Fast Five - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[javier]

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). In reality, FRS cannot ID partially covered faces, not to mention fully covered faces.

[camila]

Han asks Gisele when she got out of the army. In real life Gal Gadot spent two years in the Israel Defense Forces as a combat instructor. This is very normal for Israeli citizens to serve in the army. Conscription exists in Israel for all Israeli citizens over the age of 18 who are Jewish, Druze, or Circassian. It is considered a honor to serve in the armed forces in Israel.

[riley]

The stunt involving the flatbed truck slamming into the moving train was filmed practically, without the use of miniatures or CGI. The collision nearly derailed the train, as can clearly be seen.

[brent]

After Reyes orders the money to be collected, Gisele watches a black Mitsubishi Pajero being loaded. While every other car on the movie has spoof license plates, this is the single instance of a real license plate in the movie. Also, the license plate, LLE 6282, is listed as a stolen black Mitsubishi Pajero Sport HPE on the actual Brazilian national police database.

[kyle]

The place where Roman Pearce is seen for the first time in the movie, was supposed to be Rio de Janeiro International Airport, but the place where the scene was shot is, in fact, the sidewalk of the Museu de Arte Moderna (Museum of Modern Art).

[brent]

In the August 2011 issue of Mopar Action it's revealed that several of the '70's Chargers were in fact equipped with small block Chevy engines. The "hero car" for close ups did have a Hemi. Albeit, a Gen 1 392 and not the venerable, widely known and assumed 426 Gen 2 Hemi.

[lonnie]

Gal Gadot's character name (Gisele) is never mentioned in the entire film.

[ronnie]

Featured cars include: Opening scene: Acura NSX, 1970 Dodge Charger, Pontiac Firebird Trans Am. Train scene: Ford GT40, Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport, De Tomaso Pantera GT5-S, Custom Truck. US Marshall vehicles: Armet Gurkha F5. Misc. Crew vehicles: Ford Galaxie 500 XL, Ducati Streetfighter. Misc. Race/Course vehicles: Porsche 911 Carrera, Subaru Impreza WRX Sti, Nissan 370z. Police cruisers: Dodge Chargers. Final Chase: Dodge Charger SRT-8. Epilogue: Dodge Challenger SRT-8, Nissan GT-R, Lexus LFA, Koenigsegg CCXR.

[harry]

If the viewer watches the favela chase with Brian and Mia (Dom's Sister), right before the two jump off the ledge from the roof, if the viewer focuses on the person with the camera, it is revealed that the camera person is actually a member of the film crew.

[wallace]

When Tej, Roman, and Han are sitting around a coffee table, each discussing his plans for his share the money, there is a bottle of Conjure Cognac on the table. Conjure is co owned by Ludacris who plays Tej Parker in the film.

[ruby]

This is not the first film Justin Lin has worked on with both Jordana Brewster and Tyrese Gibson. Justin Lin directed Annapolis (2006), which also starred Tyrese Gibson and Jordana Brewster.

[nora]

Prior to this film's release in April, 2011, the satirical news outlet "The Onion" held an interview with the movie's fake screenwriter, a five year old boy. The interview lampooned nearly all elements of the film, from its simplistic plot, to the over-reliance on special effects, and the quality of the acting. When asked how many more sequels are in the works for the franchise, the young screenwriter replied "six hundred."

[lonnie]

Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson were considered to play Hellboy before Ron Perlman got the part.