In an act of serendipity, my girlfriend and I viewed this movie on our Fifth anniversary (Happy Fifth! Here's to five more!). Guys, remember, you are not enjoying the movie if she is not enjoying the movie. And to skip to the punchline, she thought it was a good movie. "There's actually a lot of action right from the beginning!" Quite the car fan in her own right, she oohed and ahhed at the Honda NSX, DeTomaso Pantera, the Corvette Grand Sport, Koenigsegg CCX, and the Lexus LF-A.
"Ooh...what is that?"
"It's a Lexus LF-A."
"How much does it cost?"
"About 4oo grand."
"Is it reliable?"
It also didn't hurt that the driver of the LF-A is her current crush, Sung Kang, who plays Han, who died in part 3. Die again already! And may I add your wig was askew in a few scenes. So there.
Speaking of Asian guys, she laughed at the Asian federal agent, with his mini mohawk and EXTREMELY tight, comically tight Underarmour t-shirt.
In a nutshell, Fast Five is action packed, entertaining, and absolutely ridiculous. It is Ocean's Eleven (the remake) without the style. The cars are probably cooler than in any of the other Fast and Furiouses. A lot of the action takes place in Rio de Janeiro's favelas. Yes, you've seen this before in a bunch of other movies, including the Incredible Hulk. Must be trendy to show Brazilian shanty towns in movies. The two Dodge sedans towing a massive vault is so absurd it belongs in, well, a Dodge commercial.
So yes, Fast Five is worth watching. We watched it on my anniversary weekend with no hard feelings as a result. Your results may vary.
*I'd like to mention this is the first movie we rented under Redbox raised prices from $1.00 to $1.20. Boo. I think it sucks of Redbox to raise prices. It is still about as cheap as it gets, however I'll select my rentals carefully and be watching for future raised prices.
