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Fast Five
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJustin Lin
Written byChris Morgan
Produced byNeal H. Moritz
Vin Diesel
Michael Fottrell
StarringVin Diesel
Paul Walker
Jordana Brewster
Tyrese Gibson
Chris "Ludacris" Bridges
Matt Schulze
Sung Kang
Dwayne Johnson
CinematographyStephen F. Windon
Edited byKelly Matsumoto
Fred Raskin
Christian Wagner
Music byBrian Tyler
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release dates
  • April 20, 2011 (2011-04-20) (Australia)
  • April 29, 2011 (2011-04-29) (United States)
Running time
130 minutes
CountryTemplate:Film United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$125 million[1]
Box office$355,307,103[2]

Fast Five (alternatively known as Fast & Furious 5[3] or Fast & Furious 5: Rio Heist[4]) is a 2011 street racing action film written by Chris Morgan and directed by Justin Lin. 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 domestic release on April 29, 2011 as the fifth film in the The Fast and the Furious franchise. Fast Five follows Brian O'Conner (Walker), Dom 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). Though it is the fifth entry in the series, the events of the film take place between those of Fast & Furious (2009) and The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006).

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 an action series 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.

Following its release, Fast Five garnered critical praise, becoming the highest rated entry in the franchise, and financial gain, breaking box office records to become the highest grossing opening weekend in an April and the second highest opening weekend in Spring, earning $168 million. As of May 12, 2011, Fast Five has grossed over $355 million.

Plot

When Dominic "Dom" Toretto (Vin Diesel) is being transported to a US 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. The job goes awry when 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; the 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 revealed to be working for Reyes when he removes a computer chip from the car. 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. 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 after Mia announces she is pregnant with Brian's child, Dom instead suggests they steal Reyes' money to start a new life. The trio organize 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 an airport for extradition to the United States, the convoy is attacked by Reyes' men, killing Hobbs' team and Vince. Hobbs is 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 on 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 as revenge for what Reyes's men did to his team. Hobbs refuses to let the pair go free, but unwilling to arrest him, 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, and they go their separate ways.

In the South Pacific, Brian and now visibly pregnant Mia relax on a beach, where 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 special file by U.S. Customs agent Monica Fuentes (Eva Mendes) concerning the hijack of a military convoy in Berlin. In the file, Hobbs discovers a recent photo of Leticia Ortiz (Michelle Rodriguez), Dom's presumed-deceased girlfriend, revealing she survived the events of Fast & Furious.

Cast

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  • Vin Diesel as Dom Toretto, a professional criminal, street racer and fugitive. Diesel was reportedly paid $15 million to star in and produce the film.[5]
  • Paul Walker as Brian O'Conner, a former FBI agent turned criminal. He is in a relationship with Mia Toretto.
  • Dwayne Johnson as Lucas "Luke" Hobbs, a U.S. 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 director Justin Lin then redesigned the role for Johnson.[6] Johnson wanted to work with Universal Studios, citing their support for him when transitioning from wrestling to his film career.[7] He described the role as a former bounty hunter turned US Marshall,[8] the "government’s version of the best bounty hunter on the planet."[7] 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.[7]
  • Jordana Brewster as Mia Toretto, Dom's sister and girlfriend of Brian O'Conner.
  • Tyrese Gibson as Roman Pearce, Brian's childhood friend. Gibson's involvement was confirmed on June 30, 2010, reprising his role from 2 Fast 2 Furious.[9]
  • Ludacris as Tej Parker, 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.[10]
  • Matt Schulze as Vince, Dom's childhood friend. Having previously appeared in the first film, Schulze was confirmed to be returning on July 16, 2010.[11]
  • Sung Kang as Han Seoul-Oh, street racer and Dom's business partner in the Dominican Republic.
  • Gal Gadot as Gisele Yashar, a former Mossad agent and love interest of Han.
  • Tego Calderon as Tego Leo, a member of Dom's crew.
  • Don Omar as Rico Santos, a member of Dom's crew.
  • Joaquim de Almeida as Hernan Reyes, a ruthless drug lord. Almeida was confirmed to be taking on the role of antagonist Hernan Reyes on July 16, 2010.[11]
  • Elsa Pataky as Elena Neves, 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.[11]
  • Michael Irby as Zizi, Reyes' henchman.

Alimi Ballard, Fernando Chien, Yorgo Constantine, and Geoff Meedy portray members of Hobbs's team: Fusco, Wilkes, Chato, and Macroy. Michelle Rodriguez appears in photographs as Leticia "Letty" Ortiz, Dom's ex-girlfriend who apparently died in Fast & Furious. Eva Mendes appears in an uncredited cameo as undercover US Customs agent Monica Fuentes, reprising her role from 2 Fast 2 Furious.

