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Fast Five

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Justin Lin
Produced by Neal H. Moritz
Vin Diesel
Michael Fottrell
Written by Chris Morgan
Based on Characters by
Gary Scott Thompson
Starring Vin Diesel
Paul Walker
Jordana Brewster
Dwayne Johnson
Music by Brian Tyler
Cinematography Stephen F. Windon
Editing by Kelly Matsumoto
Fred Raskin
Christian Wagner
Studio Original Film
One Race Films
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date(s) April 20, 2011 (2011-04-20) (Australia)
April 29, 2011 (2011-04-29) (United States)
Running time 130 minutes[1]
Country United States
Language English
Budget $125 million[2]
Box office $609,837,675[3]

Fast Five (alternatively known as Fast & Furious 5[1] or Fast & Furious 5: Rio Heist[4]) is a 2011 action film written by Chris Morgan and directed by Justin Lin and the fifth installment in The Fast and the Furious franchise. The film stars Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster and Dwayne Johnson and was first released in Australia on April 20, 2011 followed by a United States release on April 29, 2011. Fast Five follows Brian O'Conner (Walker), Dominic Toretto (Diesel) and Mia Toretto (Brewster) as they plan a heist to steal $100 million from corrupt businessman Hernan Reyes (Joaquim de Almeida) while being pursued for arrest by U.S. DSS agent Luke Hobbs (Johnson).

For development of Fast Five, a conscious effort was made by Universal Studios to shift away from the street racing theme prevalent in previous films in the series. Emphasis was instead placed on transforming the franchise into a heist action series that utilized cars in an attempt to attract wider audiences that may otherwise be turned off by the series' focus on cars and car culture. Fast Five is considered the transitional film in the series, featuring only one car race with more attention given to action set-pieces such as gun fights, brawls and the heist of $100 million. The production employed a comprehensive marketing campaign, marketing the film across social media, virtual games, cinema chains, automobile manufacturers and NASCAR racing.

Fast Five garnered financial success, breaking box office records for the highest grossing opening weekend in April and the second highest opening weekend in Spring, earning $168 million. The film surpassed Fast & Furious (2009) to become the highest grossing film in the franchise and overtook Rio to become the highest grossing film of 2011, holding this title for fifteen days before being replaced by Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. Fast Five has grossed over $605 million worldwide, placing it #61 on the list of highest-grossing films of all time worldwide—in unadjusted dollars.

The film received critical praise with critics praising the combination of "action sequences that toy idly with the laws of physics"[5] and comedy; some labeling the film the "best" of the series.[6] Johnson was singled out for his performance, with critics calling him "the best thing, by far, in Fast Five"[7] and remarking that scenes shared by Johnson and Diesel were often the "best moments".[6] Despite the positive response, many were critical of the film's running time, considering it too long, and others criticized the treatment of women, stating "[Females] cameo strikingly in buttock form. Others actually have first names"[8] South American reviewers were critical of the film's portrayal of Rio de Janeiro as a haven for drug trafficking and corruption, labeling it a "stereotype."[9]

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[edit] Plot

When Dominic "Dom" Toretto (Vin Diesel) is being transported to Lompoc prison by bus, his sister Mia Toretto (Jordana Brewster) and friend Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker) lead an assault on the bus, causing it to crash, freeing Dom. While authorities search for them, the trio escape to Rio de Janeiro. Awaiting Dom's arrival, Mia and Brian join their friend Vince (Matt Schulze) and other participants on a job to steal three cars from a train. While aboard the train, Brian and Mia discover the train is carrying DEA agents and that the cars are seized property. When Dom arrives with the rest of the participants, he realizes that one of them, Zizi (Michael Irby), is only interested in stealing one car – a Ford GT40. Dom has Mia steal the car herself while Dom and Brian fight Zizi and his henchmen, with Zizi killing the DEA agents assigned to the vehicles. Dom and Brian are captured and brought to crime lord – and owner of the cars – Hernan Reyes (Joaquim de Almeida), Zizi's boss where he orders the pair be interrogated to discover the location of the car. However they manage to escape and retreat to their safehouse.

