Tag: Paul Walker

For the month of June, they are getting fast and furious. They kick off the month by discussing Fast Five with guest Jason Herbert.

This franchise gets me. Sure, the pretentious critic part of my brain wants to hate this franchise. The plots are ridiculously convoluted, there is little attempt to ground these films in reality anymore and everything that happens is just an excuse for more car and explosion porn. But …

Joel Murphy considers Fast Five to be "a breakthrough for the Fast and Furious franchise" by zeroing in on exactly what fans want and delivering on those fronts. It's an utterly ridiculous film that ended up being way more entertaining than it had a right to be. Fast …