Production

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.[12]

In March 2010, producer Neal H. Moritz revealed in an interview that Fast Five would film in Brazil; Caguas, Puerto Rico; Los Angeles, California; and Atlanta, Georgia.[13] Though the production had originally intended to film on location in Rio de Janeiro, the film was offered tax incentives by the Puerto Rican government which made them decide to conduct filming there, using Puerto Rico to represent Rio de Janeiro.[7]

Principal photography of the film commenced in Puerto Rico in Naranjito, San Juan, and other parts of the island. Fast Five was also filmed in Parker, AZ; Atlanta, GA; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and Vidal, California.[14]

Rapper Ludacris, who portrays Tej Parker, confirmed through his Twitter page that primary shooting ended on November 9, 2010.[15]

Marketing

Taking advantage of social networking website Facebook, the first teaser trailer was released on Vin Diesel's own Facebook page on December 14, 2010, along with various action stills from the film.[16] Teaser trailers for other cast members followed on their own Facebook pages.[17]

Trailer #2 and an international poster debuted on March 8, 2011.[18]

Facebook game Car Town is also marketing the film by the player being able to build Dom's Dodge Charger from the film. A separate version, resembling the one from the first film, unlockable by entering a code found on the ticket for the film. Other things include the Vault Charger, and a Nissan 370Z, Dodge Challenger and 1969 Chevrolet Camaro.

Music

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 Busta Rhymes of a reggaeton and rhythmic latin genre. 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".[19] 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."[19]

Ludacris collaborated with Slaughterhouse and Claret Jai for the soundtrack's lead single, entitled "Furiously Dangerous".[20]

The score to the film was composed by Brian Tyler and edited by Joe Lisanti and Kyle Clausen.[21]

Reception

Fast Five held its premiere on April 15, 2011[22] in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at the Cinépolis Lagoon theater;[23] an event hosted by actress Susie Castillo.[24]

Box office

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.[25] During the opening day, Fast Five took $2.1 million in the UK,[26] $570,000 from South Korean[26] and $260,000 from New Zealand.[26] By the end of the opening weekend, the film accrued a total of $24 million[27] 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.[26] 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,[28] breaking records for Univeral's highest-ever grossing opening in Russia ($11.5 million), Spain and Turkey.[29]

In US territories, Fast Five opened in 3,644 theaters[2] making it the 96th widest release of all time.[30] 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.[31] 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,[32] and the second highest Friday opening outside of the Summer and holiday period behind Alice in Wonderland' with $40.8 million.[33] In total, Fast Five earned $86.2 million during its opening weekend, an average of $23,655 per theater,[1] making it the highest-grossing opening for the franchise, the highest-grossing opening weekend for Universal, replacing The Lost World: Jurassic Park ($72.1 million),[34] the highest-grossing opening weekend of all time in April, replacing Fast & Furious with $71 million,[34] and the second-highest opening in the Spring period, again after Alice in Wonderland with $116.1 million.[35] The film also became the highest opening for Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, Dwayne Johnson, producer Neal Moritz and director Justin Lin.[34]

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.[36] This was a 62.4% drop from the previous weeks takings, a figure blamed on the film's removal from IMAX and large-format screens which were scheduled to show Fast Five only during the opening week.[37] This moved the film into second place in theaters behind the newly released Thor with $66 million.[38] 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.[36]

In foreign territories however, Fast Five remained the number one film with Thor in second place.[37] 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),[39] Chile, France ($8.8 million),[39] India, Italy ($7.4 million),[39] Malaysia, Mexico ($8.6 million),[39] Netherlands, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates and Vietnam.[37] The film simultaneously broke the record for the biggest opening gross of all time in the United Arab Emirates.[37]

As of May 12, 2011, Fast Five is the second-highest grossing entry in the Fast and Furious franchise,[40] accruing $147,138,865 in US territories and a further $208,168,238 in foreign territories with a worldwide gross of $355,307,103,[2] making it the second highest-grossing film of 2011 worldwide and the highest grossing film of 2011 in the US.[41]

Release date(s) Budget Box office revenue Box office ranking
United States Foreign 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[1] $147,138,865[2] $208,168,238[2] $355,307,103[2] #2[41] #213[2] #174[2]

Note(s)

  • Box office ranking accurate as of May 2011.

Critical reviews

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 from review aggregate website Metacritic[42] and garnering 78% approval from 160 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."[43] To date, it is the best critically received of all the films.

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"[44] while Time Magazine contemplated the film as "maybe the first great film of the post-human era."[45] 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."[46] 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."[47] 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."[48] 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."[49] 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".[50] 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."[51] 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."[51]

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."[52] Rolling Stone gave the film 2.5 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."[53] 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.[54] 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.[54]

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"[50] while Empire said that it "nearly out-Bad-Boys-2s Bad Boys 2".[48]

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".[55] 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."[56] 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."[57] 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.”[58] 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."[58] 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."[59] Ebert gave Lin a more direct compliment, saying "Justin Lin is emerging as a first-rate director in this second-rate genre."[44] Rolling Stone too passed compliment saying "Justin Lin, who misdirected the last two sequels, finds his pace this time, staging dynamite action."

Sequel

In February 2010, Diesel confirmed that production on Fast Five was commencing while also announcing that a sixth installment was being planned.[60] 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.[61]

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 Studios.[62] 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.[62] 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?"[62]

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.[62] On Johnson's character, Fogelson added "[Johnson] also wants to appear in and be integral to the action in Fast Six."[62]

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