Other Titles • 2 Fast 2 Furious • The Fast and the Furious 2
Synopses for 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)
1.
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!
(15 votes)
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It begins with a jolt. A sudden jerk to the body, which constricts with the most primal reaction to what it senses as coming disaster. The rest of the senses quickly follow suit, springing to attention and kicking into overdrive.
The floodgates of the adrenal glands are thrown open and the precious stuff, the body’s version of super-concentrated lightening, pours into the circulatory system. The breathing begins to intensify, sending oxygen in ever increasing amounts into the bloodstream. Capillaries dilate, widening to allow for the Sig-Alert of now hyper-charged blood cells operating in panic mode. Eyes widen, muscles tense and a godlike sensation begins to take over as surroundings melt into a frenzied, passing blur.
“I am outrunning everything. I am in control. The world is mine.”
The brain fights back, screaming out an S.O.S. “This is wrong, this is danger..!”
Yet it feels so good…
It’s a meal for the starved, a panacea for the restless, a sure-fire fix for anyone with a predilection for living on the edge. Intoxicating and habit-forming, it leaves burnt-out drivers in its wake, haunted men and women trapped in a life lived in slow motion…hurting for more and clamoring for the next ride.
SPEED.
It’s easy to get. And it’s as close as the nearest set of high-performance wheels… Brian O’Connor (PAUL WALKER), now a disgraced cop, fell victim to it…and he’s now paying the price.
As far as his former bosses and FBI brass are concerned, the hothead undercover officer threw one of their largest investigations ever. His loyalties tested while infiltrating the fly-by-night, highspeed world of Los Angeles import street racing, O’Connor blew his own cover and let the ringleader of a big-rig hijacking operation walk—more precisely, motor off in his own custom performance racer. O’Connor’s decision allowed him to keep his honor, but lost him his badge and any chance of redemption in the process.
Now, it’s a different city, a different time and one last chance for O’Connor.
Seems the Feds in Miami have had one helluva time collaring Carter Verone (COLE HAUSER), a flashy businessman using his import/export business as cover for an international money laundering cartel. Customs have had Verone under intense surveillance for more than a year with nothing more to show for it than the kingpin’s link to illegal street racing. Their backs against the wall and time running out, officials put out a call for O’Connor to do what he does best—talk the talk and push the metal.
But the rule-breaking loner has his own demands before taking on the job that may restore him his badge. Unhappy with the list of sorry possibilities presented as potential partners, he insists on recruiting his childhood friend and now ex-con Roman Pearce (TYRESE GIBSON), an accomplished criminal with an aptitude for barrier-shattering speed. The Feds on the case, headed by Agent Markham (JAMES REMAR), offer Pearce a deal—work with O’Connor and his impressive rap sheet will disappear.
Now, it’s a last chance for both, ex-con and ex-cop, and their ticket out of disgrace is bringing down Verone. But lines become blurred once again for O’Connor with the appearance of undercover agent Monica Fuentes (EVA MENDES), the key to entering Verone’s world who may herself be in bed with the shady entrepreneur.
The new models are in. This time, on the hot streets of Miami—guns, murderers, crooked police, sweet wheels. And one fugitive ex-cop with a very bad habit and with very little to lose. This summer, cross the line…one more time.
2 Fast 2 Furious is the highly-anticipated follow-up to the Summer 2001 box office sensation about the super-charged world of street racing. Directed by Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker JOHN SINGLETON (Boyz N the Hood, Baby Boy) and produced by NEAL H. MORITZ (The Fast and the Furious, Sweet Home Alabama), 2 Fast 2 Furious also features CHRIS “LUDACRIS” BRIDGES in the cast, as well as a whole new line-up of dazzling, rocket-fast, highperformance vehicles ready to burn up the screen.
Paul Walker is back in action in the year's most eagerly awaited extreme-action sequel! Now an ex-cop, outlaw racer Brian O'Conner teams with his ex-con, speed-demon buddy (Tyrese) in a bid to clear both their reputations. Hooking up with a sultry undercover agent (Eva Mendes), O'Conner plunges into an adrenaline-pumped race to bring down a ruthless crime kingpin amid Miami's intro-fuelled stree-racing scene!
(13 votes)
4.
"High Octane Action!" - Thelma Adams, US Weekly
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!
(14 votes)
5.
SPEED.
It’s easy to get. And it’s as close as the nearest set of high-performance wheels...
Brian O’Connor (PAUL WALKER), now a disgraced cop, fell victim to it and he’s now paving the price.
As far as his former bosses and FBI brass are concerned, the hothead undercover officer threw one of their largest investigations ever. His loyalties tested while infiltrating the fly-by-night, high-speed world of Los Angeles import street racing, O’Connor blew his own cover and let the ringleader a big-rig hijacking operation walk-more precisely, motor off in his own custom performance racer. O’Connor’s decision allowed him to keep his honor, but lost him his badge and any chance of redemption in the process.
Now, it’s a different city, a different time and one last chance for O’Connor.
Seems the Feds in Miami have had one helluva time collaring Carter Verone (COLE HAUSER), a flashy businessman using his import/export business as cover for an international money laundering cartel. Customs have had Verone under intense surveillance for more than a year with nothing more to show for it than the kingpin’s link to illegal street racing. Their backs against the wall and time running out, officials put out a call for O’Connor to do what he does best-talk the talk and push the metal.
But the rule-breaking loner has his own demands before taking on the job that may restore him his badge. Unhappy with the list of sorry possibilities presented as potential partners, he insists on recruiting his childhood friend and now ex-con Roman Pearce (TYRESE), an accomplished criminal with an aptitude for barrier-shattering speed. The Feds on the case, headed by Agent Markham (JAMES REMAR), offer Pearce a deal-work with O’Connor and his impressive rap sheet will disappear.
Now, it’s a last chance for both, ex-con and ex-cop, and their ticket out of disgrace is bringing down Verone. But lines become blurred once again for O’Connor with the appearance of undercover agent Monica Fuentes (EVA MENDES), the key to entering Verone’s world who may herself be in bed with the shady entrepreneur.
The new models are in. This time, on the hot streets of Miami-guns, murderers, crooked police, sweet wheels. And one fugitive ex-cop with a very bad habit and with very little to lose.
(12 votes)
6.
At the beginning of 2 Fast 2 Furious, cop-cum-drag-racer Brian O'Connor (Paul Walker) has relocated to Florida in mild disgrace after letting the Vin Diesel character escape at the end of The Fast and the Furious. When his comedy boss from the first film shows up again, he has a chance to clean his record if he'll undertake one last undercover job, as a driver for flamboyant Miami crime kingpin Carter Verone (Cole Hauser). As his partner, he ropes in boyhood friend Roman Pearce (Tyrese), an ex-con who officially hates him for becoming a cop but is soon revving up the old male-bonding licks as they start burning rubber in a succession of high-octane chase and crash sequences that show off muscle cars in cockatoo colours.
Though Diesel is gone from the franchise, 2 Fast 2 Furious doesn't miss him--the human beings are mostly there to decorate the machines, with pretty girls and boys wearing chassis-accentuating outfits and spouting a hip-hop translation of what seems like an action-movie script from 1938. The baddie is nasty (especially when using the old rat-in-a-hot-bucket torture), the people are decorative, the music is as loud as the engine roar, the cars are like big clunky toys and director John Singleton can stage dangerous driving as expertly as anyone. It won't get anyone's brain in gear, but it delivers its adrenalin rushes as required.--Kim Newman
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