action footage in the film that is worth a watch. The other thing to notice is the beautiful city of Rio de Janerio. Guess Rio is the flavour of Hollywood this season. The animated scenery of Carlos Saldahna's Rio is much preferable than the dark, actual depiction of the city.
The soundtrack is good, but the best one to come out of the Fast and Furious franchise was the one from Tokyo Drift.
All said and done, I guess the making of the movie will be more fun to watch than the actual film. Watch the film, and go high on cars, ammo, and cars.
It's a crazy film... but the first two scenes are worth it. One is the opening shot, depicting the skinny Mia and blue-eyed-boy-cop-turned-hero Bryan rescuing always-the-hero Dom, who is en route to prison for a really long time. Followed by the scene where these guys are thrown off a bridge into the sea in a car. That was totally crazy.
Morgan: But tell me.. If Dom is really the family guy why does he care about getting a heist job done, rather than actually concentrating on his pregnant sister's future???
Lin: Beat it, Morgan... how many times do I have to tell you... I have cars, Paul Walker's eyes, Diesel's body works. and good blasts... a bikini... why are you bothering me??? Jeez, Dexter Morgan is better than you!
The performances are mediocre, but then it's the cars that perform in the film. However, sometimes you feel the lack of racing in the film. But the last scene more than compensates for it. The film seems intelligent in bits and pieces, some of the sequences are well orchestrated.
The glorification of the anti-hero in the film is really great. The cops are the enemies, and the long ranger "Last Testament Guy" Johnson decides to side with Dom, thanking the latter for saving his life and trying to side with ethics and "code" of the hero-in-the-villain. The perspective is amazing. And you see it coming.
Everytime Dwayne Johnson appeared on the screen, my jaw just dropped. His one, lone, singular muscle is like a wall.
There is about fifteen minutes of total action footage in the film that is worth a watch. The other thing to notice is the beautiful city of Rio de Janerio. Guess Rio is the flavour of Hollywood this season. The animated scenery of Carlos Saldahna's Rio is much preferable than the dark, actual depiction of the city.
The soundtrack is good, but the best one to come out of the Fast and Furious franchise was the one from Tokyo Drift.
All said and done, I guess the making of the movie will be more fun to watch than the actual film. Watch the film, and go high on cars, ammo, and cars.
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