Fast Five

I have always been in love with the Fast and Furious movies, they obviously involve fast cars, explosions, running from the cops, shootouts, and always gorgeous women. I chose Fast Five for this discussion because it is the first time Dwayne Johnson is featured in this series and he later appears in the 6^th and 7^th which has yet to come out. The Fast and Furious movies started back in 2001 and this summer Furious Seven will be released. Since 2001, Paul Walker and Vin Diesel have stared in these movies and only recently have they added another main character played by Dwayne Johnson, also know as “The Rock”.

Before jumping into the fifth movie right off the bat, I will give you a background of the Fast and Furious movies. Paul Walker plays an undercover cop sent to destroy the underground street racing scene in Las Angeles, California. Vin Diesel plays one of the main street racers in town. The two team up and move on from street racing into bigger jobs. These bigger jobs involve working for the F.B.I. to take down a major drug lord south of the border. The team gets the job done but Pauls’ character faces an internal struggle. To either turn in his best friend (Vin Diesel) to the F.B.I., or to help him escape. They decide to escape and move down to Rio, Brazil. This is where my favorite character comes in. In the movie Fast Five, Dwayne Johnson plays a F.B.I. agent in charge of a special task force that is responsible for bringing in Paul and Vins’ crew. During the movie Paul Walker and Vin Diesel form together a crew that plan to rob the biggest vault in Rio that just happens to be under a police station. Dwayne Johnson’s character figures out there plan but is too late to stop them. The crews’ final job was successful and they were able to split the millions of dollars amongst themselves and live free in non-extradition countries…. for a while. I will not give away the plot for the 6th movie, but remember there is a 7th movie coming out soon!

I believe all three of these actors are personality actors. These are tough guys in real life (or so they seem) and they play tough guys in their movies. Movie after movie they play similar roles, it is often hard to remember their characters names and we usually refer to their character as their actual names.

Take Paul Walker for instance, every movie he plays in he usually portrays an undercover cop that’s not afraid to get his hands dirty to do what he views as the right thing like in Fast and Furious and Brick Mansions

.(Viner, 2014).

Vin Diesel is often portrayed as a tough guy who can kick some ass and get a job done. One of his first roles was in Saving Private Ryan where he was an Army Ranger. He is also known for the movie XXX where he was a fsecret agent who was reserved for the particularly dangerous missions, and now Fast and Furious movies. He is a tough guy who leads by example and is often on the wrong side of the law.

(Harding, 2014)

And last but not least, Dwayne Johnson. He was first known for his professional wrestling career which launched his acting career. He is often times a warrior like in The Scorpion King and Hercules, or a soldier/ F.B.I. Special Agent like in G.I. Joe and the Fast and Furious movies. Dwayne Johnson really knows how to kick some ass and take names.

(Dwayne Johnson, 2015).