Perd Hapley is one of the people who reports on Dom's prison break. It's not this clip exactly, but you get the idea:
That dude who was way into Mia in the first movie (whose name is apparently "Vince") is now living in Brazil with a woman and her baby (the baby might be Vince's, but until its beard comes in there's no way to be sure). He offers Brian and Mia a job, helping to run a local restaurant. The pay isn't great, but it's good honest work.
lol jk, they're going to steal a bunch of cars and drive them fast!
I have this theory that the F&F movies are basically the embodiment of the "there are worse things I could be doing" argument that people have to justify their expensive hobbies. "Yes, I just bought undercarriage lighting for my car, but at least I'm not doing drugs!" Our heroes are definitely thieves and at the very least man slaughterers, but at least they're not drug dealers!
Dwayne Johnson makes every other person in this movie look small and pathetic. He has one rule about chasing our heroes: don't ever let them get into cars. Because they literally become immortal god-wizards if their skin touches a vehicle.
Even with his impossibly tough-guy persona, I wanted Dom's reaction to seeing the Rock to be bigger. That's a big scary lad, and Dom barely gives him a second look.
It's sort of weird how well they balance the expectation to root for the heroes, and for the feds.
There's a genuinely touching conversation between Brian and Dom, where they discuss dads. Then, it becomes a heist movie. I love heist movies. And I super love Asian Brad Pitt (complete with chips) during the planning scene. And I extra super love the trope of saying "Exactly," when someone tells you why your plan is impossible, as if that's an answer.
Okay, come on. A remote control car is part of this heist, and the whole thing could have failed if it fell out of the box upside down. Also, now there's a remote control car, with a camera on top of it, just sitting on the floor of the evidence room.
There's a weird thing about this movie series, where they ignore how cars work. This is to be expected, and happens in dramatic ways like how shifting gears gives you a speed boost. Other times it's in dumber, much more avoidable ways, like how the steering wheel occasionally switches sides while someone is driving.
Serious bro-times in this silly movie. Once again, the movie manages to be kind of sincere, as Brian and Mia announce she's expecting a little fugitive.
Sometimes I think the biggest muscles in these movies, are their hearts.
And the Rock's biceps.
Soooo... There's this scene, on a bridge, and some might describe it as... silly? I don't mean to cast aspersions, but I have my doubts about some of the physics in play here.
Overall, I'd call this a vast improvement over even Fast and Furious. I found it less sleazy for the most part, the action was big and fun, and the friendships are pretty great. Although I'm completely done with the idea that you can be "better" at driving in a straight line.
Next up, Fast & Furi-six. There, it's back.
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