the motor vehicle action sequences depicted in this film are dangerous
if you're looking for an example of understatement, the message tagged to the end of fast five is up there with "oliver reed enjoyed the occasional drink."
as you may have guessed, i watched the latest installment in the fast & the furious franchise last night...
mindless action from start to finish.
the director was obviously of the opinion that the choreographed coach crash to break out the gravel gargling vin diesel wasn't disregarding the laws of physics enough, the 100m plunge he and co star paul walker take into a lake after crashing a truck into a train sure as hell did.
but brazilian crime lords aren't the kind of guys you go up against without your pals so growly chops jets the gang in for assistance.
pursued by DSS bloodhound dwayne i-used-to-be-the-rock johnson, they opt for amassing a shit load of souped up sport cars and then attempt to pull off the kind of ridiculous scams the chuckle brothers would write off as too asinine.
unsurprisingly this approach doesn't work, so they throw more guns and vehicles into the melée until the whole shebang erupts into a ten minute car chase bank vault chase through the streets of rio.
the highlight of the film for me was this bit of banter when rock tries to arrest the crew midway through the film:
THE ROCK: Your mistake is thinking you've got a God
damned choice boy!!
VIN DIESEL: Your mistake: thinking you're in America.
You're a long way from home.
THIS... IS... BRAZIL!
utterly brilliant!
as you may have guessed, i watched the latest installment in the fast & the furious franchise last night...
mindless action from start to finish.
the director was obviously of the opinion that the choreographed coach crash to break out the gravel gargling vin diesel wasn't disregarding the laws of physics enough, the 100m plunge he and co star paul walker take into a lake after crashing a truck into a train sure as hell did.
but brazilian crime lords aren't the kind of guys you go up against without your pals so growly chops jets the gang in for assistance.
pursued by DSS bloodhound dwayne i-used-to-be-the-rock johnson, they opt for amassing a shit load of souped up sport cars and then attempt to pull off the kind of ridiculous scams the chuckle brothers would write off as too asinine.
unsurprisingly this approach doesn't work, so they throw more guns and vehicles into the melée until the whole shebang erupts into a ten minute car chase bank vault chase through the streets of rio.
the highlight of the film for me was this bit of banter when rock tries to arrest the crew midway through the film:
THE ROCK: Your mistake is thinking you've got a God
damned choice boy!!
VIN DIESEL: Your mistake: thinking you're in America.
You're a long way from home.
THIS... IS... BRAZIL!
utterly brilliant!