2011 - Azione/Avventura - 2h 10m
Regia: Justin Lin
Cast: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges, Matt Schulze, Sung Kang, Gal Gadot, Tego Calderon, Don Omar, Joaquim de Almeida, Dwayne Johnson, Elsa Pataky, Michael Irby, Fernando F. Chien, Alimi Ballard, Yorgo Constantine, Geoff Meed
After escaping with the help of Brian and co., Dominic Toretto decides to emigrate to Rio de Janeiro to escape justice. After reuniting with the others he decides to set up a new team to rob the richest man in Brazil.
Fifth chapter of the eponymous saga, is the continuation of the renewal that had occurred with the previous chapter, with the entry of new characters fundamental for the future of the saga and the power of history in them. Now the element of clandestine races has been abandoned as the center of the saga (still remaining present) and becoming almost in all respects a union of scenes at the last breath, fights and chases to see until the last, where breathtaking views and suspense are added.
A chapter full of shots of scenes that the taiwanese director has created with real masterpieces in front, where each element can change from one moment to the next, as if an action is over if another begins immediately, in a few words the character can not stay calm and prepare for everything. What is certain is that the hand of the good Vin Diesel is seen in everything, and we know well how the actor has almost always put his hand to the various chapters, as if the story wanted to dictate him.
Brian and Mia during filming
How appropriate that its also a worthy scene as Brazil, a beautiful city, where Rio de Janeiro is the centre of a State, where poverty and violence there is in abundance, and justice fails to come to the head, if the goal was to show the poor people and the famous favelas where you do not know really if you can get to the next day alive and well managed. But from poverty we also pass to the South American beauty of its seas and coasts, where Christ the Redeemer Looks From Above All Rio, as if he were protecting the city in his big arms. A city right for a film where the chases are the frame and seeing the protagonists having to face the local criminals in the middle of the streets of a city so unique but also largely poor, enriches the film more.
Rio de Janeiro
This time the production has given us the excitement of having to see our protagonists for the first live the life of a real fugitives, not being able to get home without being arrested, and look for a place where there is no extradition puts even more in danger. For the first time since the birth of the saga Toretto and compagnia have found themselves in a situation outside their canons. Although the way things were set I would have expected the situation to degenerate, and this is also the beauty of history where even the most isolated place like Brazil became a way to be found, jumping from one place to another with the police and criminal gangs behind it makes the story even more frenetic.
Elena Montes
For the first time the good Dom Toretto found himself without his lady, and the film suffered as if the saga had lost its feminine identity. Letty's character was now a habit and having to just remember her has for long stretches made come melancholy. It was not enough the beautiful presence of Elena Montes, policewoman of great character to replace the tenacity of Rodriguez who was a unique character despite the discreet evidence of the Argentine actress.
Just Pataky will put a breach in Dom's heart, as if they wanted a new woman next to him, but I see it quite difficult for the strong character of the man who still can not detach himself from the death of his beloved. Toretto's tough but also sweet character is precisely his strength that drives everything. There is nothing more beautiful than the love and I think the story between Brian and Mia both the ones you excited, then if we add that the two are expecting a child even more so, for me, remain among the most beautiful things in the saga, the pair amazing that jump all obstacles to be together, an example of how it should be in reality.
If Brian's then there is not so much to say, in addition to preparing to be a father will be a big obstacle for him, something that will make him think of detaching himself from life as a fugitive to devote himself to the family; a thought goes to the new entry that looks great in the film.
Also The Rock among the new entry
We are talking about Luke Hobbs, who in the role of the superpolice all muscles and brains will show all the colors to our protagonists. I believe that an actor like the big, The Rock was a saga of the kind, say, a character that takes the head to Vin Diesel, even if his character to be very good strategist will serve very little against our fugitives, and I can confirm that gave him a role quite important so that the saga never cease to disappoint, I never would have seen as the enemy, even if the face is there, but a sort of friend/enemy ready to impress but also to help you then you will.
Hernan Reyes
If we talk about the enemy, this time I would not call him a real enemy even if as a real criminal boss leads the wires from behind and sends forward his henchmen to solve everything, as if to show that alone he would be defenseless. If it is true that Hernan Reyes is one of the most powerful men in all of Brazil is to see how the great entrepreneurs are enriched at the expense of poorer, thanks to their intralasci, I think that is what he wanted to prove Joaquim De Almeida, the Portuguese but very attached to Brazil and tired of the crime in the country wanted to show you how it works, even if in a fictional organized crime, and if there was need to open the eyes of the citizens.
The new team
If it is true that the family comes first then the new team is formidable, from Tej no longer hairy and a big brain, to Roman Pierce with the usual warm character and stupid but loyal, passing through the brilliant Han who will finally get a prominent role, to the cynical Giselle who makes it clear that behind a beautiful woman there is also a big brain. They carry behind the mold that they had in the previous chapters but with much more desire to amaze, and that despite being all different together they are something unique. Waiting for a new chapter just to see them is worth the candle, you never know what awaits you and you see some beautiful, if we then add the return even if for Little Vince( Matt Schulze)who seems to have never changed since the first chapter now called it a double face but that in the end always comes back to the right
The safe scene
In addition to the items I have already mentioned, one cannot speak of how our heroes have organized the plan to rob Reyes, and race with the safety deposit box is all to see until the end, at the height of the feature, but that inspires and affects how it was created, with great use of special effects that the saga now we are getting used to see, we are not at the limits of Spielberg or Cameron, but who make their figure, and represent the effort put in to write the scene.
The soundtrack always composed by Brian Tyler is a mixture of loud sounds for the craziest scenes such as the chases, and suspence where it serves for the most mysterious scenes but also calm to make you understand what could happen, combined with the music of Latin entities between rap and raeggeton that does not spoil. Simply put a film to keep attached to the screen until the end, which does not cease to amaze.
by Giacomo Fantini rating: 3,60 of 5
13 September 2021
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