Starring Paul Walker, Tyrese Gibson, Eva Mendes, Tyrese, Cole Hauser
Plot Summary Former cop Brian O'Conner teams up with his ex-con
pal Roman Pearce to transport a shipment of "dirty" money for
shady Miami-based import-export dealer Carter Verone, while actually working
with undercover agent Monica Clemente to bring Verone down.
Cars and chicks. Did you really expect anything else?
Maybe I was in the mood for a plotless story, but 2 Fast 2 Furious was fairly enjoyable even though I had no clue what the heck the story was remotely about. I think it involves Paul Walker getting in trouble and being forced to work with the cops again, so he picks up Tyrese as his driving partner and spends the rest of the film burning rubber. Go baby go!
This film is one hundred percent eye candy. No, not of the flesh form (although the two males aren’t too shabby), but it features some of the HOTTEST cars ever compiled together in one movie. I’m not much for the racing striped, carnival lit, spoiler bearing cars usually, but once polished all nice and shiny they really catch your eye. It really emasculates the good old Buffmobile. *sob sob* But, yeah, any racing car freak would probably wet their pants over this movie because it would be like $7 dollar high class porn. If you’re one of those guys (or girls!), bring a towel. A BEACH towel.
The only guy that returns from the first one is Paul Walker. I don’t know what happened to Jordana, but apparently she either got dumped or killed because she’s out of the picture (no pun intended, tee hee). The first movie has nothing to do with the second one, so don’t worry about not being able to “follow” or anything. There’s nothing leading you. Trust me. Joining him this time around is Tyrese, another model turned actor, and his first role is more or less unimpressive. He plays this pissed off guy who has a major klepto problem. He’s decent, but much like Walker, nothing special. The girls in this flick are just mere objects of lust. Devon Aoki, who looks like a Japanese Barbie doll, hardly gets more than a bikini to wear throughout the whole movie (although her hot pink race car is one of the sweetest out on the road). And Eva Mendes is unnecessary, except to balance the overdose of testosterone in the rest of the movie.
You know what I do highly enjoy though. The fact that even without Vin Diesel, this movie still manages to rake it in, scoring one for the studios, and zero for the cocky over paid movie stars. You don’t need a $20 million star for flicks like this and I’m glad Paul Walker didn’t get in over his head and attempt to jack up his asking price. So you turned this down for “A Man Apart” eh Vin? Did that make $55 million its first weekend?! Hah. I think not. *Air punching* Booyah!
So if you have testicles and do not like to sing Cher or Barbara Streisand music while dancing naked in front of the mirror (sorry I’m being ridiculously Will and Grace stereotypical here), then you’ll probably like this movie. If you are a girl and want to see some hot boys fool around with their toys (that sounds so wrong), then you can manage to sit through this also. Wow, there’s something for everyone this summer. Ready, Set, Go…