While Brian, Dom, and Mia examine the car to discover its importance, Vince arrives and is caught trying to remove a computer chip from the car, admitting that he was planning to sell it to Reyes on his own. Dom forces Vince to leave and after investigating the chip, Brian discovers it contains details of Reyes' criminal empire including the locations of $100 million in cash. Following the murder of the DEA agents aboard the train, blamed on Dom and his team, U.S. Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) agent Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) and his team arrive in Rio to capture Dom and Brian. They travel to Dom's safehouse with assistance from local officer Elena Neves (Elsa Pataky), but find it under assault by Reyes' men. Brian, Dom and Mia escape with Dom suggesting they split up and leave Rio, but Mia announces she is pregnant with Brian's child. Dom agrees to stick together and suggests they steal Reyes' money to start a new life. The trio organizes a team to perform the heist, recruiting Han Seoul-Oh (Sung Kang), Roman Pearce (Tyrese Gibson), Tej Parker (Ludacris), Gisele Yashar (Gal Gadot), Tego Leo (Tego Calderón) and Rico Santos (Don Omar). Vince later joins the team after saving Mia from being captured by Reyes' men, earning Dom's trust once more.

Hobbs and his team eventually find and arrest Dom, Mia, Brian and Vince. While transporting them to the airport for extradition to the United States, the convoy is attacked by Reyes' men, killing Hobbs' team and Vince. Hobbs and Elena are saved by Dom, Brian and Mia as they fight back against Reyes' men and escape. Wanting revenge for his murdered team, Hobbs and Elena agree to help with the heist. The gang breaks into the police station where Reyes' money is kept and tear the vault from the building using their cars, dragging it through the city with police in pursuit. Believing they cannot outrun the police, Dom makes Brian continue without him while he attacks the police and the pursuing Reyes, using the vault attached to his car to smash their vehicles. Brian returns to kill Zizi, while Reyes is badly injured by Dom's assault. Hobbs arrives on the scene and executes Reyes. Hobbs refuses to let the pair go free, but unwilling to arrest them, agrees to give them a 24-hour head start to escape. The gang split Reyes' money, with Dom leaving Vince's share to his family, before the members go their separate ways.

On a tropical beach, Brian and a visibly pregnant Mia relax. They are met by Dom and Elena. Brian challenges Dom to a final, no-stakes race to prove who is the better driver.

In a post-credits scene, Hobbs is given a file by Monica Fuentes (Eva Mendes) concerning the hijack of a military convoy in Berlin. In the file, Hobbs discovers a recent photo of Letty Ortiz (Michelle Rodriguez), Dom's presumed-deceased girlfriend.

[edit] Cast

For more details on the characters, see List of The Fast and the Furious characters.
Top to bottom: Diesel, Walker and Brewster reprised their roles from the original The Fast and the Furious (2001).
A professional criminal, street racer and fugitive. Diesel was reportedly paid $15 million to star in and produce the film.[10]
A former FBI agent turned criminal. He is in a relationship with Mia Toretto. Walker did many of his own stunts for the film, training with parkour professional Paul Darnell to improve his movement.[11]
A Diplomatic Security Service agent. According to producer Vin Diesel, the role of Hobbs was originally developed with Tommy Lee Jones in mind to take the part. However when reading feedback on his Facebook page, Diesel noted one fan stating a desire to see Diesel and Johnson in a film together. Diesel and Lin then redesigned the role for Johnson.[12] Johnson wanted to work with Universal Studios, citing their support for him when transitioning from wrestling to his film career.[13] He described the role as a former bounty hunter turned US Marshal,[14] the "government’s version of the best bounty hunter on the planet."[13] He undertook an extensive daily workout regime to increase the size of his physique, wanting his character to appear as a "hunter" and formidable enough to be a credible threat to the protagonists.[13]
Dom's sister and girlfriend of Brian O'Conner.
Brian's childhood friend. Gibson's involvement was confirmed on June 30, 2010, reprising his role from 2 Fast 2 Furious.[15] Gibson was committed to Transformers: Dark of the Moon at the time he signed on to Fast Five. He was forced to fly between Puerto Rico and Atlanta to accommodate both films.[11]
Brian and Roman's friend from Miami. Ludacris confirmed his involvement in the film on July 12, 2010 when he stated he had arrived in Puerto Rico to begin filming.[16]
Dom's childhood friend. Having previously appeared in the first film, Schulze was confirmed to be returning on July 16, 2010.[17]
A street racer and Dom's business partner in the Dominican Republic.
A former Mossad agent and love interest of Han. Although Gadot had prior experience handling motorbikes, she was required to learn how to ride the larger, more powerful Ducati Streetfighter for the film.[11]
A ruthless drug lord hiding behind the guise of a legitimate business man. Almeida was confirmed to be taking on the role of antagonist Hernan Reyes on July 16, 2010.[17] Almeida had been hesitant to take the role, having previously played several antagonists. After speaking with Lin and hearing his take on the character however, Almeida agreed to take part.[11]
A Rio police officer who works with Hobbs' team. Pataky was confirmed to be involved as the love interest of Diesel's character on July 16, 2010.[17] Pataky underwent several days of tactical training with a police/military technical advisor and was required to familiarize herself with handling a variety of weapons to believably portray her role.[11]

