Fast Five - Pro's & Con's

Before I begin this one let me first put out there that I have not been a fan of this franchise. That being said I went in there with an open mind. Plus I'm a big fan of Dwayne Johnson. Warning if you have not seen it this article may contain spoilers.

PROs - The action in this movie is loads of fun! Specially the sequence towards the end where there is a massive chase scene as two cars are pulling a safe through Rio. The fight scenes are also well done although the fight between Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) and Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) was brutal I did not like the outcome. (See Cons For Details). Another great element in this movie is the location. RIO... Alway visually stunning when captured on film.

CONs  - My first pet peeve with this movie is one I had with most of the franchise, which is lack of character. With the exception of a few people every character is basically the same person. So instead of having an interesting array of personalities you end up with Vin Diesel and his clones. Everyone's character is basically the coolest person to ever grace us with their presence. Everyone is slick, sly, and never do anything uncool. To me when a character is constantly acting "to cool for school" they basically become a douche bag.
My second pet peeve was the fact that there really wasn't anything new or special about this movie. True it's a sequel so you expect to see repeated themes but what I'm talking about goes beyond that. The story seemed like a bootleg "Oceans Eleven". The fight between two action stars seem like a capitalization on what Stallone did with the Expendables. Worst of all the chase scene through the Favelas was a complete rip off from "The Incredible Hulk". Even to the point where shots looked almost the same.

Finally, and this might be a dumb issue, the fight between the two big guys I mentioned earlier. Even with my disbelief of what can and can't happen in reality turned off, the outcome of this fight was plain silly. To think that a guy who plays with cars and lifts a lot of weights would ever win in hand to hand combat against a special opp officer the size of Dwayne Johnson is crazy! And this is a comparison totally within the universe of the movie not real life.

All in all Fast five was a lot of fun... but nothing special.But don't take my word for it. Check out Fast Five for yourself and tell me what you think.

Check out Fast Five Preview and fight stas between Hobbs and Toretto after the jump...