A soon-to-be impressive compendium of reflections and research in Genre Studies by high school students in NYC (with very short arms).
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Fast Five movie review
First there was The Fast and the Furious, then there came 2 Fast 2 Furious later we were introduced to a new world of fast and furiousness in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, following that we were brought back to a familiar site with Fast and Furious, now with the newest installment of the series there’s Fast Five! That’s right our favorite racers are back but now Brian O’Conner (Paul Walker), Mia Torreto (Jordana Brewster), and Dominic Torreto (Vin Diesel) are on the run. Thinking they can find safety in Rio de Janerio, they’re furiously wrong! Fast Five is truly the definition of what an action/adventure film is meant to be. Fast Five gets your heart racing with all the action that is thrown at you. This film brings back some of our favorite characters from the past films such as Han and Roman, and it also introduces some new one with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson playing federal agent Luke Hobbs. Yes, finally Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson together in one film, two monstrous figures what’s better? The fight scene between the two, that’s what! The fight scene between the two alone is epic, with pure power. Like in all the other installments of the series there’s torque filled races with mind blowing stunts, but something that wasn’t seen in the others, ammunition, and lots of it. There is not a dull moment in the film between all the flying bullets and pedals being put to the metal. The great thing about this film compared to the others is that it seems like there is equilibrium between the storyline and action and racing. Unlike in the others which were either to storyline based or completely racing with a weak story.
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This movie was off the hook and great job explaining the harmony of the themes and potentially spoiling it for Ben.
ReplyDeleteI loved this movie! It is really the mother board of action/adventure movies where the main props are cars. I liked how you explained the film as an "equilibrium between the storyline and action and racing". Action/Adventure is all about the rush of adrenaline and the ability to make something from great to awesome.
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