The central cast is rounded out by Puerto Rican singers Tego Calderon and Don Omar as Tego Leo and Rico Santos respectively, members of the heist team. Michael Irby plays Reyes' right-hand man Zizi.[11] Alimi Ballard, Fernando Chien, Yorgo Constantine, and Geoff Meedy portray members of Hobbs's team: Fusco, Wilkes, Chato, and Macroy. Michelle Rodriguez appears via photographs as Letty Ortiz, Dom's former girlfriend who is presumed deceased following the events of Fast & Furious. Eva Mendes appears in an uncredited cameo as agent Monica Fuentes, reprising her role from 2 Fast 2 Furious.

[edit] Production

[edit] Development

By February 3, 2010, it was confirmed that a fifth film was going into production in the Fast and Furious series, referred to as Fast Five. It was also confirmed that Diesel, Walker, writer Chris Morgan and producer Neal H. Moritz were all returning to their roles for the new installment.[18] Moritz confirmed that, following the success of Fast & Furious (2009), featuring the reunion of Diesel, Brewster, Walker and Rodriguez since the original film, the production had wanted to bring back these cast members for the next film. Diesel felt that the story between the characters portrayed by himself and Walker should continue, envisioning it as three stories with Fast Five becoming the concluding chapter. Diesel also wanted to bring in a variety of characters from previous films that had not previous interacted, put them together and "have a lot of fun." [11]

The production had originally intended to film on location in Rio de Janeiro. However, the production was offered tax incentives by the Puerto Rican government, influencing the decision to conduct filming there, using Puerto Rico to represent Rio de Janeiro.[13]

[edit] Writing

"For me, each chapter in this franchise is an extension of the first one, and they each get bigger. It is always a privilege to be able to revisit a good character driven story. This franchise is more than street racing and tuner cars; it really is about this larger family and community of racers."

— Morgan on his approach to writing the film.[11]

Lin wanted to explore the elements of "freedom and family" in the film and collaborated with Morgan towards that ideal, both having worked together on previous installments of the franchise. Morgan worked with Diesel to produce a story arc that would further explore and develop his character.[11] Morgan had conceived an idea involving heisting a large safe during production of Fast & Furious but that film's premise did not work with how Morgan envisioned the heist. He later incorporated this idea into Fast Five.[11]

[edit] Filming

On a budget of $125 million,[2] principal photography commenced in early Summer 2010 with three film units shooting simultaneously. The main cast were required to travel to Rio at the behest of Lin who felt it was important to understand the area and culture to show proper respect to the area when setting the film there. Diesel agreed that it was important to physically shoot important scenes in Brazil, commenting "we were able to shoot where other productions might not be able to shoot because our franchise has such good street cred."[11]

The Rio film unit captured aerial shots of the city including Sugarloaf Mountain, Fort Copacabana, Ipanema Beach, the Dona Marta lookout Point and the Christ the Redeemer statue. Establishing shots of the heist team members were shot as they individually arrived in Rio. Gibson was filmed arriving in character at Galeão International Airport but when it became publicly known that a scene was being shot at the airport, the cast and crew were mobbed. A similar situation occurred while Ludacris shot a scene where his character purchases a car to drive around the city. A scene where the completed heist team walk down a beach was filmed in Copacabana.[11]

For the rooftop chase across Favelas, filming occurred in Puerto Rico where the production was able to have more control over the area. The main and second filming units began filming in around the capital of San Juan. The islands mixture of tropical greenery and wide streets allowed the production to re-create the densely populated favelas of Rio while pulling off the larger action and external scenes without incident. Production designer Peter Wenham was tasked with transforming Puerto Rico and Atlanta into the previously scouted Rio locations in four weeks, as the production deemed Rio unsuitable for filming many of the larger scenes. Wenham was forced to reinforce buildings to support the heavy camera equipment and alter the color palette of more than 30 buildings in town to make them suitable for filming. His team were required to alter the buildings and strew debris to make the area look disheveled and appear as a Rio shantytown. Wenham remarked that though the development was difficult, in part due to the local temperature, it was "a walk in the park" compared to filming in the actual Rio favelas. Wenham aimed to maintain a monochromatic color scheme for the film with muted blacks and grays, including his choice of car color. He only chose to add a multitude of colors in the favela set.[11]

