

Gone is Vin Diesel but we have the embryo of the franchise which starts here rather than the original film. John Singleton took up directing duties here which also had a new writing and producing team. Tej (Ludacris) also pops up as a racing friend of Brian.

2 Fast 2 Furious returns with Paul Walker reprising his role as Brian O'Connor now a disgraced cop having let his prey get away in the first movie.īrian is contacted by the FBI in Miami who give him a chance of redemption as they want his help to get Carter Verone a ruthless drug exporter and they already have an undercover investigator assigned to him for some months, Monica Fuentes (Eva Mendes.)īrian ropes in an old friend Roman Pearce (Tyrese Gibson) to assist but he is unhappy at Brian, he never knew he was a cop and blames him for doing time inside. With the success of The Fast and the Furious which was essentially a remake of Point Break but with fast cars than surfers. There's more cars, more chase sequences, more babes and more cameos this time around with a high octane pace.

"2 Fast 2 Furious" is directed by John Singleton of Boyz in the Hood fame where he manages to bring the same energy and high expectations of the first movie. Time will tell when all will be revealed. They're also given an ally, the sexy Monica Fuentes (Eva Mendes) who's not only an undercover agent but also posing as the enemy's mistress. Brian agrees under one condition that he gets his childhood friend Roman Pierce (Tyrese Gibson, Transformers) involved since he's into cars and knows his ways around tough people.

After being captured by the police, Brian is given a choice in either going to jail or helped the people he once work for in taking down a drug cartel dealer (Cole Hauser). "2 Fast 2 Furious" has Paul Walker reprising his role as Brian O'Conner, the one time agent who betrayed the enforcement agency by letting Dominic get away, is now a fugitive and being in a race competitions every night to make money. What made the first "The Fast and the Furious" movie attracted fans besides the bad ass cars and competition on the streets was Vin Diesel's appearance as Dominic Toretta, a hotshot race driver who makes his money racing others in the streets he was a rising star on the fame after doing such flicks such as "Saving Private Ryan", "The Iron Giant" and later doing "XXX".Īt the end of the first movie, Vin's character Dominic flees away to Mexico where he wouldn't be in this sequel. Reviewed by departed07 7 / 10 Despite Vin Diesel's absence, the sequel's still solid.
