Fast Five (2011)

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Fast Five is grindingly mechanical -- and not just because of all the emphasis on car repairs and retooling.

October 7, 2011 Full Review

Leah Rozen

The Wrap

Top Critic

[Johnson's] skin looks as though it's been slathered in butter; his enjoyment is infectious and keeps the movie speeding along.

May 9, 2011 Full Review | Comments (9)

Bruce Diones

New Yorker

Top Critic

That force of chaotic and unsatisfiable desire that Freud called the id is much closer to the surface in a movie like "Fast Five" than ever before in action-cinema history, and part of Lin's peculiar genius is that he barely tries to conceal it.

April 29, 2011 Full Review | Comments (5)

Andrew O'Hehir

Salon.com

Top Critic

The chemistry of the core cast - steered by Vin Diesel and Paul Walker - keeps this outing from running on fumes.

April 29, 2011 Full Review | Comments (8)

Lisa Kennedy

Denver Post

Top Critic

The whole thing progresses to one of the looniest heists of all time. The result is the most exciting, visually jazzy, and absurd entry in the series.

April 29, 2011 Full Review | Comments (3)

Michael Wilmington

Chicago Reader

Top Critic

As the summer of 2011 approaches with the speed of a souped-up Dodge Charger, I'm going to take my action-movie blessings where I can find them.

April 29, 2011 Full Review | Comments (2)

Dana Stevens

Slate

Top Critic

Fast Five boasts incredible action scenes that are all varied and equally exciting. The film is full of clean, well choreographed shots that are easy to watch and the cast works great as a whole unit, making the film's running time breeze by.

March 25, 2013 Full Review

Benjo Colautti

We Got This Covered

Like a shot of nitro to the franchise and shows there's plenty left in the tank.

January 31, 2013 Full Review

Jeffrey Lyles

Lyles' Movie Files

Manages to be more fun than any movie with its outrageous carbon footprint has any right to be.

January 12, 2013 Full Review

Roger Moore

McClatchy-Tribune News Service

The series has found new traction in the heist format -- resulting in a fun and immensely entertaining ride.

October 2, 2012 Full Review

Ben Kendrick

ScreenRant

One film was enough, two was plenty, but five is just absurd. Undoubtedly, there will be several people who will flock to this film just because it has cars zooming back and forth, so at least some people will be pleased with it.

September 20, 2012 Full Review

Jeff Beck

Examiner.com

The jauntier vibe makes for easier viewing between the big high-speed car set pieces, which are every bit as big, loud, and crazily over-the-top preposterous as one would expect and hope.

February 7, 2012 Full Review

Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

t's about cars, girls and fighting and doesn't pretend to be anything else. For sheer gall alone, "Fast Five" provides much entertainment. Just not much intellect.

December 13, 2011 Full Review

Laurence Boyce

The Baltic Times

Another dazzling display of stunt driving and death-defying car chases involving souped-up, stolen automobiles.

October 7, 2011 Full Review | Comment (1)

Kam Williams

NewsBlaze

Forget physics, it's just a fun blast of action movie ingenuity, as is the film as a whole.

October 4, 2011 Full Review | Comments (3)

Sean Axmaker

MSN.com

It's not like I'm asking for The Road Warrior... just some basic coverage and a less-than-total reliance on camera movement to generate excitement.

August 26, 2011 Full Review | Comments (4)

Rob Humanick

Projection Booth

Director Justin Lin has a spooky, second sense for staging bombastic action sequences, even if he breaks every law in physics to make them work.

July 6, 2011 Full Review | Comment (1)

Brandon Fibbs

BrandonFibbs.com

Spins its wheels. Shifts between gravel-voiced speeches (about true family) and bicep-offs. Throttling dialogue, long hard looks, and heist clichés skid on for blocks.

June 22, 2011 Full Review | Comments (2)

Brian Gibson

Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)

There's arguably even more gun and car play than in F&F4, with the prolonged car chase finale easily chiming in as the best, most imaginative one in the franchise so far.

June 16, 2011 Full Review | Comment (1)

Jim Schembri

The Age (Australia)

It's trying so hard to pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease. But that's also why it's entertaining

June 7, 2011 Full Review | Comments (2)

David Poland

Movie City News

For those needing preposterous stunts, laugh-out-loud bad dialogue, testosterone-fueled posturing and an "Ocean's 11"-like plot apparently written by and for 13-year-old boys.

May 31, 2011 Full Review | Comments (9)

Bruce Bennett

Spectrum (St. George, Utah)

nostalgic for older team films, and a world in which people interacted face to face

May 30, 2011 Full Review

D.K. Holm

DVDTalk.com

'Fast Five delivers what a dumb, popcorn flick is supposed to and easily passes my standard 'guy-movie' litmus test -- it makes one want to drive fast after seeing it, high gas prices or not. (Parental Content Review also available)

May 20, 2011 Full Review | Comment (1)

Jim Judy

Screen It!

• 1. Roman Pearce: When are you gonna give Martin Luther King his car back?
  – Submitted by Wayne S (4 months ago)
• 1. Hobbs: Give me the damn veggies.
  – Submitted by Zashira G (6 months ago)
• 1. Hobbs: You're mistaken if you think you got a goddamn choice boy!
  – Submitted by Izaack R (6 months ago)
• 1. Dominic Toretto: So what we're talking about is 100 million dollars.
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• 1. Elena Neves: I'm motivated.
  2. Hobbs: So, make sure you got your funderwear on.
  – Submitted by Karthi K (9 months ago)
• 1. Hobbs: You know I like my dessert first.
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