A foot-pursuit where Diesel, Brewster and Walker are chased across favela rooftops by Johnson and his team was filmed over the course of a week in the small hillside town of Naranjito, Puerto Rico. The scene was considered difficult to shoot as pathways were slick from moist, tropical heat and the scene involved actors and stunt doubles avoiding dogs, chickens and other stray animals loose in the area while running. To capture the scene, a 420-foot cable-camera rig was used to allow for a fast moving, birds-eye view of the action. The scene also involved cameras on cranes set up on rooftops and in alleyways. The train heist scene was filmed in Rice, California over three weeks.[11]

Filming moved to Atlanta, Georgia for the final phase. Wenham and his team transformed a defunct train yard into an abandoned auto-plant used by the protagonists as their headquarters. Redesigning the train yard took place over several months and was required to allow enough space for stunt drivers to drive into the building and include an integrated lighting system. The design team removed walls, hauled out old railway cars, suspended rusted car parts and auto-plant car rails, and constructed smaller buildings within the building to transform the site. With twenty-five pages of script to shoot in a limited time, cinematographer Stephen Windon and his team spent three weeks setting up a series of high-powered, motorized lights in the rafters of the building that could be controlled remotely to allow for lighting to be altered quickly while fully illuminating the set. An exterior scene involving Diesel and Walker attending a car party, involving several high-performance cars, was filmed near the Georgia Dome.[11]

A brawl scene between Johnson and Diesel's characters was considered difficult to choreograph. The characters were written to be equally formidable and so the fight was punctuated with moments of character development as it was felt this made the fight more exciting. Rehearsals for the scene occurred weeks in advance, and the final scene was filmed over a week by the actors and their stunt doubles, with several minor-injuries being incurred.[11]

Rapper Ludacris, who portrays Tej Parker, confirmed through his Twitter page that primary shooting ended on November 9, 2010.[19]

[edit] Marketing

An example of Fast Five's cross-media marketing. A Regal Entertainment Group-branded, virtual drive-in theater in Car Town, shows the trailer for Fast Five.

The first trailer for Fast Five was released on Diesel's Facebook page on December 14, 2010, in what was considered the first ever marketing approach of this kind. Diesel's page had, at the time, over 20 million subscribers, placing him in the top five celebrities with personal sites, providing a wide audience for the trailer. Following this debut, other members of the cast with personal social media platforms released the teaser trailer to their own fans.[20][21] The Facebook game Car Town by Cie Games and the theater chain Regal Entertainment Group (REG) partnered with Universal for a cross-media marketing promotion. Car Town allowed players to view the trailer for the film in an REG-branded, in-game drive-in theater and race around a virtual Rio de Janeiro. The game also contributed unique missions and locations based on the plot of the film while allowing players to interact and race against Fast Five characters. REG offered players of Car Town the ability to purchase tickets in-game via Fandango for films at REG theaters. By buying these tickets in-game, players were given promotional codes which in turn allowed them to unlock a virtual 1970s Dodge Charger, used by Diesel's character in the original film. REG promoted the partnership between the film and the game in their theaters across 37 states, online and through social media while Universal promoted it via their own Facebook, Twitter and YouTube sites. Gary Lokum, a Universal executive, commented "Our goal is to extend the film experience in innovative ways. This program accomplishes that on multiple levels: as a revenue-generating social gaming platform, film marketing outlet, and as a new way to reward fans of the franchise via virtual gifts."[22][23]

Automobile manufacturer Dodge partnered with Universal in marketing the film, having supplied the production with several Dodge Chargers to use in the film.[24] The partnership with Dodge included the "Fast Five" Dodge Charger driven in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race by Robby Gordon that was raced throughout April 2011 – the opening month of Fast Five – and the sponsoring of the world premiere of the film in Rio de Janeiro.[24]

[edit] Release

Fast Five held its premiere on April 15, 2011[25] in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at the Cinépolis Lagoon theater;[26] an event hosted by actress Susie Castillo[25] and sponsored by automobile manufacturer Dodge.[24]

[edit] Box office

Fast Five accrued $209,837,675 (34.4%) in US territories and a further $400,000,000 (65.6%) in foreign territories with a worldwide gross of $609,837,675,[3] making it the fifth highest grossing film of 2011 worldwide.[27] This amount places Fast Five within the top-105 (#103) highest grossing films of all time in the United States and the top-65 highest (#61) grossing films of all time worldwide, in unadjusted dollars.[3]

