14 DAY TRIAL // The “Fast and the Furious” franchise has been around for about 10 years and, despite the fact that critics thrash every single installment of it, it’s still going at full speed – pun intended. The trailer for the fifth film, “Fast Five,” has just been released.
The film is shot and placed entirely in Brazil, in Rio de Janeiro, for obvious reasons: Brian (Paul Walker) and ex-con Dom (Vin Diesel) are still trying to escape the long arm of the law.
They’re here to do one last job and “then disappear forever,” as Diesel also says in the trailer below, the first to be released to promote the flick.
Unfortunately, a scorned businessman is not the only one hot on their trails, since hard-headed FBI agent Luke Hobbs (Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, a newcomer to the franchise) is also out to get them in custody.
The fifth film also sees other members of the original cast coming back together, like Jordana Brewster, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Tyrese Gibson and Sung Kang.
Vin Diesel himself has promised fans and friends on his official Facebook page that “Fast Five” will be the biggest and most adrenaline-pumping film in the whole franchise yet, as Den of Geek points out.
Judging by the trailer, it will deliver on that promise – but at the expense of all credibility.
“Critics hate them, and they’re the kind of movies you can’t, apparently, really openly admit to liking. It’s The Fast And The Furious series, and whether you're a particular fan of their mixture of speeding cars and macho posturing or not, they keep making money, so Hollywood keeps on rolling them off the production line,” DoG writes.
“[It] looks like the most over the top series entry yet. We tried to count the number of wrecked cars that appear in the first trailer, but got bored after three and then went and did some washing up,” the e-zine further says.
“Note, too, that among the crashing vehicles and repeated shots of ladies’ posteriors, Paul Walker is never given the opportunity to speak. Given the rich mahogany performances he turned in for the earlier movies, that’s perhaps a good thing,” DoG argues.
Then again, “The Fast and the Furious” franchise was never about excellent acting and brilliant dialog, but rather about speeding cars and gorgeous ladies who fall for the hunks driving them.
Below is the first trailer of “Fast Five,” bringing together two of the biggest action heroes of our times, Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson. The film is out in April 2011.