Fast And Furious 6

Thank you god for ensuring that my weekend was not completely ruined.  Thank you god for creating a director like Justin Lin who genuinely believes in the concept of raising the bar every single time he gets behind that lens.  That, is the only success formula for a hugely successful franchise that continues to enthrall audiences across the world every time they decide to make another one.

Bullet to the Head

One habit that I desperately need to break this year is getting in late for a movie.  I have missed the start of all movies in the last week.  A 100% record for movies released in the week of 1^st to 7^th February 2013!!!! And last night went that much further.  Left home late.  Got stuck in traffic on Aarey Road. 

Fast 5 - Rio Hiest

And for the action geek, for those who thrive on speed, for those whose fix is a chase sequence in a movie that lasts for a good 7-10 minutes, for the ultimate action aficionado – there is one name which gets their juices flowing and rushing to the theatre with a willingness to spend whatever is put up as the price for the ticket. That one franchise from Hollywood which has regaled action freaks for exactly a decade now and promises to entertain for a few more typically has 2 words. One of them is called Fast. No points for guessing the other one. In its 5th edition, the makers have chosen to ignore the 2nd typical word and go with a more compact FAST 5. There are man movies and then there are more man movies and then there are those who scream out MAN MOVIE!!!! Fast Five is in the 3rd category without a doubt. And for those who genuinely have a doubt I suggest you watch Fast 5 and judge for yourself. If you still have a doubt, a serious brain over haul is recommended by this writer.


Replete with sequences of car heists from trains, stealing safes from banks and high speed car chases through the streets of Rio de Janeiro, Fast 5 is a treat for even those who can tolerate action movies. Starting with the first sequence where our lovey dovey couple of Brian O’Connor (Paul Walker) and Mia Toretto (Jordana Brewster) decide that they are not going to let Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) spend 25 years in jail. So they first get him out of the prison car in absolutely daring fashion. But Dom decides to disappear after that. The couple continue onto Rio where they are supposed to hook up with Dom @ Vince’s (Matt Schulze) place. Dom doesn’t turn up at the place but does appear miraculously in the train when they are jumping 3 cars. What the 3 of them are unaware of is that the cars are under supervision of the DEA and that the job is for Hernan Reyes (Joaquim de Almeida) who owns Rio. When 3 DEA agents are gunned down, the blame of the killing falls squarely on our heroes. They need to redeem themselves and so get their strike team back together - Gisele Harabo (Gal Gadot), Han Lue (Sung Kang), Roman Pearce (Tyrese Gibson), Tej Parker (Ludacris), Tego Leo (Tego Calderon) and Rico Santos (Don Omar). But there is one teeny weeny problem who goes by the name of Special Agent Luke Hobbs (Dwayne “The Rock” Douglas Johnson) who has been deputed to bring our “killers” back home.

Fast Cars – really fast cars, Fast bikes, men with rippling muscles, hot chicks – correction super hot babes, Super sizzling woman on a bike, Extremely hot Brazilian cop, Awesome chases, great fights – especially one between The Rock and Vin Diesel, a absolutely apt background score to complement the action and did I mention sizzling babes (I must have) – the only thing that I can think of that was missing was acting. Now Now dears – whatever made you get your expectations up on that front. If that was present then Fast 5 would have reached the Oscars. Justin Lin has directed 3 movies in the franchise including this one. And I see no reason why he will not do so in the next one – yet again, please stay till the end credits – the 6th edition will have some even more sizzling babes – Eva Mendes and Michelle Rodrigues to begin with. As mentioned earlier, if you think you can tolerate action movies even a wee bit, you will find Fast 5 entertaining enough. 12 on 10 for the action. Overall rating of 6 on 10 from my side.

Watch the trailer at http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi1723702553/