On May 14, 2011 after twenty-five days in theaters, Fast Five passed Fast & Furious to become the highest grossing entry in The Fast and the Furious franchise with a gross of $369,744,415, and the highest grossing installment of the franchise outside of the US and Canada with $214,619,415[28] – both accounting for inflation.[29] On May 15, 2011, with a gross of $168,780,000, Fast Five proceeded to pass Fast & Furious ($155 million) in US territories to become the highest grossing entry in the franchise domestically – again accounting for inflation – earning in sixteen days what it had taken Fast & Furious ninety-one days to achieve.[30][31][32] On the same day, with a total worldwide gross of $440,480,000, Fast Five surpassed Rio ($428.6 million) to become the highest grossing film of 2011.[33] It held this record for 15 days before being replaced on May 30, 2011; the film's $530.4 million gross surpassed by Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides with $623.7 million.[34] On May 18, 2011 with a total gross of $465,717,712, the film also entered the top-100 highest grossing films of all time worldwide – in unadjusted dollars – at a rank of #97.[35] The film reached a peak of #59 on the same list before leaving theaters.[36]

International

The film was initially released in Australia on Wednesday April 20, 2011, followed by a further release in three territories – the United Kingdom (UK), South Korea and New Zealand – two weeks before a release in US territories, taking advantage of the early Easter holiday period[37] and coinciding public and school holidays while avoiding competition from upcoming summer films.[38] This however placed it in direct competition with the superhero film Thor. During the opening day, Fast Five took $2.1 million in the UK,[39] $570,000 from South Korea[39] and $260,000 from New Zealand.[39] By the end of the opening weekend, the film accrued a total of $24 million[40] from foreign territories including $10.3 million from Australia (Universal's biggest opening in this territory), $8.8 million from the UK, $3.4 million from South Korea and $870,000 from New Zealand.[39] On its second weekend in foreign territories, Fast Five earned an estimated $45.3 million across 3,139 theaters in 14 territories, opening at #1 in each of its ten new territories,[41] breaking records for Universal's highest-ever grossing opening in Russia ($11.5 million), Spain and Turkey.[42] The film gross moved it into second place internationally however behind Thor which had since opened in more territories than Fast Five.

During the third week of release – with both films having opened in similar market numbers – Fast Five, with a total gross of $184.5 million, regained the number one position from Thor ($176.1 million), moving it into second place.[43][44] The film opened at number one in a further 44 territories for a total of 58 – 6,979 total theaters – breaking opening-weekend records for Universal in 12 countries; Argentina, Brazil ($5 million),[45] Chile, France ($8.8 million),[45] India, Italy ($7.4 million),[45] Malaysia, Mexico ($8.6 million),[45] Netherlands, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates and Vietnam.[43] The film simultaneously broke the record for the biggest opening gross of all time in the United Arab Emirates ($2.6 million), holding the record for two weeks before being replaced by Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides ($2.7 million).[46] On May 31, 2011, Fast Five, with a cumulative gross of $350 million, was replaced as the highest-grossing film of 2011 internationally by Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides with $472.3 million.[47]

United States and Canada

In US territories, Fast Five opened on April 29, 2011 in 3,644 theaters[3] making it the 96th widest release of all time.[48] The film took $3.8 million in receipts during launch midnight showings marking the best ever opening for a Universal title and The Fast and the Furious franchise.[49] By the end of the opening day the film had accrued a total of $34.4 million – including midnight takings – giving the film the highest-grossing opening day ever in an April, replacing Fast & Furious with $30.1 million,[50] and the second highest Friday opening outside of the Summer and holiday period behind Alice in Wonderland' with $40.8 million.[51] In total, Fast Five earned $86.2 million during its opening weekend, an average of $23,655 per theater[2] with IMAX showings contributing over $8 million.[52] The amount made it the highest-grossing opening for the franchise, the highest-grossing opening weekend for Universal, replacing The Lost World: Jurassic Park ($72.1 million),[53] the highest-grossing opening weekend of all time in April, replacing Fast & Furious with $71 million,[53] and the second-highest opening in the Spring period, again after Alice in Wonderland with $116.1 million.[54] The film also became the highest opening for Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, Dwayne Johnson, producer Neal Moritz and director Justin Lin.[53]

