Monday, 30 May 2011
Paul Walker as Brian O'Conner
Paul William Walker IV (born September 12, 1973) is an American actor. He became well known in 1999 after his role in the hit film Varsity Blues. He is also known for starring in the surprise summer hit The Fast and the Furious and has since gone on to star in its sequels, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Fast & Furious, and the recently released Fast Five. His other films include Joy Ride, Running Scared, Into the Blue and Eight Below. The films he has starred in have grossed more than $1.1 billion. He also appears in the National Geographic Channel series Expedition Great White.
Career
Walker's small-screen career began as a toddler, when he starred in a television commercial for Pampers. He began modeling at the age of 2 and began working on television shows in 1985, with roles in shows such as Highway to Heaven, Who's the Boss?, The Young and the Restless and Touched by an Angel.
Walker's film career began in 1987, with the horror/comedy film Monster in the Closet. He and his sister Ashlie were contestants on a 1988 episode of the game show I'm Telling!, finishing in second place. He has continued with roles in several other movies without much success. It was not until 1998 that Walker made his feature film debut in the comedy Meet the Deedles, which finally gained him fame. This subsequently led to supporting roles in the movies Pleasantville, Varsity Blues, She's All That, and The Skulls.
In 2001, Walker's breakthrough role arrived when he starred opposite actor Vin Diesel in the successful action film The Fast and the Furious. The film established Walker as a notable film star and leading man and led to his reprisal of the role in the 2003 sequel 2 Fast 2 Furious. He continued his career with leading roles in films such as Joy Ride, Into the Blue, and Timeline, and also had a supporting role in Clint Eastwood's 2006 adaptation of Flags of Our Fathers.
Walker then starred in the crime thriller Running Scared and Walt Disney Pictures' Eight Below, both released in 2006. Eight Below garnered critical-acclaim and opened in first place at the box office, grossing over US$20 million during its first weekend.During the filming of Running Scared, director Wayne Kramer stated that "[Walker] is that guy on some level" when comparing Walker with his character in the movie, Joey Gazelle. Kramer continued on to say that he "loved working with [Walker] because as a director he's completely supportive of my vision of what the film is. And even better, he's completely game for it."
Walker starred in the independent film The Lazarus Project, which was released on DVD on October 21, 2008. He subsequently returned to The Fast and the Furious franchise, reprising his role in Fast & Furious, which was released on April 3, 2009.
Walker appeared with T.I., Idris Elba, Chris Brown, Matt Dillon, and Hayden Christensen in the crime drama Takers, which began filming in early September 2008 and was released in August 2010.
The Coty Prestige fragrance brand Davidoff Cool Water for Men announced in January 2011 that Walker was going to be the new face of the brand as of July 2011.
He reprised his role in the fifth installment of The Fast and the Furious series, Fast Five.
Fast & Furious (2009)
Fast Furious is the previous section of Fast Five.
Plot
Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his new crew; Letty (Michelle Rodriguez), Tego (Tego Calderón), Rico (Don Omar), Cara (Mirtha Michelle), and Han (Sung Kang), are hijacking fuel tankers in theDominican Republic. Dominic begins to suspect the trail is too hot and leaves Letty to go elsewhere to avoid being caught. In Panama City, Dominic gets a call from his sister, Mia (Jordana Brewster), who tells him that Letty has been murdered by Fenix (Laz Alonzo) after getting into a near fatal car accident. Dominic heads back to Los Angeles to examine Letty's crash and finds traces of nitromethane. He then goes to the only car mechanic that uses nitromethane and coerces him into giving him the name David Park, the man who ordered the fuel.
Meanwhile, F.B.I. agent Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker) is trying to track down a drug dealer named Arturo Braga (John Ortiz). His search leads him to David Park. Dominic arrives at Park's apartment first and hangs him out of the window by his ankles before letting go. Brian, who was also on his way to Park's place, saves Park and Park becomes the FBI's new informant. Park gets Brian into a street race through Los Angeles; the winner will become the last driver on a team that traffics heroin between the United States-Mexico border. Brian selects a modified Nissan Skyline GT-R R34from the Impound Lot. Dominic also shows up to race in his modified 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle. Dominic wins by bumping Brian's car, making him lose control. Brian uses his power as an FBI agent to arrest another driver, Dwight Mueller, and takes his place on the team.
