Fast Five- Furious it is...

Hellos after a long time!!

Back with another review of mine after a long time though since the last post.

Just came back after watching Fast Five in IMAX with Shishir Goswami. Met my other buddy Venkat after the movie ended.For someone who hasn't watched the previous movies(except Tokyo Drift a long long time back and don't remember anything), it was a nice enjoyable movie for someone who enjoys action movies.

The plot is thin where Dominic Toretto is helped escape prison and he along with his sister and Ex-CIA agent turned Thief Brian O’Conner plan a heist of $100 Mn from the local drug mafia boss. They assemble their team comprising of various characters appeared in previous instalments plan it. To foil their plans, FBI agent Luke Knobbs from the USA came in and starts hunting for them. Whether they are successful and if yes, how forms the rest of the plot.

Performance wise Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Jordana Brewster were good. The rest of the crew have played their part well. Giesel Yashar looks good and she can act too. She and Sung Kang seem to have a great chemistry. Tyrese Gibson can definitely talk and provides the fun quotient to the movie. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is a welcome addition to the crew and he was great in his limited role in this movie. He has come a long way since Scorpion Kind and seems to be the only one who has successfully transitioned from in ring competition(WWE) to the silverscreen while the others are still finding their feet. Whether it is a Disney movie like the Gameplan or an action movie like this, he has covered it all.

This is a transition movie as the franchise itself is moving away from only being a Street Racing oriented movie into an Action movie. You see all of it in it, Fast cars, Gun fights, Fist Fights, $100Mn heist etc. Action is first rate. Couple of sequences worth mentioning are Chase sequence over the roof tops, Fist fight between Dwayne Johnson and Vin Diesel was realistic and cool. The climax chase scene where they pull the vault using the two cars is a highlight too.

The scene in the climax sets up the plot for the next instalment and it is definitely worth looking forward to since that will see Dwayne Johnson coming back to reprise his role.

Verdict: 3.5/5