Quote from: Whiskeybrewer on Apr 18, 2017, 11:20:02 AMIts a great switch your brain off film. Not as good as 7, but better than 5/6
It's funny you should say that, because I still think
Fast Five is by far the best in the series.
Maybe it was because it was just such a huge surprise, coming off the back of three honestly quite forgettable, unimaginative sequels before it... It was such a shock to suddenly have this enormous explosion of insanity with what felt like the budget of all the previous movies combined and doubled backing it up, and just about every character from all the previous entries returning to make it this big ensemble piece. I never would've guessed that what was at that point quite a low-key series, following on from a cult remake of
Point Break where cars replaced surfboards, could so instantaneously become this enormous, blockbuster action spectacular.
Plus I honestly think the final safe-dragging chase around Rio at the end is one of the best action sequences of the last decade, and none of the films since have matched it (although, my God have they tried
).
God damn, that sudden rant brought back some memories of the first time I saw that film in the cinema lol. Honestly not sure I've ever been so pleasantly surprised by a movie.
But yeah, looking forward to the new one