The following day, the team meets one of the Braga's men. They drive across the border using underground tunnels to avoid detection. Brian had prior knowledge that after the heroin was delivered, Braga ordered the drivers to be killed. However it was revealed to Dominic from Fenix that he killed Letty and after a tense stand-off, Dom detonates his car with nitrous to distract Braga's men and Brian hijacks a Hummerwith US$60 million worth of heroin. Both Dom and Brian drive back to Los Angeles and hide the heroin in a police impound lot where Brian picks up a modified Subaru Impreza WRX STI. Later on, Dominic finds out Brian was the last person to contact Letty which resulted in him being attacked by Dominic until he learnt Brian put Letty undercover for tracking down Braga so she could clear Dominic's name. Brian tells his superiors that in exchange for Dominic's pardon, he will lure Braga into a trap, forcing him to personally show up to exchange money for the heroin. At the drop site, however, the man who claims to be Braga is a decoy and Campos, the real Braga, escapes and flees to Mexico.
Brian and Dominic travel to Mexico on their own to catch Braga. They find him at a church and apprehend him. As Braga's henchmen come down to rescue their leader, Brian and Dominic drive through the underground tunnels back to the United States. When some of Braga's men are killed, Brian crashes his car and is injured after beingT-boned by Fenix at the end of the tunnel. Before Fenix can kill Brian, Dominic, who survived the explosion and exchanged his 1970 Dodge Charger with a 1973 Chevrolet Camaro, drives into and kills Fenix. As police and helicopters start streaming to the crash site on the U.S. side, Brian tells Dominic to leave, but Dominic refuses, saying he's tired of running. Despite Brian's request for clemency, the judge sentences Dominic to 25 years to life. Dominic boards a prison bus that will take him to Lompoc penitentiary and as the bus drives down the road, Brian and Mia, along with Tego and Rico (who assisted in the Dominican Republic heists), arrive in their cars to intercept it. An animated sequence is played during the credits, in which Brian brakes in front of the bus causing it to flip, Dom escapes from the prison bus, and he is free, which is where Fast Five begins.
Cast
Main article: List of The Fast and the Furious characters
- Paul Walker as Brian O'Conner, a former police officer, auto mechanic and elite street racer. Brian is now an FBI agent on the trail of the Mexican drug lord Arturo Braga. He drives a Subaru Impreza WRX STI.
- Vin Diesel as Dominic "Dom" Toretto, an auto mechanic, ex-convict, and elite street racer from the United States. Dominic is wanted for committing numerous semi-truck hijackings. At the beginning of the film, he is living in the Dominican Republic and drives a black Buick Grand National to hijack fuel trucks.
- Michelle Rodriguez as Leticia "Letty" Ortiz, Dominic's girlfriend who lives with him in the Dominican Republic.
- Jordana Brewster as Mia Toretto, Dominic's younger sister.
- John Ortiz as Arturo Braga, A liaison for Braga's drug cartel, who recruits street racers to move heroin across the US-Mexican border.
- Laz Alonso as Fenix Calderon, Arturo Braga's henchman, drives 1972 Ford Gran Torino.
- Gal Gadot as Gisele, a liaison for Braga.
- Robert Miano as Ramon Campos
- Neil Brown Jr. as Malik Zon
- Jack Conley as Penning, head of FBI.
- Sung Kang as Han, street racer, a member of Dominic's crew that also appeared in Tokyo Drift.
- Don Omar as Rico Santos, a member of Dominic's crew.
- Tego Calderón as Tego Leo, a member of Dominic's crew.
- Mirtha Michelle as Cara Mirtha.
- Greg Cipes as Dwight Mueller, Braga's Camaro driver.
- Brandon T. Jackson as Braga's BMW driver.
- Mousa Kraish as Braga's Silvia driver.
- Shea Whigham as Ben Stasiak, FBI agent.
- Liza Lapira as Sophie Trinh, FBI agent.
- Anthony Gakuo as Choco.
