Runtime:
130 minutes
Directed
by: Justin Lin
Starring:
Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, The Rock, Luke Evans
From:
Universal
Yesterday,
I finally got to see the movie, and it was a special occasion as I
made the long drive up to Jacksonville, as that's where the hosts of
the BMFCast podcast live and they were having a big get-together with
everyone who wanted to watch this film with them, as they all loved
Fast Five and they wanted more of the same. Including me there was a
little more than a dozen people. It was at the city's Cinemark
theatre; it wasn't their biggest screen but still, it was a pretty
damn big screen. I wish that they had more people working the concession stand but I am getting off-topic. Anyhow, onto the non-spoiler thoughts.
The
plot: After the events of the past film everyone went their own
separate ways and living the good life, but it just wasn't the same
as they were all on the run and all. Hobbs (The Rock) finds Dom
Toretto (Diesel) and says that there's Owen Shaw (Evans), a bad bad
dude who has a heist gang of his own and he's looking to acquire a
vicious bit of technology and in short, it could really cripple an
entire country if it falls into the wrong hands. Hobbs wants the gang
to come back together and stop the bad guys, and Toretto is enticed
as it's discovered that his old girlfriend Letty (Michelle Rodriguez)
is now working for Shaw's crew. So off they go to London and
elsewhere.
I
thought that the last one had a whole lot of preposterous and
hilariously implausible (if not impossible) actions and events. This
film has that, only to a higher degree. No exaggeration. Me and the
people around me couldn't help but laugh at the most ridiculous
stuff, as you can't believe it. Yet, it's still awesome, as it's
thrilling to watch and it's pretty awesome. What happens in the
climax was full of incredible moments, but don't think too much about
it too much in terms of logic.
The
story doesn't always make sense and there are plotholes, but when the
action is this incredible (there are some great setpieces), who
cares? I don't always think that way, but when you see the movie with
a rowdy (in a good way) crowd, it's a tremendous experience as there
are many things that would cause various reactions, from happiness to
sadness, joy to anger, and all the rest. Who am I to carp about the
story or the acting? What an astounding climax, too. Oh, and more
than one element from Fast & Furious (the 4th one) are
mentioned in this one, but it's mostly explained for those that don't
remember the 4th one.
Basically,
if you loved Fast Five you'll love this; while it's definitely
different from the 5th installment, it still has a lot of
excitement and gleefully over the top action and situations, so I do
give it a recommendation for series fans. Stay after the credits
begin, as pretty quickly you get to see a short bit that sets up the
7th movie (coming out summer '14) and for sure it'll get
the series fans to lose their mind and get their engines revved for
the next installment.
I'll
be back tomorrow night.
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