Film

Fast Five

Name: Fast Five
Genre: Action, Thriller, Crime
Released: 2011
Cast: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris

The film where the Fast franchise stopped pretending to be about street racing and became a full-blown heist saga. Dom, Brian and a scavenged crew of exes and specialists take on a corrupt tycoon in Rio, dragging a bank vault through the streets behind two muscle cars. It's preposterous, joyful, and the moment the series found its real engine: family, spectacle, and increasingly ridiculous physics.

TMDb rating

7.2

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