Fast Five - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of Fast Five or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Fast Five

[chris]

During an on-set interview for Fast & Furious 6 (2013), Michelle Rodriguez revealed that she didn't know about the "twist ending" to Fast Five (with Letty's "security cam" photo landing on Hobbs' desk) until she actually saw it herself in theaters.

[michele]

Tej says with his money he wants to open a garage back home. But in 2Fast 2Furious Tej owns his own garage.

[scarlett]

The building where Herman Reyes' office is, actually, the Headquarters of Banco Central do Brasil (Central Bank of Brazil).

[nora]

The first "Fast and Furious" film to be released in IMAX.

[charlie]

Rio's Police squad has never used Dodge Chargers or any of the other models shown in the movie. In fact, by the time the movie was shot, the cars that the Rio de Janeiro Police really used in law enforcement were the Volkswagen Golf (known in Mexico as Volkswagen Pointer), Chevrolet S10, Chevrolet Blazer, Chevrolet Astra Sedan (known as Saturn Astra in U.S.), Renault Logan (known in Europe as Dacia Logan), Renault Mégane and Renault Sandero (known in Europe as Dacia Sandero).

[linda]

Hobbs and his team are looking at a traffic cam picture of Dom's car. They can't make out the faces of the occupants because their faces are covered. Hobbs says to use FRS (Facial Recognition Software). The occupants' photos pop up and show that they are "Dominic Toretto" and "Han Seoul-Oh" (Han Solo). Maybe Han's other vehicle is the Millennium Falcon. Hobbs also says that they can change their names but not their faces, so maybe this is an alias.

[eli]

Vin Diesel and Elsa Pataky share a birthday. However, Diesel is 9 years older.

[tamara]

When the team steal the four Dodge Charger police cars to do a drag race, the police lights on one of the cars turn on. According to car co-coordinator Dennis McCarthy, Dodge had just released that particular model of the Charger and as a result, some of the cars used were still prototypes. The police lights activating was a malfunction on that particular car and wasn't in the script. After filming, they decided to keep the scene intact because it was thought that that's what Roman (Tyrese Gibson) would have done anyway.

[francisco]

Eva Mendes makes a cameo appearance in the post credits scene as Agent Monica Fuentes.

[ethel]

Vince's right arm, which can be seen in the train heist, has scarring. This is because of the truck heist attempted in the first Fast and Furious, in which Vince's arm is cut by a metal wire.

[jim]

Because of the negative reaction from car enthusiasts regarding the use of CGI backgrounds and locations, Justin Lin insisted "Fast Five" has a limited use of it, to focus more on practical effects.

[christina]

At the conclusion of the train robbery, Paul Walker and Vin Diesel drive a Corvette Stingray off a cliff beside a bridge and jump off it before it lands in the river below. This is similar to the opening stunt Vin Diesel performs in the opening of xXx (2002), where he jumps a stolen Corvette off a bridge into the canyon and river below, this time with a parachute, before it crashes

[carl]

Released on the tenth anniversary of The Fast & The Furious (2001).

[phyllis]

The first "Fast and Furious" film with a 2-hour running time.

[leo]

When Hobbs opens the safe on the bridge, on the inside of the safe's door is a manufacturers badge which identifies the manufacturer as "Zuverlässige Tresor GmbH", which is German for "Reliable Safe, Inc."

[jessica]

When the gang split up Han and Gisele moved to Toyko. This is known cause during the next movie Han and Gisele are approached by the Tokyo police and handed a phone. On the other end of the phone was Dom.

[carl]

In 2010, it was incorrectly reported that Charisma Carpenter would have a role.

[chad]

Upon their arrival in Rio, Brian and Mia drive a KPGC10 Nissan Skyline GT-R, the first to wear the GT-R badge. At the end of the movie, Brian is shown in a R35 Nissan GT-R, the latest Nissan car to wear the GT-R Badge.

[willard]

The role of Hobbs was originally envisioned for Tommy Lee Jones. According to Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson was brought into Fast Five, because of a fan suggestion from a girl named Jan Kelly, who said she would love to see the two work together on screen.