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Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Fast Five’ brings action this spring
By Joshua Baird
Vts & Culture Editor
have always hated sequels,
y all suck with the excep-
of maybe “The Godfather”
(els and “Empire Strikes
t” Of course most people
lider them to be part of
jingle movie, or trilogy, so
■almost don’t count,
j the case of the new Vin
el/Paul Walker action film
5,” I find myself at a
for words. It was awe-
i, Another thing that I have
ys despised is when crit-
ise phrases like “adrena-
pumping, blockbuster hit
e summer.” Those words
always a bunch of trash in
revious experiences,
iwever, much to my dis-
I have to say “Fast 5” is
Irenaline-pumping, block-
rhit of the season.
ere, I said it. I never
¡ht I would before, but
times a movie will come
that just tosses you in
lackseat on a joyride and
1’t let you go till the end.
ter breaking Dominic
i” Toretto out of a bus
id for federal prison,
O’Conner (Walker) and
oretto (Jordana Brewster)
for South America to
e the heat of the U.S.
nment, which is trying
pture the three stars of
riginal “The Fast and the
ms” film. *
ice they reach Rio de
Janeiro, they meet up with
Dom and a groups of alkst'ars
from the first four films in the
series, including rappers Tyrese
Gibson and Chris “Ludacris”
Bridges and Reggaeton super-
stars Tego Calderon and Don
Omar. The group decides to pull
off one last heist, but little do
they know that Special Agent
Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) is on
their trail and he always gets
his man.
Without giving away too
much of the plot, I have to
say that watching the action
sequences and racing scenes
will literally leave you beg
ging for more, and just like
the original film, you just have
to know that there will be a
sequel.
A word to the wise: stick
around into the credits after
all of the weirdos who clap for
the movie (as if the actors can
actually hear them) have left.
You will be glad you did.
All in all, I would have to
say that this is the movie to see
this spring if fast cars, gun fire
and explosions are your thing.
If you’re into romance and
family drama, you may want
to sit this one out, but I for one
will be going back to the the
aters to see this movie again.
Altemate titles: “Fast &
Furious 5” and “Fast &
Furious 5: Rio Heist”
Universal Studios
Summary: Dom and crew find themselves on
April 29| 130 mins.
Rating: PG-13
the wrong side of the law again when they switch
lanes between a drug lord and a federal agent.
Genre: Action
Cast: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson
Rating:
“Fast Five” rated No. 1
at the box office during
opening week
inkers dance the mezcal mambo
starch has converted to sug
ars. For mezcal, the agave is
baked in underground ovens
heated with wood charcoal.
The flavor of mezcal is aro
matic and smoky, and because
of this, it is hard to palate
for a lot of people. However
new and exciting, cocktails
using mezcal are being creat
ed every day, primarily on the
West Coast, using everything
from strawberries to balsamic
By Joshua Baird
vinegar (which incidentally
its & Culture Editor
are two of the ingredients
in one of' my favorite des
T ola, amigos! Are serts; just add a little whipped
rl you ready to swal- cream and enjoy).
.Llow the worm?
Mezcal con gusano (which
remember a T-shirt I translates to “with worm”)
to own that had one of does have the worm in the
Jeatest lines ever about bottom of the bottle that is
[tomach’s arch nemesis: rumored to give you halluci
I. It said “One tequi- nations. The only real reason
|o tequila, three tequi- why you might have a hal
|oor!” This accurately lucination from swallowing
ped where I was after the worm is because you have
founds with what I once drank a whole bottle of mez
It was the heavyweight cal to get to the worm. It’s
bion of the world: Jose akin to saying that playing
io.
with a toy in the bottom of the
hila, brewed and dis- box of fruit loops is going to
I primarily in Mexico, give you a stomach ache after
Ide by fermenting agave eating all that pure sugar to
land then aging it either get to the toy.
Of course the worm in the
i barrels to impart the
el color, or metal kegs bottle is not so much a tradi
tion, or even so much a worm.
eno color at all.
at most people don’t It is said to be a marketing
stand is that tequila ploy caused by an infestation
t actually have a worm of moth larvae in the lower
bottle; this is a common quality mezcal being pro
ie since another com- duced primarily in the Oaxaca
type of Mexican alco- region of Mexico.
Mezcal is surrounded by
>own as mezcal (which
ites to “oven cooked a lot of rumor and tradition.
’) is also made by fer- One such tradition is found
eg agave nectar. The in northern Mexico saying
[nce between the two to drink it before breakfast
with the cooking meth- to avoid a number of differ
W tequila, the agave is ent illnesses, diabetes among
I baked in steam ovens them.
As easy as it may be to
«claves until all of the
confuse tequila with mez
cal, try and keep in mind
that these two spirits, though
made with the same basic
ingredients, are two very
unique beverages. So if you
are a tequila fan of legal
drinking age, I highly sug
gest trying out the mezcal.
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