Rotten
Fast Five is grindingly mechanical -- and not just because of all the emphasis on car repairs and retooling.
Leah Rozen, TheWrap
Overview
Former cop Brian O'Conner partners with ex-con Dom Toretto on the opposite side of the law. Since Brian and Mia Toretto broke Dom out of custody, they've blown across many borders to elude authorities. Now backed into a corner in Rio de Janeiro, they must pull one last job in order to gain their freedom.
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77%
Tomatometer
Fresh
[Johnson's] skin looks as though it's been slathered in butter; his enjoyment is infectious and keeps the movie speeding along.
Bruce Diones, New Yorker
Fresh
That force of chaotic and unsatisfiable desire that Freud called the id is much closer to the surface in a movie like "Fast Five" than ever before in action-cinema history, and part of Lin's peculiar genius is that he barely tries to conceal it.
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
Fresh
The chemistry of the core cast - steered by Vin Diesel and Paul Walker - keeps this outing from running on fumes.
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
Fresh
The whole thing progresses to one of the looniest heists of all time. The result is the most exciting, visually jazzy, and absurd entry in the series.
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Reader
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