2 Fast 2 Furious

Review by Dan Deevy
(DanDeevy@TheCinemaSource.com)

DVD Release Date: July 1, 2003

2 Fast 2 Furious is exactly what you’d expect. It’s twice the racing, twice the excitement and twice the overall speed of the first film. So, if you enjoyed the original Fast and the Furious, you’ll definitely enjoy this one.

Packed with muscle cars, tricked out speedsters, gorgeous women and of course, a special undercover operation involving shoot-outs, car chases and tons of cash, 2 Fast is one of the most visually pleasing films you can see. And keep in mind, all of this is set against the back drop of Miami Florida.

Returning star Paul Walker gives his standard hot guy, hot car performance, but the stand out performance in this movie has to go to R&B singer turned actor, Tyrese. With comic timing worthy of some of our best comedians, he manages to not only completely humanize his own character, but he also ends up carrying the story along as well. With out his comedic inserts throughout the film, the movie wouldn’t have been anything more than one amazing car chase after another.

Co-star Cole Hauser gives a scarily good performance as the crazy drug lord villain who gets off on testing and torturing those on his pay role. A few moments of his insane stare gave me chills and reminded me of that line from Batman, “Where have you been spending your nights,” Cole!

The DVD is jam packed with behind-the-scenes extras that will keep you watching long after the movie itself is over.

One of the most interesting of the features is a never before seen sequence connecting the end of the first movie with the beginning of the second. Anyone who is familiar with the first should definitely check this out. While there is no dialogue spoken, it follows Paul’s character Brian O’Conner as he makes his way from that fateful day in Los Angeles where he facilitated Vin Diesel’s escape, stopping off at various locations throughout the United States racing cars to make cash, constantly evading the pursuing police, until he makes the decision to head to Miami, Florida where 2 Fast begins. Granted it doesn’t reveal anything earth shattering or shocking, but it’s still nice to see the definite connection between the two films.

In addition to this there are tons of making of featurettes with some great cast and crew interviews, a look into the making of Luadcris’ ‘Act a Fool’ Video, some hysterical outtakes that show the camaraderie that these guys obviously had, some deleted scenes and of course tons of eye opening footage on the real stars of the film, the cars!

As far as DVD extras go, these are actually both informative and entertaining, so they are definitely worth watching.

Movie Grade: B+
DVD Grade: A
Overall Grade: A-

Production Notes:

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