Review: Fast Five

Fast Five is about former cop Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker) partners with ex-con Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) on the opposite side of the law.



Since Brian and Mia Toretto (Jordana Brewster) broke Dominic out of custody, they've blown across many borders to elude authorities. Now in Rio de Janeiro, they must pull one last job in order to gain their freedom.



As they assemble their elite team of top racers (and utility men), the unlikely allies know their only shot of getting out for good means confronting the corrupted businessman who wants them dead for crossing his territory.



But he's not the only one on their tail. Hard-nosed federal agent Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) was on a mission to stop them as well.



When he was assigned to track down Dominic and Brian, he and his strike team launched an all-out assault to capture them. Putting on several gadgets and methods in order to be successful.



Overall, the movie was filled with excitement and definitely gave a huge rush of adrenaline to the audience. The scenes were well plotted and the actions were just awesome.

In this edition of Fast and Furious, there isn't much about cars though. Just some fast cars in the beginning of the movie, some car chases here and there and notably, the group stole police cars and had a quick race on the road.

One of my favourite characters is definitely Han Lue, played by Korean Sung Kang.



He had a crush on Gisele Harabo (Gal Gadot) throughout the movie and ended up being together at the end of the show. Somehow his coolness emits a certain attraction. Perhaps it's his wavy hair, or just his steady and calm personality.

Also at the end of the show, Dominic ended up with Elena Neves (Elsa Pataky) the policewoman who collaborated with Hobbs in the mission to capture Dominic and Brian.



Not expected though, since there were signs of attraction between the two when Elena wore Dominic's cross necklace that she found it on the ground. Eventually Dominic looked for her and took it back.

The rest of the characters which formed the "ultimate" group were more or less additional actors who took part in the movie. The movie still focuses on Dominic, Brian and Mia - and also a little of Hobbs.

So the purpose of a "last job" was to steal the money from a corrupted businessman in Rio de Janeiro. As the saying goes "Good guys always win" - yes, that could be applied to this movie. They successfully extracted the huge-ass safe box with only 2 cars (which is quite impossible in reality I guess) and they all went their own ways as instant millionaires.

Noobie Rating: 8/10 (Not about cars, but must watch!)

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Review: Faster

Faster is about Driver (Dwayne Johnson) who served 10 years in prison for a bank robbery.


After that, has only one mission in life - to avenge the murder of his older brother who was killed when they were double-crossed after the heist.


Now a free man with a list of names and addresses, there is nothing that can stop him from killing all of them. However, two people are in the hunt to stop him - first, a veteran cop (Billy Bob Thornton) who is only days from retiring.


And second, a young hit man (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) who has no relations whatsoever with Driver.


Know what, scenes of Killer's girlfriend, Lily (Maggie Grace) wearing her sexy black lingerie are way over the top compared to the whole movie.


Just look at her. Sexy to the max! Audiences must have wished for more of such scenes.

But on the other hand, she portrays her true side as well - a great marksmen! Actually, it's not clear on what she does - all we know is that she's hot and she is Killer's girlfriend who wants him to stop assassinating for clients.


Overall, the movie was nothing but chasing and shooting. Driver kills the people who were involved in the double-crossed betrayal, and at the same time he's being chased by the cops and a hit man.

Scenes flashing back and forward throughout the movie helps the audience to understand the story line better, and why Driver was greatly insisting on killing the people on his list. If it wasn't because of his older brother's murder, he wouldn't have been so aggressive.

One by one, Driver managed to kill - but he let go one of them, the one who has repented from his wrongdoings and sins from the past.

Eventually, the culprit of Driver and his brother's betrayal is none other than the veteran cop himself. His wife was an informant, which was also the "girlfriend" of Driver's brother back then. Which explains why the greedy veteran cop ambushed them, stole the money away and causing the death of Driver's brother.

In the end, Killer discovered that he was hired by the veteran cop and ends up getting paid only for a dollar even though he didn't kill Driver. However, Driver once again "reincarnated" from his supposedly death and finally killed the cop at last.

The plot is predictable, great act by Dwayne Johnson - the character really suits him. Billy Bob Thornton's character makes the story line more interesting and mysterious while Oliver Jackson-Cohen's role was nothing much but an additional character. Maggie Grace's character is definitely the best!


