If you're not already selling the film on acting or story, then you need something to keep my attention. And that's the centerpiece of this franchise. Despite looking kind of neat, the action is sub-par. When I go back and watch Tokyo Drift that could change, but I remember liking this film more the first time I watched it. It's the worst acted, written, and directed of the entire series, by far. Besides an occasional drag race or bland action sequence, I'm not sure what's really happening in this film. Again, those adjectives can describe the overall quality of the film, standard and prototypical.

We don't learn much about Verone, and he's pretty much your standard prototypical B-movie villain. O'Conner & Pearce are hired by the FBI to infiltrate and take down criminal, Carter Verone, who plans to sell drugs and steal money, I think. It's nice to look at, but there's absolutely no point to this film.

Which pretty much describes the entire movie. Eva Mendes also joins the cast this time, as a useless character that somewhat pines after O'Conner but is more or less just there as eye candy for the audience. Of course, I'm not expecting any of these movies to win academy awards, but I shouldn't cringe watching their acting for a good portion of the film. Their chemistry is undeniable, but their acting? Yeah, it's not exactly Oscar caliber. Paul Walker is back as Brian O'Conner, the now former cop turned undercover agent, but instead of Dominic Toretto he's joined by Roman Pearce, played by Tyrese Gibson. The film attempts to do both of those, but fails miserably. 2 Fast 2 Furious is in large part just a complete rehash of the first film, but without the fun action and fun cheesy lines. I'm as big of a fan of the Fast & Furious as anybody, but there's no question the low point of the series is the 2nd and 3rd film.

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