Big crashes, lithe women and roiling testosterone, not to mention the addition of The Rock as a fire-and-brimstone federal agent – there's plenty to pull in the (mostly) young male audience.
Like a proper action sequel, it's bigger, louder, and sillier than its predecessors, but it's more streamlined, too, smartly dumping the tired underground racing angle in favor of a crisp, hugely satisfying "Ocean's Eleven"-style heist movie.
Features some of the most exhilarating action sequences the screen has seen in years.
75
Tampa Bay TimesSteve Persall
Tampa Bay TimesSteve Persall
Fast Five is brawny dumb fun, nothing more but that's enough.
75
MovielineStephanie Zacharek
MovielineStephanie Zacharek
It's either genius or madness to put Diesel and Johnson in the same movie, or the same scene. They're both enormously appealing performers.
75
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
Blissfully, brainlessly satisfying.
63
Orlando SentinelRoger Moore
Orlando SentinelRoger Moore
Absurdly long, absurdly over the top and absurdly absurd, Five Five - still manages to be more fun than any movie with its outrageous carbon footprint has any right to be.
Fast Five will push all your action buttons, and some you haven't thought of. So what if you hate yourself in the morning.
60
EmpireNick de Semlyen
EmpireNick de Semlyen
Tough on nuance, tough on the causes of nuance, this episode has the highest velocity and lowest IQ yet. See it on the biggest, loudest, dumbest screen you can find.