2 Fast 2 Furious
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| Directed by | John Singleton |
| Produced by | Neal H. Moritz Co-Producer: Heather Lieberman Executive Producer: Michael Fottrell Lee Mayes |
| Written by | Michael Brandt Derek Haas Story: Michael Brandt Derek Haas Gary Scott Thompson Characters: Gary Scott Thompson |
| Starring | Paul Walker Tyrese Gibson Eva Mendes Cole Hauser James Remar Ludacris Devon Aoki Amaury Nolasco |
| Music by | David Arnold |
| Cinematography | Matthew F. Leonetti |
| Editing by | Bruce Cannon Dallas Puett |
| Studio | Original Film Mikona Productions |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | Australia June 5, 2003 United States June 6, 2003 |
| Running time | 107 minutes |
| Country | United States, Germany |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $76 million |
| Gross revenue | $236,350,661 |
| Preceded by | The Fast and the Furious |
| Followed by | The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift |
2 Fast 2 Furious (commonly known as 2F2F, The Fast and the Furious 2, and known as Wild Speed X2 in Japan) is the 2003 second installment of The Fast and the Furious film series, following 2001's The Fast and the Furious. It stars Paul Walker, Tyrese Gibson, Eva Mendes, Devon Aoki, and Chris Bridges; and was directed by John Singleton. The soundtrack was composed by David Arnold.
Paul Walker returns as cop Brian O'Conner who teams up with his ex-con pal Roman Pearce (Tyrese). The duo transport a shipment of dirty money for shady Miami-based import-export dealer Carter Verone (Cole Hauser), while working with undercover agent Monica Fuentes (Mendes) to bring Verone down.
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Plot
Brian O'Conner, the disgraced cop from the first film, is on the run because he let Dominic Toretto escape. He goes to Miami to start a new life. Here, he makes new friends with Tej Parker, an ex-street racer, and Jimmy, a well-known car tuner as well as Suki, also a street racer. O'Conner is now known by his street name "Bullet", because he is very fast and wins alot with his Nissan Skyline, much like Toretto in the first film. He competes with fellow street racers in high stakes races to win money using the skills he learned as a member of Toretto's now disbanded team.
One night after winning a race, he is caught by U.S. Customs agents after his car is disabled by the fictional grappling hook-shaped ESD(Electronic System Disruptor) that is deployed by Agent Markham. He is arrested and his former boss FBI Agent Bilkins makes a deal with him saying that if he accepts to take part in a mission, his criminal record will be wiped clean.
O'Conner and Bilkins then travel to Barstow, California where O'Conner proposes the deal to his childhood friend and ex-con Roman Pearce. Together, their mission involves working undercover as street racers for a South American (Argentine) drug lord - Carter Verone, with help from Monica Fuentes, a voluptuous undercover U.S. Customs agent who liaisons as Carter's love interest. They win a highly charged "audition" race and strike a deal with Verone.
This leads to several scuffs and car sequences throughout the film, along with car races. O'Conner and Pearce begin to realize the major trouble they are in and ask Tej to arrange a race for "pink slips" with two of the racers from the audition race earlier in the film; O'Conner and Pearce win Korpi's 1969 Yenko Camaro and Darden's 1970 Challenger R/T.
Later on that night, O'Conner and Pearce arrive at Verone's nightclub so Verone can torture a police detective named Whitworth into creating a "15-minute window" to keep the local police away from O'Conner and Pearce so they may transport the money. He uses a rat trapped in a heated metal bucket to scare him. The next morning, they embark on the mission in their Mitsubishis with Verone's money in the trunks and two of his henchmen riding along. During the transportation of Verone's money, Detective Whitworth decides to call in the army of police units he has waiting nearby. During the chase, they lead the police to a warehouse complex. The police surround the front of the garage area so O'Conner's and Pearce's street racer friends create a "scramble" diversion allowing O'Conner and Pearce to sneak away in the Camaro and Challenger to continue their mission and Brian allow Tej to drive his Evo 7 and allow Suki to drive Roman's Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder.