The film opened in a further eighteen cinemas for a total of 3,662 during the second week of release (6–8 May) taking over $32 million or $8,860 per theater.[55] This was a 62.4% drop from the previous weeks takings, a figure partially blamed on reduction in IMAX and large-format screens showing the film (reduced from 244[52] to 20),[27] which contributed $510,000 to the second weekends' gross.[43] This moved the film into second place in theaters behind the newly released Thor with $66 million.[56] Despite the competition from Thor, Fast Five continued to earn a further $20 million for the week bringing the US territory gross to over $135 million.[55] On May 7, 2011, Fast Five ($139.8 million) surpassed Rio ($116.5 million) to become the highest-grossing film of 2011 in the United States,[27] holding the record for thirty-six days until June 11, 2011; the film was surpassed by The Hangover Part II ($203.8 million).[57] On June 4, 2011, after 37 days of release in the US, the film became the first film of 2011 to accrue more than $200 million.[58] As of June 15, 2011, Fast Five is the best performing sequel film of 2011 when compared to previous installments of the franchise, becoming the highest grossing entry in the franchise and having the highest estimated attendance since The Fast and the Furious; Fast Five was followed by The Hangover Part II and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides in performance compared to previous films.[59] Fast Five closed on August 11, 2011, after 105 days (15 weeks) having accrued $209,837,675 across a total of 3,793 theaters,[3] leaving as the second highest-grossing heist/caper film, behind Inception ($292.5 million),[60] and the second highest-grossing car-racing film, behind Cars ($244.1 million)—not adjusting for inflation.[61]

Release date(s) Budget Box office revenue Box office ranking (current/peak)
United States International Worldwide Release year All time U.S. All time worldwide
April 20, 2011 (2011-04-20) (Australia)
April 29, 2011 (2011-04-29) (United States)		 $125,000,000[2] $209,837,675[3] $400,000,000[3] $609,837,675[3] #5 / #1[33][62] #103[3][63] #61 / #59[3][36]

Note(s)

  • Box office ranking accurate as of August 2011.

[edit] Critical reception

Dwayne Johnson received praise from several critics for his role in the film.

Fast Five has received positive critical reception following its release, earning a score of 67 out of 100 from 29 critics on review aggregate website Metacritic[64] and garnering 78% approval from 175 critics on Rotten Tomatoes with a consensus that the film is "Sleek, loud, and over the top, Fast Five proudly embraces its brainless action thrills."[65]

Roger Ebert gave the film 3 out of 4 stars, praising the film as "a skillfully assembled 130 minutes at the movies, with actors capable of doing absurd things with straight faces, and action sequences that toy idly with the laws of physics"[5] while Time Magazine contemplated the film as "maybe the first great film of the post-human era."[66] The New York Times claimed the film deftly combined action and humor, stating "The only time you won’t be watching the screen is when your eyes have squeezed shut because you’re laughing so hard."[67] The Telegraph appreciated the presence of Johnson and Diesel together, calling it a "cosmic event", and added that director Lin had revitalized the series saying "the start and finish here, defying every imaginable law of physics, are series highs."[68] Empire also heaped praise on Johnson saying "How to re-ignite an ageing franchise? Drop [Johnson] on it. The best thing, by far, in Fast Five...Dwayne Johnson hulks through the movie leaving testosterone trails in his wake." Remarking on the film however, Empire claimed the film was "not, by any normal criteria, a good film" and argued that the film was too long but conceded that the action scenes, in particular the final car chase, made the film "the most entertaining in the series."[7] Anna Smith of Time Out London also commented that the film was too long and criticized the simplistic characters and dialog but called the film "slick" and stated that these criticisms could be overlooked because "it doesn’t take itself too seriously."[69] Variety focused on the roles of Johnson and Diesel, lamenting the lack of "brawny" leading men of the 1980s or the "manly men" of the 1950s and 1960s and calling their pairing "a welcome injection of tough-guy vigor" and commented that, based on Fast Five, a "sixth entry could be something worth waiting for".[70] The New Yorker called the action scenes "spectacular", praising director Lin saying his "direction and the sharp editing never confuse or lose momentum" but also offered the sentiment that the film was too long and criticized the dialog, labeling it "subpar Ocean's Eleven-style banter."[71] On the characters, The New Yorker continued that Walker and Diesel were "serviceable" but also singled out Johnson for praise as bringing a "hip, comic knowingness to his role...his enjoyment is infectious and keeps the movie speeding along."[71]