Noobie Rating: 5/10 (Watch it if you have nothing else to watch)

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Faster Official Poster and Trailer

Faster is about Driver (Dwayne Johnson) who served 10 years in prison for bank robbery. After that, has only one mission in life - to avenge the murder of his older brother who was killed when they were double-crossed after the heist.

This is the official poster of Faster featuring Dwayne Johnson's angry face


Now a free man with a list of names and addresses, there is nothing that can stop him from killing all of them. However, two people are in the hunt to stop him - a veteran cop (Billy Bob Thornton) who is only days from retiring and a young hit man (Oliver Jackson-Cohen).

This is the official trailer of Faster.


The race is on, everyone wants to be faster and there can be only one winner.

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Fast Five Official Trailer and Fan Made Poster

Here is the fifth edition of The Fast and The Furious, also known as Fast Five or simply The Fast and The Furious 5, will be out in 2011.

This is a fan made Fast Five movie poster.


In short, Dominic and his crew find themselves on the wrong side of the law once again as they try to switch lanes between a ruthless drug lord and a relentless federal agent.

This is the Fast Five official trailer in HD.


In Rio de Janeiro, former cop Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker) and ex-con Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) must pull one last job in order to gain their freedom. As they assemble their elite team of top racers, the unlikely allies know their only shot means confronting the corrupt businessman who wants them dead.

But the businessman not the only one after them. Federal agent Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) is also assigned to track down Dom and Brian.

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The Other Guys Official Trailer and Poster

The Other Guys is about two mismatched New York City detectives seizing an opportunity to step up like the top cops whom they idolize. Only things don't quite go as planned.

This is The Other Guys' movie trailer.


New York City Police Detectives Christopher Danson (Dwayne Johnson) and P. K. Highsmith (Samuel L. Jackson) are the toughest and most famous cops with the best capture rate no matter what it takes.

However, Detective Allen Gamble (Will Ferrell) and Terry Hoitz (Mark Wahlberg) want their chance to make a big impact too. They get their chance when a small case falls into their lap which ends up being a very big case instead.

The Other Guys' movie poster.


It's the opportunity they have been waiting for, but do they have what it takes to be the next top police heroes?

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Review: Get Smart

Warning: Content may contain spoilers.

Get Smart is an action-packed spy film. Just a reminder, don't sulk if this movie doesn't turn out like James Bond, the spy codenamed 007 with beautiful seductive girls and sophisticated gadgets.


Well, Get Smart is more of a comedy action movie starring Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway and Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson. *girls scream handsome* This movie contains many hilarious and entertaining scenes which would make you laugh frantically.

Reminder: If you haven't watched Get Smart and you don't want to spoil your Get Smart movie outing, read no further. Feel free to read the other posts.

The storyline is about Maxwell Smart (Steve Carell) and his partner, Agent 99 (Anne Hathaway), trying to save the world from domination by the evil crime organization known as KAOS (Kill All Obese Scumbags). Initially Smart was working as a report analyst for the U.S. spy agency CONTROL (Company Of Nations To Rectify Obesity Level) but when the headquarters has been attacked, Smart was promoted as an agent and was given Agent 86 as his codename.

The scenes are mainly in Russia where Max and 99 went after the nuclear-fanatic members of KAOS. That's where all the funny parts come in.

Besides that, it's packed with various creative gadgets such as explosive floss (do read the floss container before you floss if you don't want to lose your head), shoe phone (doesn't it smell?), tooth transmitter (anyone needs a tooth replaced?) and piano bomb (always look under your piano!).

My favourite gadget would be the Swiss Army Knife. Besides the usual scissors, magnifying glass and can opener, the unique components of the gadget are the flamethrower and the crossbow.


Unfortunately with this gadget, Max hurts himself many times. He shot himself with the crossbow several times and tranquillized himself, and it's just hilarious.


I love the part when the KAOS huge guy jumps and swings from one building and crashed into the window of a room of the opposite building. A guy and his granny are watching some exploding scene on the television and when the KAOS guy smashes through the window, the guy excitedly yells at his granny "Woooowww, the real surround home theater is so real!" They didn't even notice that their window was smashed to smithereens!

However, there are some mild violent scenes too, such as the picture above. Even so, these scenes don't undermine the hilarity of the movie.

Oh yeah not to forget, this is especially for the The Rock's fans, a picture of Dwayne Johnson, known as Agent 23 in Get Smart.


Noobie Rating: 6/10

Get Smart is indeed funny. If you need laughter, watch it! =)

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