Fast Five (2011)

Fast Five (2011)

Directed by: Justin Lin
Screenplay by: Chris Morgan

Genre: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Running Time: 130 Minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Viewed: Theater

Get the fifth gear!

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Comments: I'll admit to The Fast and the Furious series being one of my guilty pleasures. I highly enjoyed the first film when it came out - come on, I was sixteen at the time with a new driver's license. It was a hell of a fun summer film. The next two are generally forgettable (I own them on DVD nonetheless!), but the series returned to form in 2009 with Fast & Furious (I incorrectly theorized that the fifth film in the franchise would logically be called FAST FURIOUS!). Fast Five, however wrongly named it is, delivers what the franchise does best: high energy, abysmal acting, and a shitload of completely implausible and over-the-top stunts. While the film shifts the focus of the series from straight up car porn to a heist film with a side of car porn, it still is a fun and mindless excursion for a Saturday afternoon. See you in two-to-three years for Furiously Fast (that's my official guess, clocked in at 1704 EST, 14 May 2011).