Sung Kang as Han
Sung Kang is the only Asian in the movie. Here is the information about his life and career.
Sung Kang (Korean: Kang Sung-Ho; Hangul: 강성호; born April 8, 1972) is an American actor, known for his role as Han Lue in the films Better Luck Tomorrow, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Fast & Furious, and Fast Five.
Life and career
Kang was born in Gainesville, Georgia, to immigrants from South Korea. His first major role was that of Han Lue from Better Luck Tomorrow, in which he played an aloof gang member. He reprised his role as Han Lue in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Fast & Furious, and Fast Five. He was one of the stars in The Motel, in which he played Sam Kim. He also had a role in Jet Li's film War playing an FBI agent, and was featured as a son of Genghis Khan, Doran, in the movie Forbidden Warrior. He also played for a South Korean football team, the Suwon Blue Wings, as their international-style goalkeeper, performing numerous penalty saves within the last 5 minutes of matches.
On MADtv, Sung has been playing the recurring role of the narcissistic President Gin Kew Yun Chun Yew Nee in the Korean drama parody, "Tae Do" or "Attitudes and Feelings, Both Desirable and Sometimes Secretive." Kang also had a small role in the action movie Live Free or Die Hard.
Kang is featured in a music video for popular Korean Band, g.o.d..
He owns a restaurant called Saketini in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California. It offers a wide range of Pacific Rim foods and has Eun San Yi as head chef.
Kang says that before he was cast as Han in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift he was unaware of the drifting subculture that exists in Japan. It wasn't until he began researching for the part that he learned what a popular sport drifting actually is all over the world.
As an American actor, Kang has said that one of the things he dislikes most about Hollywood is the stereotypes that East Asian actors are faced when being cast in a role.
Sung Kang (Korean: Kang Sung-Ho; Hangul: 강성호; born April 8, 1972) is an American actor, known for his role as Han Lue in the films Better Luck Tomorrow, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Fast & Furious, and Fast Five.
Life and career
Kang was born in Gainesville, Georgia, to immigrants from South Korea. His first major role was that of Han Lue from Better Luck Tomorrow, in which he played an aloof gang member. He reprised his role as Han Lue in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Fast & Furious, and Fast Five. He was one of the stars in The Motel, in which he played Sam Kim. He also had a role in Jet Li's film War playing an FBI agent, and was featured as a son of Genghis Khan, Doran, in the movie Forbidden Warrior. He also played for a South Korean football team, the Suwon Blue Wings, as their international-style goalkeeper, performing numerous penalty saves within the last 5 minutes of matches.
On MADtv, Sung has been playing the recurring role of the narcissistic President Gin Kew Yun Chun Yew Nee in the Korean drama parody, "Tae Do" or "Attitudes and Feelings, Both Desirable and Sometimes Secretive." Kang also had a small role in the action movie Live Free or Die Hard.
Kang is featured in a music video for popular Korean Band, g.o.d..
He owns a restaurant called Saketini in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California. It offers a wide range of Pacific Rim foods and has Eun San Yi as head chef.
Kang says that before he was cast as Han in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift he was unaware of the drifting subculture that exists in Japan. It wasn't until he began researching for the part that he learned what a popular sport drifting actually is all over the world.
As an American actor, Kang has said that one of the things he dislikes most about Hollywood is the stereotypes that East Asian actors are faced when being cast in a role.
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Tokyo Drift is the story happens in Tokyo, and the same actors in movie. Here is the plot of Tokyo Drift, and also the trailer.
Sean Boswell (Lucas Black) is involved in a crash during a local street race. Because of his numerous brushes with the law in the past, his mother sends him to Tokyo, Japan, to live with his father, who is stationed as a U.S. Naval officer. Upon arriving at his father's home in Tokyo, he is warned by his father not to stir up any trouble, or he will return to the U.S. to serve jail time.
Sean meets Twinkie (Bow Wow), a fellow American, who introduces him to the drift racing scene. Sean has a verbal confrontation with Takashi (Brian Tee) - also known as DK (short for Drift King) and nephew to a local yakuza boss - because he was talking to DK's girlfriend, Neela (Nathalie Kelley). They race and Sean is defeated and destroys the car lent to him by Han (Sung Kang), DK's business partner. The next day, Han meets Sean after school and tells Sean that he must work for him to repay the damage done to his car.
