
Overview
Genre :
Action, AdventureRelease Date :
April 29, 2011MPAA Rating :
PG-13Director :
Justin LinStarring :
Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, The Rock, Charisma Carpenter, Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris, Don Omar, Elsa Pataky, Matt Schulze, Tego Calderon, Sung Kang, Joaquim de Almeida, Gal Gadot, Dwayne Johnson
REVIEWS RATE:
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“..while you may not leave enlightened, you'll definitely be entertained..”
by Elizabeth Weitzman [NY Daily News]

“..this is enjoyable as long as you don't think about the civilian death toll these stunts would incur in the real world..”
by Robert W. Butler [Kansas City Star]

“..the exotic setting adds major horsepower to this absurdly entertaining, high-octane fifth go-round..”
by Claudia Puig [USA Today]

“..still manages to be more fun than any movie with its outrageous carbon footprint has any right to be..”
by Roger Moore [Orlando Sentinel]
“..pic's ideal balance of familiar and new will ensure high-octane theatrical returns, setting a breakneck pace for vid and ancillary down the road..”
by Robert Koehler [Variety]

“..not only melds balls-to-the-wall comic book action with heist movie dynamics, but divorces things completely from reality..”
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]

“..it works nicely, both as mindless entertainment with breathtaking action sequences and as a transitional film for the series..”
by Moira Macdonald [Seattle Times]
Review rate : B+
“..isn't a hotdogging road-race movie until the very end..”
“..isn't a hotdogging road-race movie until the very end..”
by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly]

“..is, so far, the most honest Hollywood movie of the year. It's also the most fun..”
by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe]
Review rate : B
“..is to hard to officially admire - I don't see an Oscar in its future - but it's also hard to dislike..”
“..is to hard to officially admire - I don't see an Oscar in its future - but it's also hard to dislike..”
by Gary Thompson [Philadelphia Daily News]
“..is not a movie for morons - it's not even a movie about morons, though at times one wonders..”
by Mick LaSalle [San Francisco Chronicle]
“..is kind of breathtaking in a metal-twisting, death-defying, mission-implausible, B-movie-on-steroids kind of way..”
by Betsy Sharkey [LA Times]

“..is a welcome pleasure..”
by James Rocchi [MSN Movies]

“..delivers a ridiculously fun mix of motorized macho mayhem and multicultural bonding..”
by Steven Rea [Philadelphia Inquirer]

“..As adolescent male power fantasies go, "Fast Five" has an undeniable trashy charm..”
by Colin Covert [Minneapolis Star Tribune]

“..almost erased the memory of the first three sequels that followed 2001's surprisingly road-ready The Fast and the Furious..”
by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]





