It's a major double-cross when former police officer Brian O'Conner teams up with his ex-con buddy Roman Pearce to transport a shipment of "dirty" money for shady Miami-based import-export dealer Carter Verone. But the guys are actually working with undercover agent Monica Fuentes to bring Verone down.
This John Singleton-directed sequel provides a breezy enough joyride,but it lacks the unassuming freshness of the economy-priced original.
– Todd McCarthy,
Variety,
6 Jun 2003
rotten:
It's a terrible movie, stuck in plot idiocies and big, noisy set pieces like a tire mired in mud.
– Charles Taylor,
Salon.com,
7 Jun 2003
fresh:
Walker and Tyrese go for a no-frills style, giving the antiheroic protagonists solid emotional underpinnings before all the fancy driving gets started.
– Kirk Honeycutt,
Hollywood Reporter,
9 Jun 2003
rotten:
Director John Singleton once promised greatness with Boyz N the Hood. Here he's going through the paces with a story that was old by the second season of Miami Vice.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
9 Jun 2003
fresh:
The vehicular action in 2 Fast is profoundly low-tech, and engagingly brawny.