Han becomes Sean's friend, and teaches him to drift. Han does this because Sean is the only one unafraid of DK (calling him DK's "kryptonite"). Neela and Sean go on a date which precipitates DK to beat him up. Angry after seeing Sean's bruises, Neela leaves DK to be with Sean.
DK's uncle Kamata (Sonny Chiba), a Yakuza, admonishes DK for allowing Han to steal from him. DK confronts Han, Sean and Neela whereupon they flee. During the chase, Han is killed and DK, Sean, and Sean's father become involved in an armed standoff which is resolved by Neela agreeing to leave with DK. Twinkie provides his saved money to Sean to make up for Han's stolen money which Sean returns to Kamata. Sean proposes a race against DK to determine who must leave Tokyo. Sean and Han's friends then build a car from various spare parts and Sean then wins the race.
Later, Sean, now the Drift King, is challenged to a race by an unnamed driver. This driver turns out to be Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel).
Cast
Lucas Black as Sean Boswell, a young man interested in street racing.
Bow Wow as Twinkie, Sean's first friend he meets in Tokyo and who sells various consumer goods and catastrophically introduces Sean to drift racing.
Sung Kang as Han, Takashi's business partner (and old friend of Dominic Toretto) who befriends Sean and teaches him how to drift.
Brian Tee as Takashi, Sean's enemy. He is acknowledged as the best drift racer and given the title "DK" (Drift King).
Nathalie Kelley as Neela, an Australian who is Takashi's girlfriend, but later on falls for Sean.
Jason Tobin as Earl, one of Han's friends.
Keiko Kitagawa as Reiko, Earl's friend.
Sonny Chiba as Kamata, Takashi's uncle who is a Yakuza head.
Leonardo Nam as Morimoto, Takashi's closest friend and right hand man.
Brian Goodman as Lieutenant Boswell, Sean's father.
Lynda Boyd as Ms. Boswell, Sean's mother, who, fed up with moving Sean around, sends him to Tokyo, Japan to live with his father.
Zachery Ty Bryan as Clay, the quarterback of Sean's school whom Sean races at the beginning of the film.
Nikki Griffin as Cindy, Clay's girlfriend, who suggests that Clay and Sean race to win her.
Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto, who makes a cameo appearance at the end of the film (uncredited).
Arthur Talasasa as Jack, Brians Cousin,uncredited
Commons about Fast Five.
This one goes from street racing to heist film, but there a plenty of big stunts, flight, sexy girls, humor, cool soundtrack and of course a range of awesome cars. This movie is not only about cars, it's also a movie about perseverance, regret, friendship and trust.
All about Vin Diesel
Vin Diesel (born Mark Sinclair Vincent; July 18, 1967) is an American actor, writer,director and producer. He became known in the early 2000s, appearing in several successful Hollywood films, including The Fast and the Furious and xXx. He founded the production companies One Race Films, Tigon Studios and Racetrack Records.
Diesel is noted for his recognizable deep voice; he has said that his voice broke at around age 15, giving him a mature sounding voice on the telephone.
Around 2001, Diesel dated his The Fast and the Furious co-star, Michelle Rodriguez.
Diesel has expressed his love for the Dominican Republic, and how he relates to its multicultural facets. He is also acquainted with President Leonel Fernandez, and has since appeared in one of his earlier campaign ads. "Los Bandoleros", a short film directed by Diesel, was also filmed in the Dominican Republic.
Diesel claims that he prefers dating in Europe, where he is less likely to be recognized and where celebrities are not romantically linked to each other. He prefers to maintain his privacy regarding his personal life:
Diesel has played Dungeons & Dragons for over twenty years and wrote the foreword for the commemorative book 30 Years of Adventure: A Celebration of Dungeons & Dragons. In the 30th Anniversary of Dungeons & Dragons issue of Dragon Magazine, they examine the fact that Diesel played Dungeons & Dragons, and reveal that he had a fake tattoo of his character's name, "Melkor," on his stomach while filming xXx.
