![]() Once street racings’ milk-toothed new recruit, O’Conner is no longer out of place at these twilight soirees, in fact his skills are held in high esteem. He has relocated from the California hills to the palm-lined boulevards of Miami, Florida in an effort to put his crumpled recent past behind him. ![]() Tightly stretched over a number of memorable set-pieces that tent-pole the entire experience, 2 Fast 2 Furious lacks any emotional range, development or genuine involvement above rooting for the clean-living guy in the fastest car!?! Paul Walker, like a cheaper and more wooden alternative to Keanu, returns as Brian’O’Conner, disgraced ex-cop, who decided upon a life-street racing as opposed to the rigours of a soul-corrupting life in the force. The plot is about as difficult to read as a road atlas. 2 Fast 2 Furious is a simple and unpretentious genre tale, doubtless lacking the attempted subtlety and significance of films such as The Matrix: Reloaded (which chases its own tale at times, in an effort to create importance) or The Hulk (a moody character study as much as an action film, yeah right) but delivering 2 hours of undisputed visual exhilaration, just like its predecessor. My love for cars driven very fast runs extremely deep, so I may be a little biased in reviewing 2 Fast 2 Furious, but I believe it is ideal cinematic fodder for one of those nights when you would prefer not to lurch the brain into gear but rather sit back and drool over the riches on display. Originality and variation rarely appear in the equation, instead we are spoon fed more of the same and in larger helpings, and 2 Fast 2 Furious (and yes the figures are part of the title) fulfils its remit as a Friday night, bums-on-cinema-seats grabber for the Max Power crowd. So is this yet another case of dollar-driven pragmatism at work over genuine creative endeavour? Put simply yes, but name one Hollywood sequel that wasn’t created with the quick buck in mind. A surprisingly winning formula receives a fuel-injection as the most horsepower-enriched franchise of them all returns with a second instalment, so close to the first movie in almost every aspect, it feels like it was patched together minutes after the first film wrapped.
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