Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at 10:16PM 'Fast (and Furious) Five' Trailer
I have a love-hate relationship with The Fast and the Furious franchise. I guess it's more of a hate-love thing, because I hate that I love these movies. I can't help but watch the first film in its entirety anytime it's on TV, 2 Fast 2 Furious is one of my guilty pleasures, and I was pleasantly surprised with Justin Lin's gritty take in the 4th installment.
That being said, it's really hard to be upset with the overkill that is the franchise's fifth film, Fast Five (alliteration, yo!). Today we got the film's first trailer, and it's not half bad.
If it weren't for the dead giveaway that is Vin Diesel's voice, the first half of this trailer doesn't resemble anything close to a Fast and Furious film. It just looks like some gritty South American crime drama. Then around the 1 minute mark we see the cars and everything becomes oh so clear.
The other thing going for Fast Five is its cast. It's like everyone who has been in any of the Fast and Furious films ever (and whose character is still alive) is back for this film, with the addition of The Rock. Justin Lin, the director of the last two sequels, is once again at the helm.
Fast Five races into theaters (yeah, I said it) on April 29, 2011.
Synopsis:
Former cop Brian O’Conner partners with ex-con Dom Toretto on the opposite side of the law. Since Brian and Mia Toretto broke Dom out of custody, they’ve blown across many borders to elude authorities. Now backed into a corner in Rio de Janeiro, they must pull one last job in order to gain their freedom. As they assemble their elite team of top racers, the unlikely allies know their only shot of getting out for good means confronting the corrupt businessman who wants them dead. But he’s not the only one on their tail. Hard-nosed federal agent Luke Hobbs never misses his target. When he is assigned to track down Dom and Brian, he and his strike team launch an all-out assault to capture them. But as his men tear through Brazil, Hobbs learns he can’t separate the good guys from the bad. Now, he must rely on his instincts to corner his prey… before someone else runs them down first.
Reader Comments (1)
Dwayne Johnson.. that name on the poster already gives me the chills :). Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson have a fight in this that will knock you all on your ass.