Diesel has a daughter, Hania Riley, born April 2, 2008, with his girlfriend, model Paloma Jimenez. Speaking to An tEolas, an Irish newspaper, Diesel stated he has been seen as a hard man, but is in touch with his soft side as a father.
Diesel is noted for his recognizable deep voice; he has said that his voice broke at around age 15, giving him a mature sounding voice on the telephone.
Around 2001, Diesel dated his The Fast and the Furious co-star, Michelle Rodriguez.
Diesel has expressed his love for the Dominican Republic, and how he relates to its multicultural facets. He is also acquainted with President Leonel Fernandez, and has since appeared in one of his earlier campaign ads. "Los Bandoleros", a short film directed by Diesel, was also filmed in the Dominican Republic.
Diesel claims that he prefers dating in Europe, where he is less likely to be recognized and where celebrities are not romantically linked to each other. He prefers to maintain his privacy regarding his personal life:
| “ | I'm not gonna put it out there on a magazine cover like some other actors. I come from the Harrison Ford, Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, Al Pacinocode of silence. | ” |
Diesel has played Dungeons & Dragons for over twenty years and wrote the foreword for the commemorative book 30 Years of Adventure: A Celebration of Dungeons & Dragons. In the 30th Anniversary of Dungeons & Dragons issue of Dragon Magazine, they examine the fact that Diesel played Dungeons & Dragons, and reveal that he had a fake tattoo of his character's name, "Melkor," on his stomach while filming xXx.
Diesel has a daughter, Hania Riley, born April 2, 2008, with his girlfriend, model Paloma Jimenez. Speaking to An tEolas, an Irish newspaper, Diesel stated he has been seen as a hard man, but is in touch with his soft side as a father.
Wednesday, 25 May 2011
Fast Five---Plot
Plot
When Dominic "Dom" Toretto (Vin Diesel) is being transported to a US prison by bus, his sister Mia Toretto (Jordana Brewster) and friend Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker) lead an assault on the bus, causing it to crash, freeing Dom. While authorities search for them, the trio escape to Rio de Janeiro. Awaiting Dom's arrival, Mia and Brian join their friend Vince (Matt Schulze) and other participants on a job to steal three cars from a train. While aboard the train, Brian and Mia discover the train is carrying DEA agents and that the cars are seized property. When Dom arrives with the rest of the participants, he realizes that one of them, Zizi (Michael Irby), is only interested in stealing one car - the Ford GT40. Dom has Mia steal the car herself while Dom and Brian fight Zizi and his henchmen, with Zizi killing the DEA agents assigned to the vehicles. Dom and Brian are captured and brought to crime lord – and owner of the cars – Hernan Reyes (Joaquim de Almeida), Zizi's boss where he orders the pair be interrogated to discover the location of the car. However they manage to escape and retreat to their safehouse.While Brian, Dom and Mia examine the car to discover its importance, Vince arrives and is revealed to be working for Reyes when he removes a computer chip from the car. Dom forces Vince to leave and after investigating the chip, Brian discovers it contains details of Reyes' criminal empire including the locations of $100 million in cash. Following the murder of the DEA agents aboard the train, blamed on Dom and his team, U.S. DSS agent Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) and his team arrive in Rio to capture Dom and Brian. They travel to Dom's safehouse with assistance from local officer Elena Neves (Elsa Pataky), but find it under assault by Reyes' men. Brian, Dom and Mia escape with Dom suggesting they split up and leave Rio, but Mia announces she is pregnant with Brian's child. Dom agrees to stick together and suggests they steal Reyes' money to start a new life. The trio organizes a team to perform the heist, recruiting Han Seoul-Oh (Sung Kang), Roman Pearce (Tyrese Gibson), Tej Parker (Ludacris), Gisele Harabo (Gal Gadot), Tego Leo (Tego Calderón) and Rico Santos (Don Omar). Vince later joins the team after saving Mia from being captured by Reyes' men, earning Dom's trust once more.
