“Fast Five” Review

Isaias V

Per.3

11/27/12          

                                          “Fast Five” Review

    Out of all of the Fast and the Furious movies, Fast Five is probably the worst. There is one issue in particular that makes this the worst movie in the series. The issue is that it’s not about racing any more. If you look back at the series, racing is the subject that holds the story together. But some how they go from racing cars, to drug money and drug dealers. That really does not go with the original story line.

   Before, the original movies had cool looking and fast cars. To me, Fast Five had two actual racing scenes and was more like a glorified car commercial. The only appeal was a few new or famous model cars. They were shiny and brand new and that was it. That was pretty much all they had about cars. In the first two movies, you can see when they actually get down into the engine and start describing it. Fast Five was more like “lets throw in a few fast and expensive cars and show them in like 1 or 2 scenes.” It’s weird that they would put new cars but keep the same old actors. It’s nice that they are keeping the original cast but younger actors should be in it. “Wow, the only way this film could be more ludicrous is if they actually cast Ludicrous in it. Oh wait…”(Widgett Walls). This shows that some people are actually getting tired of the same cast in every movie. It was nice in the fourth movie but now they are just making these characters look invincible. “The chemistry of the core cast steered by Vin Diesel and Paul Walker keeps this from outing from running on fumes”(Lisa Kennedy). This quote shows that there are still people who enjoy seeing the original cast.

    They should just end the series instead of trying to keep the story alive with old actors and an already confusing story. They don’t even give us an exact time period and they still throw in actors from all the movies. You can’t tell if the movies take place in 2006 or 2016. They throw in all this new tech and new cars but it still doesn’t narrow down the time frame. It’s hard to tell if the third movie is before or after Fast Five.  

    The Fast and Furious series should just end if its not going to be about racing. If it’s not about racing or cars, fast should not be in the title.

                                     

                                        Works Cited

Walls, Widgett. Rotten Tomatoes. Needcoffe.com. April 29,2011. October 26,2012

Kennedy, Lisa. Rotten Tomatoes. Denver post. April 29,2011.  October 26,2012