I watched the lastest Fast and Furious movie there at the weekend, or Fast 5 as it was called in America, but here they just called it Fast and Furious 5. Its confusing all these different names they have for films!
But anyway while it was not the best in the series, it wasn't the worst either, and it was good to see that some of the original characters are back in it again, especially Dominic Toretto (played by the ice cool Vin Diesel) and even their big clod buddy Vince (Matt Schulze) was back in it this time, having obviously his gunshot wound from the end of the first film.
The plot isn't up to too much but it basically boils down to Toretto, and his good friend Brian (Paul Walker) and his sister Mia (Jordana Brewster) busting Toretto out of a prison bus on its way to Lompoc prison, via a death defying car assault. Later on they escape to Rio DiJenaro where they meet up with Vince, who plans to do a job to boost some cars on a train, but the train has DEA agents on it who have been assigned to the vehicles. After they escape from the authorities with some of the vehicles, one in particular has a chip contained in its video screen, which actually details plans on where crimelord Herman Reyes (played by Joaquim de Almeida) keeps his money in vaults worth 100 million dollars, which Dominic plans to steal, so they can get out and set themselves up for the rest of their lives. However an American team the Diplomatic Security Service, lead by the hulky Luke Hobbs (played by Dwayne Johnson, who has the build sneakily enough of a wrestler, so I wonder what his nickname is!) tracks down Toretto's whereabouts with the intention of arresting him and bringing him to justice as it where.
Fast and Furious 5 is quite an enjoyable flick, and while it goes on about 20 minutes too long, there are some good fun moments as well, especially where Toretto gets his team to plan how they are going to do the robbery, at this point the film is across between Ocean's Eleven and Mission Impossible. Vin Diesel as usual plays Dominic with an almost languid cool, and despite the somewhat simplistic dialogue he is given, he gives Toretto just about enough of a mysterious aura that you like how he interacts with the other characters, and he always seems to be one step ahead. Its almost like watching Patrick McGoohan in the Prisoner, a character who answers a question without actually answering it. Paul Walker, while he isn't the best actor in the world, still does not too badly as Brian O'Conner, who originally was an undercover cop, has given up his life as a law enforcer to help out Toretto as well as keep his relationship with Mia, played by rather nice Jordana Brewster, who is quite good. It was also good to see the return of Matt Schulze who was in the original film as Vince, Toretto's brash friend, although he shows signs of wisdom in this film, and it was a shame that his character was underwritten here. But Dwayne Johnson also deserves a mention too as the DSS agent Luke Hobbs, as physically he's so big that he even imposes himself on Vin! Dwayne also does not too badly with his role, although he does make that usual uneven lurch from trying to capture Toretto guy to eventually helping him. It may not be Johnson's best performance of course, but he isn't too bad an actor though, and it would be worth watching a few other films of his.
But anyways Fast and Furious 5 is fun albeit somewhat forgettable fun, and its hard to say if they will make another one, but I guess they have left it open ended, so FAF6 could well be on the cards (or cars).
So that's ennoooughh for now.
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