Product Description

Set in miami officer oconner stripped of his badge is recruited to infiltrate the miami street racing circuit in an effort to redeem himself. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 02/05/2008 Starring: Paul Walker Eva Mendes Run time: 108 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: John Singleton

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11859 in DVD
• Brand: Universal
• Released on: 2003-09-30
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Formats: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English, French, Spanish
• Subtitled in: Spanish, French
• Dubbed in: French, Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: 2.00" h x 2.00" w x 2.00" l, .13 pounds
• Running time: 107 minutes

Amazon.com
Like the high-revving imports and American muscle cars that roar down the streets of its south Florida setting, 2 Fast 2 Furious is tricked out to the max. While Vin Diesel opted for his XXX franchise, this obligatory sequel to The Fast and the Furious benefits from Diesel's absence, allowing returning star Paul Walker to shine while forging a lively partnership with rising star Tyrese, who fulfills his sidekick duties with more vitality than Diesel could ever muster. The Miami/Dade locations are another bonus, lending colorful backdrop to the most dazzling street-racing sequences (both real and digitally composited) ever committed to film. The plot is disposable--former cop Walker and jailbird Tyrese are recruited by the FBI to dethrone a thuggish kingpin (Cole Hauser)--but director John Singleton keeps the adrenalin pumping, enlisting a rainbow coalition of costars (including rapper Ludacris and Chanel supermodel Devon Aoki) to combine a hip-hop vibe with full-blown action while showcasing hot babes, edgy humor, and some of the coolest cars that ever burned rubber. Heed the movie's warning, kids: Let the stuntmen do the driving. --Jeff Shannon

From the Back Cover
The adrenaline-fueled thrill ride that began with The Fast and the Furious takes an explosive new turn in 2 Fast 2 Furious! It's the nitro-fueled answer to the question: how fast do you like it?

Now an ex-cop on the run, Brian O'Connor (Paul Walker) hooks into outlaw street-racing. When the Feds strong-arm him back, O'Connor's no rules, win-or-die skills are unleashed against an international drug lord. With his velocity-addicted buddy (Tyrese) riding shotgun, and a drop-dead- gorgeous undercover agent (Eva Mendes) dialing up the heat, 2 Fast 2 Furious accelerates the action into a desperate race for survival, justice... and mind-blowing, jaw-dropping speed!

Customer Reviews

No story; bad acting; and slow cars
Summary:
Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker) is a former cop turned fugitive whose hobby happens to be racing cars. Having left the L.A. area (the location of the first movie), he is finally caught in Miami. But instead of sending him to jail, the authorities have a proposition for him - help them bring down local drug lord Carter Verone (Cole Hauser) and they'll forget about his criminal record. Brian agrees, but only if he can choose his partner. So he chooses an old friend from his childhood days in Barstow, CA, ex-convict Roman Pearce (Tyrese).

The DEA has an agent inside Verone's operation, Monica Fuentes (Eva Mendes), who hooks them up with a job to drive for Verone. But for some reason Verone has decided he is ready to leave the country, so he has only one job for Roman and Brian, pick up a bunch of cash and drive it to an airport where he can get out of the country. Roman and Brian, who are constantly fighting their police and DEA handlers, pull a few tricks in the process. The result, they pull off the job, get Verone his money, capture him, save Fuentes (who has fallen in love with Brian), and get away with some of the loot - what a surprise!

My Comments:
Let's see, what does the movie have going for it... Story - terrible. Acting - even worse. Fast cars - nope. What? It doesn't even have fast cars? Unless you consider 85 mph fast, nope.

The story is just plain silly. To begin with, Brian apparently has a massive rap sheet, but he was a cop? Um, are cops allowed to do that? I don't think so. Second, okay, let's pretend that the DEA would be willing to let Brian expunge his record in order to help them. And let's pretend even further that they would be willing to let a violent ex-convict be his partner. And let's pretend even further further that they would completely disregard that Brian and Roman break a gazillion laws every time they get in a car and that Roman shooting at a DEA agent at one point in order not to blow their cover is 'cool'. With all of this pretending, I just could not keep pretending when the movie has a highly successful drug lord use two cop-attracting racing cars to transport his money. I mean, I'm no drug lord, but if it were me, I'd use old women in Cadillacs; cops never pull them over. This has to be the silliest premise for a movie I have ever seen. The sole purpose is to present a situation where cars can go fast. Who cares that it would never happen, right? Well, why make it into a movie with the trimmings of a story if the story is so implausibly ridiculous that it would be better if it didn't exist? I don't get it.

