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Features: DVD, Dolby, Dolby Digital (5.1), Widescreen, English, French, Spanish
The adrenaline-fueled thrill ride that began with The Fast and The Furious takes an explosive new turn in 2 Fast 2 Furious! It s the nitro-fueled answer to the question: how fast do you like itNow an ex-cop on the run, Brian O Connor (Paul Walker) hooks into outlaw street-racing. When the Feds strong-arm him back, O Connor s no rules, win-or-die skills are unleashed against an international drug lord. With his velocity-addicted buddy (Tyrese) riding shotgun, and a drop-dead-gorgeous undercover agent (Eva Mendes) dialing up the heat, 2 Fast 2 Furious accelerates the action into a desperate race for survival, justice and mind-blowing, jaw-dropping speed!System Requirements:Running Time: 108 MinutesFormat: HD DVD
"...Singleton puts all his energy into presenting exciting, white-knuckle driving scenes..." Dawn Taylor, Portland Tribune
"...made with skill and style and, boy, is it fast and furious." Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"...a real joy ride." Sean Means, Salt Lake Tribune
Editor's Note
The sequel to the racing smash THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS may not have Vin Diesel as its star, but it burns with even higher octane than its predecessor, and a whole lot less extraneous drama. Back in action is undercover cop Brian O'Connor (Paul Walker) whose career has hit the skids since he let Diesel's character escape at the last film's end. He has sunk in status and is now a fringe dweller on the Miami street racing scene. A chance at redemption arrives when the fuzz recruits him to investigate Carter Vellone (Cole Hauser), a top-dog street racer with dangerous drug connections. O'Connor recruits his bickering childhood pal (model/singer Tyrese), now a nitro-burning ex-con from the Diesel school of toughness, to help him pull the bad guys to the curb with a tire-spinning vengeance.John Singleton (BOYZ IN THE HOOD, HIGHER LEARNING) directed, and obviously had great fun delivering, a straight-up racing thriller that's free of the message-bearing pressure of being a "John Singleton film." 2 FAST fairly roars off the screen with comic book exuberance and a cheerful disregard for anything that gets in the way of its forward momentum. Best of all is Tyrese, a natural, laid-back star--he's not afraid to poke fun at his own shirtless model-boy image and amply compensates for the mighty Vin's absence. Rapper Ludacriss is also memorable as O'Connor's mechanic, as is model Devon Akoi as a cute female racer.
| Features | Animated Anecdotes: Feature Audio Commentary With Director John Singleton | | Audio: English Dolby Digital TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 Surround Sound | | Audio: French, Spanish Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 Surround Sound | | Dubbed: French, Spanish | | Featurettes: Inside 2 Fast 2 Furious, Driving School With The Cast, Supercharged Stunts, Making Music With Ludacris, Tricking Out A Hot Import Car, Prelude To 2 Fast 2 Furious, Spotlight On The Cast - Paul Walker, Tyrese & Devon Aoki, & Spotlight On The Cars - The Spyder, The EVO VII, The S2000 | | Interactive Menus | | Outtakes | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | This Is An HD-DVD Made For HD-DVD Format Players Which Produce Higher Quality Picture & Sound | | Thrilling Deleted Scenes |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Universal |
| Release Date: 9/26/2006 |
| Running Time: 108 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2003 | | Catalog ID: 30019 | | UPC: 00025193001924 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 2.35:1 |
| Cast & Crew | Cole Hauser | | Eva Mendes | | Paul Walker | | Tyrese Gibson | | Bruce Cannon - Editor | | Dallas Puett - Editor | | David Arnold - Original Music By | | Derek Haas - Screenplay | | Gary Scott Thompson - Based On Characters Created By | | John Singleton - Director | | Keith Brian Burns - Production Designer | | Lawrence A. Hubbs - Art Director | | Matthew F. Leonetti - Cinematographer | | Michael Brandt - Screenplay | | Michael Fottrell - Executive Producer | | Neal H. Moritz - Producer |
| Awards |
Nominee (2004) | | | Grammy, Ludacris, Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media | | | MTV Award, Ludacris, Breakthrough Male Performance |
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| | Professional Reviews | Rolling Stone
"...2 FAST 2 FURIOUS is loaded with sex on wheels..." 06/26/2003 p.87Chicago Sun-Times
"...2 FAST 2 FURIOUS is a video game crossed with a buddy movie....It's made with skill and style and, boy, is it fast and furious..." 06/06/2003 p.25 Variety
"...Returning star Paul Walker and star Tyrese establish some peppery onscreen chemistry that injects good-humored rivalry into the narrative filler between high-speed set pieces..." 06/09/2003 p.25-31 Total Film
"...As sequels go, this is pretty much what you want to see, a movie that retains much of the B-movie flavour of its excitable predecessor..." 08/01/2003 p.94 Reel.com 7 of 10
2 Fast 2 Furious is the perfect thing for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City players who've sprained their wrists. It's got the same steamy Miami setting as the best-selling Playstation 2 game, complete with a Little Haiti where the residents have Jamaican accents, bikini-clad women saunter down the sidewalks, and automotive mayhem erupts on every street, overpass, and highway...That's not to say 2 Fast 2 Furious isn't fun, in a loud, brash, B-movie sort of way--just like the original. Tricked-out cars vroom in spectacular fashion, Import Tuner "models" gyrate in revealing getups, and there's enough under-carriage neon to light the Las Vegas strip. Eva Mendes amply fills Jordanna Brewster's shoes as Walker's love interest...2 Fast's biggest surprise is Tyrese; cast as Vin Diesel-beefcake substitute, the singer/model/ex-VJ proves an able comic foil, delivering punchlines with a cocky swagger. Compared to Walker, the vanilla Keanu Reeves, Tyrese has mad flavor. - Tor Thorsen
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