Fast Five
The ghetto Ocean’s Eleven.
I’m glad they grew out of the import racing scene and decided to tell a story where the cars aren’t the focal point of the movie but a vehicle to get from Point A to Point B (literally and metaphorically speaking), much like the Bond movies.
The racing in the first three films just became too hokie and unrealistic - even the drifting - which ruined any chance of a good story. But at least the tide turned on its fourth installment, Fast and Furious, which now really separated itself from the pack with Fast Five.
The story still has been done before, and for the most part predictable. The only original element to the film was that they crafted it to the history of the franchise: fast cars, the need for cash, and a collection of past characters. And to be honest, Ocean’s Eleven wasn’t original either. They just made creative decisions to make it look so.
Fast Five is worth the suspended beliefs, while and The Rock made it worthy of an action flick.
