Heist Five

Fast Five (2011)

For the fifth film in the franchise director Justin Lin returns along with Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and host of previous actors from the series. Our heroes are now on the run and hiding out in Brazil where they get caught up robbing a drug lord.

This film is a real mixed bag departing from the car racing of the previous films to be more your standard heist film, complete with ridiculous heist. It does take a while for the plot to get going and maybe the first section in particular could do with some trimming, you also have to wonder if the female characters are there to do much more than look good and wiggle their posteriors. When it comes to the action sequences, which are probably what people to this film for anyway, they are pretty well executed. The film certainly has some personality that helps paper over the cracks and does not suffer especially from having a lot of baggage as the fifth instalment of a franchise.

3/5