(She totally holds her own in a pink, Asian-inspired convertible, but her voice is so tinny, she shouldn't have been allowed to speak.)Ĭome to think of it, "2 Fast 2 Furious" would have been even better if none of the actors spoke - then we'd only have to focus on the roar of the engines, which is all this movie is really about.2 Fast 2 Furious is a 2003 action film directed by John Singleton and written by Michael Brandt and Derek Haas, with a story also credited to Gary Scott Thompson. They get help from rapper Ludacris as the racing scene's ringleader and model Devon Aoki as the lone female racer who functions as their Annika Sorenstam. Meanwhile, they must figure out whether Monica (the gorgeous Eva Mendes), an undercover agent already assigned to the case, has crossed the line and truly become Verone's lover and partner in crime. This, of course, is what you paid to see. Infiltrating Verone's world gives Brian and Roman a chance to zoom around in flashy cars and ogle hot women in bikinis.
If he says yes, he gets his badge back.īut Brian only agrees to the deal with the help of his childhood best friend, Roman Pearce (Gibson), an accomplished driver with his own criminal record. Customs agents nail the wealthy Carter Verone (Cole Hauser), who's using his import-export business as a cover for an international money laundering operation. When he gets pulled over during the film's exhilarating opening race, he's offered a way out.
Walker is back as Brian O'Connor, an undercover LAPD detective in the first film who's been stripped of his badge and is racing souped-up street rockets in Miami. The director of "Boyz N the Hood" and "Baby Boy" - the latter of which was Gibson's film debut in 2001 - takes unabashed glee in polishing every guilty-pleasure nugget to a blindingly high sheen. More importantly, though, "2 Fast 2 Furious" is also about the cars, and John Singleton knows that. And he and Walker, who's turning into a surfer-dude version of Steve McQueen, share a comfortable camaraderie.
Gibson has charisma oozing from every pore of his flawlessly sculpted physique, but he doesn't take himself so seriously.
Though the action in "2 Fast 2 Furious" has moved from the street racers and smugglers of Los Angeles to the street racers and smugglers of Miami, you're essentially watching the same movie.īut it proves that Diesel isn't the indispensable engine in his place as Paul Walker's sidekick is singer-actor-model Tyrese Gibson. It was about the cars.Įven when the dialogue was mind-bogglingly cheesy and the acting popped off the screen like so much over-buttered corn, the street racing sequences were shot and editing thrillingly - and that made the movie a surprise hit of summer 2001. NOW SHOWING: Bainbridge, Kitsap 8, Poulsbo, Redwood and South Soundįor all of you who thought a sequel to "The Fast and the Furious" couldn't possibly exist without Vin Diesel - wrong! RATED: PG-13 (street racing, violence, language and some sensuality)ĬAST: Paul Walker, Tyrese Gibson, Cole Hauser, Eva Mendes Cars give '2 Fast 2 Furious' its only polishĮx-con Roman Pearce (Tyrese Gibson), left, joins forces with his friend and former cop, Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker), to nail a crooked businessman in "2 Fast 2 Furious." AP photo