Fast and Confused Times Five

For those of you avid Fast and Furious Franchise Fans (Like Myself) please let me know if you are confused by the story presented to us since the return of the main cast. For those of you who followed the story, explain to me the change of Brian's (Paul Walker) character. At the end of 2 Fast 2 Furious Brian and Rome had just completed their undercover mission for Customs to clear their criminal records and had plans to stay in Miami and open a garage. Skip a whole bunch of years and return to Fast and Furious. Brian is now a full fledged FBI agent on a short leash but still an Agent. Rome is not mentioned and the aspirations to open a garage swept under the rug. At the End of Fast and Furious Brian is back to being an on the run from the law.

Fast Five rolls around and picks up right where Fast and Furious ends. Dom is rescued and the crew escapes to south of the boarder. End of Story YAY! No just kidding. Once down in South America in Rio the crew is brought back together with Vince. You know the dude that almost lost his arm in the end of The Fast And The Furious. Vince gets Brian and Mia involved in a job that ultimatly back fires and send them to the very tippy top of the FBI's most wanted list. Once you are at that level the FBI doesn't fuck around anymore. They are so serious about getting you that they send..........

*Music Blars*
"KNOW YOUR ROLE AND SHUT YOUR MOUTH. How dare you try to describe the awesome that is THE ROCK. Do you think you can Do this Properly."

Me: I......

Rock: "IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU THINK YOU CAN DO!"

"The FBI has the smarts the tenacity to BRING IT, to the criminals so much so. That they tell me THE ROCK, to shine my size 13 boot up all real pretty, turn that son-bitch sideways AND STICK STRAIGHT UP DOM'S MONKEY ASS."

*Cuts off power to the mics*

Anyway. Dwayne The Rock Johnson playing an old school style wrath of god manhunter is sent after the crew to bring them to justice. It is at this point where the movie goes from being about The Crew to The Rock doing what he does best and stealing the show. One of the best fight scenes in the entire movie is between The Rock and Vin Diesel. Vin is a big dude but next to The Rock it may as well be David Vs Goliath.

Through out the pacing of the movie which is typical of an F&F movie we add in the cast of 2 Fast 2 Furious minus The Hot Asian Chick. Again with a character change not only for Rome but for Ludacris's character also. Knowing that they messed up the character for Brian the compensate the change by saying that "We had lives before you knew us." Rome is the least changed but still changed.

The story while choppy at times ties mostly everything together and gives you high paced adrenaline action which is always fun. If they are going with the story the way I think they are. The character of Han will not be appearing in the last Fast And Furious movie and I think they will be bringing in the Kid from Tokyo Drift. Because sooner or later they have to deal with the fact that Han's character is technically dead in the story.

I give Fast Five a 8 out of 10 because character and story confusion and the lack pacing of the story could be done better. Overall it was a well put together movie.