Total Film welcomed the return of Ludacris and Tyrese Gibson to "[inject] the film with much-needed laughs" and felt that Johnson fit into the established cast of characters with ease, though believed the film itself was "no mould-breaker."[72] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone, who disliked the previous movies, gave the film 2.5 stars out of 4, praising the transformation of the series into a heist film saying "Damn it, it works" and favoring scenes between Johnson and Diesel, giving a summary that "Fast Five will push all your action buttons, and some you haven't thought of."[73] The Los Angeles Times felt that scenes shared by Diesel and Johnson were the "best moments" and appreciated the humor but considered the pacing a "strange mix", switching between exposition, comedy scenes and then sudden action.[6] The reviewer echoed other critics' sentiments concerning the running time of the film but provided a summary that "the sheer audacity of "Fast Five" is kind of breathtaking in a metal-twisting, death-defying, mission-implausible, B-movie-on-steroids kind of way", labeling it the "best" of the series.[6]

Both Empire and Variety drew allusions between the final chase scene of Fast Five and Bad Boys II (2003) with Variety stating that the scene "seems inspired in part by a similarly spectacular scene in Bad Boys II"[70] while Empire said that it "nearly out-Bad-Boys-2s Bad Boys 2".[7]

Not all reviews were positive however, with Film 4 criticizing both the film's long running time and its treatment of female characters, remarking "[Females] cameo strikingly in buttock form. Others actually have first names," but praised Johnson's role as DSS agent Luke Hobbs, saying he "provides a more credible anti-antagonist to our anti-heroes than the straight up villains can manage".[8] The Boston Herald held a more mixed response, deriding the lack of realism as removing any sense of threat to the protagonists but conceded that "These films may be robustly anti-intellectual and deplorably commercialized, but they are the envy of the rest of the world."[74] Despite giving the film a positive review and praising the action, The Hollywood Reporter was critical of the film's stars, saying "it’s clear the budget wasn’t used on acting lessons for the cast."[75] The New York Post's Kyle Smith gave the film a negative review, criticizing featured little car-related action until the finale, calling it less a "vroomer" and more a "knucklehead Ocean's Eleven.”[76] Smith went on to call the film's villain Reyes (Almeida) "unforgivably dull" and considered the long running time a result of taking "that long to read every item in the cliché dictionary."[76] Time Out New York simply stated that "The Fast and the Furious movies haven’t exactly gotten better as they’ve gone along" but gave the director a mixed compliment, saying "Justin Lin, taking his third turn behind the franchise’s wheel, is at least a competent hack."[77] Ebert gave Lin a more direct compliment, saying "Justin Lin is emerging as a first-rate director in this second-rate genre."[5] Rolling Stone too passed compliment saying "Justin Lin, who misdirected the last two sequels, finds his pace this time, staging dynamite action."

[edit] Brazilian critics

In South America, reviewers offered criticism of the use of Rio de Janeiro in the film, claiming it was poorly represented as a "stereotype"; a place "dominated by heavily armed drug traffickers, corrupt police and sexy women."[9] Globo accused the producers of using "aerial shots and quick editing" to "deceive the viewer" that the criminal events take place in Rio. Globo also reacted negatively to the use of "foreigners" to represent Brazilians "speaking Portuguese with laughable accents".[9] Veja agreed with the opinion of Globo, saying "The city of Rio and the Rio Film Commission supported the production. But the image that will run the world is all that is not wanted for the city."[78]

[edit] Accolades

Tyler's score work for Fast Five earned him a Film Music award at the 2011 BMI Film Music Awards.[79] The marketing components of Fast Five were nominated for three Golden Trailer Awards, winning one for Best Summer Blockbuster 2011 TV Spot.[80] For the 2011 Teen Choice Awards, Fast Five garnered five nominations including Choice Action movie and Choice Movie Actress - Action.[81] Three of the five available nomination slots for Choice Movie Actor - Action were taken by actors from Fast Five: Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson and Paul Walker.[81] The film ultimately received one Teen Choice Award, winning Choice Movie - Action.[82]

Year Award Category Recipient Result Ref.
2011 BMI Film Music Award Film Music Brian Tyler Won [79][83]
Golden Trailer Awards Best Action TV Spot "Fast Women" - Universal Pictures, AV Squad Nominated [80]
Best Summer 2011 Blockbuster Poster "Fast Five" - Universal Pictures, Cold Open Nominated [80]
Best Summer Blockbuster 2011 TV Spot "Superbowl" - Universal Pictures, AV Squad Won [80]
Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie - Action Fast Five Won [81][82]
Choice Movie Actor - Action Vin Diesel Nominated [81]
Dwayne Johnson Nominated [81]
Paul Walker Nominated [81]
Choice Movie Actress - Action Jordana Brewster Nominated [81]