First to be driven out from the garage were five Dodge Rams to ram the police cars, then dozens of cars, including O'Conner and Pearce. O'Conner drives in the Yenko Camaro he won in the race, and Pearce in the Challenger R/T. As they approach their destination, Pearce rids himself of one of Verone's henchman by activating a home made ejector seat made with a bottle of nitrous oxide. When the henchman riding with Brian tells of a change in destination, Brian makes a fatal slip-up and reveals himself and Monica as undercovers. Verone tells the henchman to execute Brian, but Pearce saves him at the last second. Verone tries to escape aboard his yacht after informing Monica that he knew she was an undercover U.S. Customs agent. While aboard the yacht, he scolds her on her slip-up for informing U.S. Customs agents about Verone's intention to flee the country via a secluded airfield. The finale occurs with O'Conner's Camaro jumping off of a nearby ramp and landing on the top of the yacht to save Monica. At the end, Verone is arrested and the duffel bags carrying his drug money are recovered by the FBI, save for an undisclosed amount secretly stolen by Pearce. Brian surprisingly shows Pearce that he himself has stolen some of the money and then Pearce does the same. Pearce decides to stay in Miami with Brian and the latter suggests opening a garage with the stolen money.
Cast
- Paul Walker as Brian O'Conner, a former Los Angeles Cop who became a fugitive after letting Dominic Toretto escape in the previous film who has now settled in Miami.
- Tyrese Gibson as Roman Pearce, Brian's boyhood friend who is on house arrest after serving time in prison for which he still blames Brian.
- Eva Mendes as Monica Fuentes, a U.S. Customs agent working undercover as Carter Verone's aide and Brian's love interest.
- Cole Hauser as Carter Verone, a ruthless Argentinan drug lord whos organization the Custom Service sent Monica and later Brian and Roman to infiltrate.
- James Remar as Agent Markham, a U.S. customs agent in charge of the operation against Verone and Monica's superior.
- Ludacris as Tej Parker, a race host and a friend of Brian's. He arranges high stakes street racing events that Brian often races in and wins.
- Devon Aoki as Suki, a friend of Brian, Tej, and Jimmy. She is the only named female racer in the movie, and her crew is made up entirely of women. She normally drives a hot pink custom Honda S2000.
- Eric Etebari as Darden, drive of the 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T who with friend Korpi races in the audition race and later the pink slip race against Roman Pierce.
- John Cenatiempo as Korpi the driver of the 1969 Yenko Camaro who races in the audition race as well as against O'Conner during the pink slip race later in the movie.
- Mark Boone, Jr. as Detective Whitworth, a Miami detective who is forced by Verone to give Pearce and O'Conner a window to deliver his package.
- Thom Barry as Agent Bilkins, Who Brian first met during his undercover work in the first movie, who has come to Miami to oversee the situation. As before, he holds a grudging respect for O'Conner's driving and street racing skills.
Music
The soundtrack was released on May 20, 2003 on the Def Jam record label. Unlike the previous soundtrack, this one featured mostly hip hop.
Reception
Reaction to 2 Fast 2 Furious was mixed, scoring a "Rotten" 36% on Rotten Tomatoes.[1] A.O. Scott of the New York Times called it "among the most lethargic action movies I have ever seen", while Richard Roeper said "Director John Singleton [goes] through the paces with a story that was old by the second season of Miami Vice."
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times, however, gave the movie a positive review, remarking: "It doesn't have a brain in its head, but it's made with skill and style and, boy, is it fast and furious."[2]
Box office
2 Fast 2 Furious earned $50,472,480 in its U.S. opening in 3,408 theaters, ranking first for the weekend. In its 133 days in release, the film reached a peak release of 3,418 theaters in the U.S. and earned $127,154,901 domestically. The film had the 15th largest domestic gross of 2003 and the 16th largest worldwide gross of 2003; combined with the foreign gross of $109,195,760, the film earned $236,350,661 worldwide.[3]
References
- ^ Rotten Tomatoes
- ^ Roger Ebert. "2 Fast 2 Furious". http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030606/REVIEWS/306060301/1023. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
- ^ "2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 2009-05-14. http://www.webcitation.org/5glwFqIC3. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
External links
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- 2 Fast 2 Furious at Rotten Tomatoes
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