Another serious problem I had with the story and movie is the fact that every time you got more than one car racing lunatic together with another, it inevitably included about 100+ scantily clad women who were perfectly okay with the fact that they were just being used for their breasts and vaginas. The car racing culture portrayed in this movie doesn't exist (if you believe it does, I have a bridge I'd like to sell you in Brooklyn...). I'm supposed to believe that these women have nothing better to do with their time than sit around and watch people race cars, watercraft, etc. all day. They don't work? Please!

As far as the acting goes, this are B-movie actors. No one is good. But since this movie isn't about the story or the acting, just about portraying a non-existent racing culture and fast cars, it shouldn't matter. But wait, the cars aren't fast...

So, what was up with the cars only doing 80 to100 mph? I do 80 on my way to work in the morning. Maybe I should take a camera with me and make a movie. I drive a Honda Civic; does that mean I've got a racing machine? Heck, I've even driven 120 mph (not on the way to work, but that's another story...), which was about the fastest I think I saw the speedometers go. So, why is this movie called 2 Fast? Ideally it would be in reference to the length of the movie, as it would be in its best interest to get it over with quick, before anyone realizes that what they just saw was ridiculously stupid.

Overall, I don't recommend this movie for anyone, except those people who actually believe their is a cool, car-racing underground culture where stuff like this actually happens. Sure, people race cars, but do they gather around several thousand people and close down streets to do it? Only if they are as stupid as the makers of this movie and want to go to jail. Don't see this movie!

People who hate this movie watched it for the wrong reasons...
2 Fast 2 Furious is one of those sequels that comes around every so often that doesn't require you to have seen the original. I saw this movie for the first time not too long after it came out, and having never seen the original, I thought I would be lost and wouldn't enjoy myself as much as other people, but on the contrary - I left the experience much happier than when I came in.

This film is full of quick one-liners that deserve a laugh. The special effects and the car races will leave your mouth gaping open. I have heard and read that people didn't appreciate this film as much because it seemed to focus more on a plot than the first film did rather than focus more on the races, but overall, I think the balance works well. Even thinking of the plot that we are left with, I really can't see another time when a race would even be appropriate.

And as for people saying that this film is worse than the original, I would have to disagree...Why? Frankly, I have always been a firm believer than Vin Diesel is entirely overrated as an actor. (I mean, c'mon - Have you seen the Pacifier?) He's nothing more than a meat head who, while able to do pretty good fight scenes, should leave the dialogue to someone else.

Yes, this film is for the younger crowd, and there are numerous occasions when unbelievable events take place (take the boat jumping as an example), but there is no saying that an older person wouldn't enjoy it as well...The only thing that I will say is that you really shouldn't go into this film expecting an Oscar worthy performance, or else you will be disappointed. If you sit back and take this as the fun romp that it is, however, you will thoroughly enjoy yourself.

Rev 'er Up!
Fueled by the libidinous gas of Tyrese and Paul Walker, John Singleton's sequel to "The Fast and the Furious," "2 Fast 2 Furious" proves that Fast Cars, Fast Guys and Fast Women can still equal a pretty good movie. We're not talking "The Hours" or "Talk to Her" here, but I can think of several more expensive to make and/or bigger star vehicles that don't have this movie's charisma and charm.
"2F2F" is shot in Caribbean, super bright primary colors and the Car race and chase scenes are as outstanding as those in "Ronin" and that is saying a lot. And even though some of the line readings are dull and non-ironic, Tyrese definitely emerges as a genuine talent.
If there are any Drive-ins left in the world (and I hope there are)...this is the perfect drive-in movie: take a date, buys some dogs, popcorn, good-and-plenty and a vat of Soda and enjoy.