[edit] Home media

On August 2, 2011, USA Network purchased the rights to the United States network premiere of Fast Five.[84] The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the United Kingdom on September 5, 2011,[85] and it is currently scheduled for release on October 4, 2011 in the United States. The film is to be released in 2:35:1 aspect ratio with DTS HD Master Audio 5.1 sound. The Blu-ray edition is a triple pack containing a Blu-ray, DVD and digital copy of the film.[86][87] Additionally, the Blu-ray version contains several exclusive features including behind-the-scenes footage, cast and crew interviews, a "virtual car garage" that provides further details on the vehicles used in the production and music tracks featured in the film. Both the DVD and Blu-ray contain director commentary, deleted scenes, a gag reel and features concerning the three central characters portrayed by Diesel, Walker and Johnson.[87] Promoting the release of the DVD and Blu-ray, Universal Studios Home Entertainment partnered with NASCAR to become the title sponsor of the first race in the Camping World Truck Series, renamed the "Fast Five 225", at the Chicagoland Speedway, with Gibson and Brewster acting as Grand Marshals. Gibson is set to sing the American National Anthem at the event, which is scheduled to take place on September 16, 2011, serving as the first race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. The deal marked the first time that a film promotion had been allowed to take over a NASCAR race as a title sponsor.[88]

[edit] Albums

Main articles: Fast Five (soundtrack) and Fast Five (score)

The Fast Five Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was released on iTunes on April 25, 2011 and CD on May 3, 2011 by ABKCO Records. The soundtrack features ten songs by various artists including Don Omar, Busta Rhymes and other reggaeton and rhythmic latin genres. The soundtrack also features a further three pieces of original score by Brian Tyler composed for the film; "Assembling the Team," "Mad Skills," and "Fast Five Suite".[89] Music guide AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars out of 5 with a summary that "The goal here is to accompany a picture that, as usual, is packed with driving sequences involving flashy cars, beautiful, scantily clad women, and muscled men. That goal is accomplished with this beat-heavy music and the gruff, aggressive Latin rapping."[89] Ludacris collaborated with Slaughterhouse and Claret Jai for the soundtrack's lead single, titled "Furiously Dangerous".[90]

The film score, composed by Brian Tyler,[91] was released on May 3, 2011 by Varèse Sarabande. The release consists of 25 tracks with a runtime of 78 minutes.[92] The score spent four weeks on the Billboard 200, peaking as high as #60, #24 on the digital albums chart and #5 on the soundtrack-only charts.[92]

[edit] Sequel

In February 2010, Diesel confirmed that production on Fast Five was commencing while also announcing that a sixth installment was being planned.[93] In January 2011, Fast Five producer Neal H. Moritz discussed plans for a sequel further, saying:

“ In Vin and my mind we already know what the sixth movie is, we’ve already been talking about it. Vin and I have had numerous conversations about what that might be. And we’re starting to get serious about it right now. We just finished [Fast Five] like 4 or 5 weeks ago and we just needed a break, and now we’re gonna start focusing on that.[94] ”

In April 2011, it was confirmed that Fast Five scribe Chris Morgan had already begun work on a script for a potential sixth film at the behest of Universal Pictures.[95] It was also confirmed that Universal intended to transition the series from street-racing action into a series of heist films with car chases in the vein of The Italian Job (1969) and The French Connection (1971) with Fast Five being the transitional movie.[95] Universal chairman Adam Fogelson said:

“ The question putting Fast Five and Fast Six together for us was: Can we take it out of being a pure car culture movie and into being a true action franchise in the spirit of those great heist films made 10 or 15 years ago?[95] ”

Fogelson went on to claim that the racing aspect had placed a "ceiling" on the number of people willing to see films in the franchise and that by turning it in a series where car driving ability is just a part of the film, he hoped to increase the series' audience.[95] On Johnson's character, Fogelson added "[Johnson] also wants to appear in and be integral to the action in Fast Six."[95]

On June 24, 2011 Universal Pictures announced that the potential sequel is currently scheduled for release on May 24, 2013.[96] Neal H. Moritz and Vin Diesel are to return as producers while Justin Lin returns to direct.[96] In an interview with Box Office, Lin revealed that he had, after discussions with Diesel, storyboarded, pre-vised and cut a twelve-minute finale for Fast Six before filming was completed on Fast Five. Lin claimed he shot the footage as he was unsure at the time if there would be a sequel or if he would be able to return and direct but wanted to have input on how any sequel would end.[97]

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