Preview: Fast Five (2011)

Synopsis:

The fifth installment in the Fast & Furious franchise.

• Poster: D+

Review:

There is far too much blank space in this poster. Keeping your most attractive assets (actors and cars) in such a low and indistinct position suggests a lack of appretion for their ability to sell the film.

• Trailer: C-; C+

Review:

As long as this series continues to make money, they will continue to make films. So, it should come as no surprise that this trailer is neither original nor inventive. It only needs to exist to entice the core back to the theater.

I'll give the trailer crdit for highlighting the action sequences in an effort to remind viewers why they even liked this series to begin with. And the closing scene cutting off the big delivery may have been a smart idea allowing producers to get some viewers into the theater just to see what happens.

Oscar Prospects:

None.

Release Date:

• April 29, 2011

Full Review Synopsis:

I have not seen this film.

-Wesley Lovell (December 14, 2010) Original

-Wesley Lovell (December 15, 2010) New Poster

-Wesley Lovell (April 24, 2011) New Trailer; Replaced Poster