2 Fast 2 Furious

"How fast do you like it?"

2003 1h 48m EN

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It's a major double-cross when former police officer Brian O'Conner teams up with his ex-con buddy Roman Pearce to transport a shipment of "dirty" money for shady Miami-based import-export dealer Carter Verone. But the guys are actually working with undercover agent Monica Fuentes to bring Verone down.

“How fast do you like it?”

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Cast

Paul Walker
Brian O'Conner
Tyrese Gibson
Roman Pearce
Eva Mendes
Monica Fuentes
Cole Hauser
Carter Verone
Ludacris
Tej Parker
James Remar
Agent Markham
Thom Barry
Agent Bilkins
Michael Ealy
Slap Jack

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: John Singleton
Writers: Gary Scott Thompson, Michael Brandt, Michael Brandt
Languages: English, Spanish
Countries: Germany, United States of America

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MONEY

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Mid-budget at $76M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 3.1× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 23 years ago.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Germany, United States of America.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "The Fast and the Furious Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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CAST

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257+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by John Singleton, shot by Matthew F. Leonetti. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

John Singleton directs. Matthew F. Leonetti behind the camera. David Arnold scores. Bruce Cannon cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in Germany, United States of America. Dialogue in English, Spanish.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Mid-budget at $76M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Made its money back 3.1× over at the box office.
3Released 23 years ago.
4Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.
5International production across 2 countries: Germany, United States of America.
6Part of the "The Fast and the Furious Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
7257+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
8Directed by John Singleton, shot by Matthew F. Leonetti. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
9Original score by David Arnold. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
10Editor Bruce Cannon shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
11Paul Walker and Tyrese Gibson and Eva Mendes carry the top of the cast.
12Marketing tagline: "How fast do you like it?".
13IMDB entry: tt0322259 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
14Classified under 14 themes, including "miami, florida", "undercover", "car race", "sports car".
15Released under 37 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Matthew F. Leonetti
Original score: David Arnold
Editing: Bruce Cannon
Production design: Keith Brian Burns
Costume design: Sanja Milkovic Hays
Makeup / hair: Carla Antonino
VFX supervisor: Michael J. Wassel
Sound: Tom Ozanich
Stunt coordinator: Troy Brown
Runtime: 108 min · 1h 48m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $76,000,000
Box office: $236,350,661
Return: 311% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)

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The Fast and the Furious Collection

An action film series centered on illegal street racing and heists.

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John Chard2016-01-03
★ 6/10
Get revved up for a bit of car porn. The second instalment of what will become an on going film franchise, 2 Fast 2 Furious ticks all the boxes of the action junkie fan. Paul Walker is back as Brian O'Conner and joined by Tyrese Gibson and Eva Mendes, who all get involved in an undercover job to bring down Cole Hauser's nefarious bad guy. There's lots of awesome cars, pecs and breasts, noise, carnage, violence and awful dialogue. The story is weak, but are we really looking for some brains over brawn here? We want car porn and we want it now! And so it delivers as per our polite request. John Singleton directs, David Arnold scores the music and Matthew F. Leonetti photographs the sumptuous Florida locations. 6/10
Wuchak2019-05-09
★ 6/10
Paul Walker and Tyrese Gibson team-up to bring down a pompous drug lord in south Florida Now living in the Miami area and no longer an undercover cop, Brian O’Conner (Paul Walker) is compelled by the authorities to work with a US Customs agent (Eva Mendes) to nail an arrogant drug lord (Cole Hauser). To accomplish this, he teams-up with an old street-racing buddy (Tyrese Gibson) who’s in dire need of redemption. Paul Walker is the only notable cast member to return for "2 Fast 2 Furious" (2003). The others won’t return until the fourth installment, “Fast & Furious” (2009). Anyway, I like the beginning of this sequel better than the first movie. Director John Singleton has a better eye for photographing women, at least as shown in the first 40 minutes or so; plus I appreciate the diverse cast, which also includes the likes of Ludacris as Tej, cutie Devon Aoki as Suki and James Remar as a lead agent. But as effective as Gibson is here, he can’t rival the charisma of Vin Diesel. And somewhere just after the midpoint I started to get a little bored. Nevertheless, “2 Fast 2 Furious” is an entertaining race-oriented action thriller. It basically mixes the first movie (2001) with “Licence to Kill” (1989). The film runs 1 hour, 47 minutes and was shot in the Miami area. GRADE: B-
CinemaSerf2023-09-03
★ 5/10
Sadly, this sequel really did miss Vin Diesel. Paul Walker tries, he has a glint in his eye, and Tyrese Gibson gives it all he has as the wise-assed sidekick "Roman" but sadly this entire thing resembles an hybrid of "Starsky & Hutch" meets "Miami Vice". Plenty of squealing rubber, the cars and the people all look great but the thinnest of plots and some seriously woeful dialogue make this better to watch with the sound turned down. Poor stuff.