Hobbs and his team eventually find and arrest Dom, Mia, Brian and Vince. While transporting them to the airport for extradition to the United States, the convoy is attacked by Reyes' men, killing Hobbs' team and Vince. Hobbs is saved by Dom, Brian and Mia as they fight back against Reyes' men and escape. Wanting revenge for his murdered team, Hobbs and Elena agree to help with the heist. The gang breaks into the police station where Reyes' money is kept and tear the vault from the building using their cars, dragging it through the city with police in pursuit. Believing they cannot outrun the police, Dom makes Brian continue on without him while he attacks the police and the pursuing Reyes, using the vault attached to his car to smash their vehicles. Brian returns to kill Zizi, while Reyes is badly injured by Dom's assault. Hobbs arrives on the scene and executes Reyes. Hobbs refuses to let the pair go free, but unwilling to arrest them, agrees to give them a 24-hour head start to escape. The gang split Reyes' money, with Dom leaving Vince's share to his family, before the members go their separate ways.
In the South Pacific, Brian and now visibly-pregnant Mia relax on a beach, where they are met by Dom and Elena. Brian challenges Dom to a final, no-stakes race to prove who is the better driver.
In a post-credits scene, Hobbs is given a special file by U.S. Customs agent Monica Fuentes (Eva Mendes) concerning the hijack of a military convoy in Berlin. In the file, Hobbs discovers a recent photo of Leticia Ortiz (Michelle Rodriguez), Dom's presumed-deceased girlfriend, revealing she may have survived the events of Fast & Furious.
Cast
For more details on the characters, see List of The Fast and the Furious characters.
- Vin Diesel as Dom Toretto, a professional criminal, street racer and fugitive. Diesel was reportedly paid $15 million to star in and produce the film.
- Paul Walker as Brian O'Conner, a former FBI agent turned criminal. He is in a relationship with Mia Toretto.
- Dwayne Johnson as Luke Hobbs, a U.S. Diplomatic Security Service agent. According to producer Vin Diesel, the role of Hobbs was originally developed with Tommy Lee Jones in mind to take the part. However when reading feedback on his Facebook page, Diesel noted one fan stating a desire to see Diesel and Johnson in a film together. Diesel and director Justin Lin then redesigned the role for Johnson. Johnson wanted to work with Universal Studios, citing their support for him when transitioning from wrestling to his film career. He described the role as a former bounty hunter turned US Marshall,the "government’s version of the best bounty hunter on the planet." He undertook an extensive daily workout regime to increase the size of his physique, wanting his character to appear as a "hunter" and formidable enough to be a credible threat to the protagonists.
- Jordana Brewster as Mia Toretto, Dom's sister and girlfriend of Brian O'Conner.
- Tyrese Gibson as Roman Pearce, Brian's childhood friend. Gibson's involvement was confirmed on June 30, 2010, reprising his role from 2 Fast 2 Furious.
- Ludacris as Tej Parker, Brian and Roman's friend from Miami. Ludacris confirmed his involvement in the film on July 12, 2010 when he stated he had arrived in Puerto Rico to begin filming.
- Matt Schulze as Vince, Dom's childhood friend. Having previously appeared in the first film, Schulze was confirmed to be returning on July 16, 2010.[11]
- Sung Kang as Han Seoul-Oh, street racer and Dom's business partner in the Dominican Republic.
- Gal Gadot as Gisele Harabo, a former Mossad agent and love interest of Han.
- Tego Calderon as Tego Leo, a member of Dom's crew.
- Don Omar as Rico Santos, a member of Dom's crew.
- Joaquim de Almeida as Hernan Reyes, a ruthless drug lord. Almeida was confirmed to be taking on the role of antagonist Hernan Reyes on July 16, 2010.
- Elsa Pataky as Elena Neves, a Rio police officer who works with Hobbs' team. Pataky was confirmed to be involved as the love interest of Diesel's character on July 16, 2010.
- Michael Irby as Zizi, Reyes' henchman.
Alimi Ballard, Fernando Chien, Yorgo Constantine, and Geoff Meedy portray members of Hobbs's team: Fusco, Wilkes, Chato, and Macroy. Michelle Rodriguez appears in photographs as Leticia Ortiz, Dom's girlfriend who apparently died in Fast & Furious. Eva Mendes appears in an uncredited cameo as undercover US Customs agent Monica Fuentes, reprising her role from 2 Fast 2 Furious.
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