My 2 Fast 2 Furious Review

Hey guys, Movie Maniac here, and today, I am bringing you the second installment of my franchise review for the Fast and Furious Franchise. Without further ado, here is my review to 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003).

Released on June 6, 2003, 2 Fast 2 Furious involves ex-cop Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker) teams up with his ex-con friend Roman Pearce (Tyrese Gibson) and works with undercover U.S. Customs Service agent Monica Fuentes (Eva Mendes) to bring Miami-based drug lord Carter Verone (Cole Hauser) down.

Let's get right to it with the Positives and Negatives:

Positives:

1. It is an improvement (not a vast improvement) to its predecessor, The Fast and The Furious, in the sense of story, cinematography, and flow.
2. Tyrese Gibson's character, Roman Pearce, is one of the reasons why I enjoyed this movie. Largely because of the connection between Paul Walker's Brian O'Conner character.
3. The villain, Carter Verone, played by Cole Hauser was a decent villain.
4. And of course, the bread and butter of this franchise, the car/action scenes were visually good. Two of my favorite car chase scenes were O'Conner and Pearce were running from the police and they drive into the garage and suddenly the doors open and all them cars get the pouring out of there. It was a great scene. The second is the final action scene where they drove the car off an incline and onto Verone's yacht. Note: The first race was a pretty good scene as well.

Negatives:

1. The cop that was giving Walker and Gibson's characters a hard time was annoying. Not needed and every time he opened his mouth, I muted the movie.
2. Eva Mendes' character was not a good love interest to me. It felt too forced and was not gradually developed.
3. The plot was not strong, of course that was a given.
4. I still do not buy O'Conner as a cop/ex-cop/ undercover ex-cop, whatever he claims to be. I just did not buy it at all.
5. Vin Diesel was not in this film. He was the big draw to the first film, and not having in the second film felt wrong.
6. It is hard to figure out if this film is a direct sequel or a prequel to the first film.

Overall, I give 2 Fast 2 Furious a 3 out of 5: meaning Netflix It or watch it on TV. Again, this kind of movie is a popcorn flick, it is better than the first film, and it is its own story, and not a rehash of a previous film.

And As Always, I'm The Movie Maniac, and I'm Frantic About Film :D