12/13/2010

1st look at Dwayne Johnson and Vin Diesel in 'Fast Five'

I'm on record as liking the recent choices Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has made. He poked fun at his action hero persona perfectly in The Other Guys, and I found Faster to be an enjoyable straight ahead revenge thriller. I raised my eyebrow(no pun intended Rock fans) at the idea of him signing on to the fifth installment of the Fast and the Furious franchise, currently titled Fast Five. The thought of him and Vin Diesel going toe-to-toe like the action superstar flagbearers they are has made me more interested in this film than I normally would be.

USA Today got the first image of Johnson and Diesel in the film, which promises to reunite nearly all of the essential characters from the previous four flicks. It shows the two in some sort of standoff, with Johnson's character looking like he's either really agitated or constipated. Diesel looks less than impressed. I can smell the testosterone stink already.

Remember that technically Fast Five is the fourth film in the series, as it takes place between last year's Fast and Furious and Tokyo Drift. It picks up right where the last film left off, with Dom(Diesel) and Brian(Paul Walker) on the run. Johnson is the cop who's been sent to capture them at any cost.

Fast Five stars Diesel, Johnson, Walker, Tyrese Gibson, Ludcaris, Jordan Brewster, Sung Kang, and everybody else who's ever been involved except for Bow Wow and Lucas Black. It's set to skid into theaters on April 29th 2011!