2 Fast 2 Furious

2 Fast 2 Furious is a 2003 street racing action film directed by John Singleton. It is the second film in The Fast and the Furious film series following The Fast and the Furious (2001). It stars Paul Walker, Tyrese Gibson, Eva Mendes, Devon Aoki, and Chris Bridges; and was directed by John Singleton. The soundtrack was composed by David Arnold. It is the only film in the series to not feature Vin Diesel in the cast, though his character Dominic Toretto is referenced in the film. Paul Walker returns as ex-cop Brian O'Conner who teams up with his ex-con pal Roman Pearce (Gibson). The duo transport a shipment of dirty money for shady Miami-based import-export dealer Carter Verone (Cole Hauser), while working with undercover agent Monica Fuentes (Mendes) to bring Verone down.

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This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. (September 2010) After allowing fugitive Dominic Toretto to evade arrest in the first film, former LAPD officer Brian O'Conner finds himself on the run and leaves Los Angeles for Miami to start a new life. There, he makes new friends with Tej Parker (Ludacris), an ex-street racer, and Jimmy (Jin Auyeung), a well-known car tuner as well as Suki (Devon Aoki), also a street racer. Brian is now known by his street name "Bullet" due to his driving skills and his modified silver Nissan Skyline GT-R R34. He competes with fellow street racers in high stakes races to win money using the skills he learned as a member of Toretto's now disbanded crew. One night after winning a race, he is caught by U.S. Customs agents after his car is disabled by a grappling hook-shaped ESD (Electronic System Disabler) deployed by Agent Markham (James Remar). Upon his arrest, Brian is offered a deal by Federal Bureau of Investigation Agent Bilkins (Thom Barry) to take part in a joint Customs/FBI operation in exchange for his criminal record being wiped clean. The operation involves his street racing background, but seeing that neither Customs nor the FBI have a convincing racer to be his partner, Brian tells Bilkins he will select a partner of his own. Brian and Bilkins travel to Barstow, California, to meet up with Roman "Rome" Pearce (Tyrese Gibson), a former friend of Brian who had served jail time and is on house arrest. Brian convinces Rome to join him on the mission in exchange for his crimes pardoned and his ankle monitor removed. They return to Miami, where they are briefed on their mission - which is to go undercover as street racers and participate in a money laundering run for Carter Verone, (Cole Hauser) a ruthless Argentian drug lord. They are assisted by Monica Fuentes (Eva Mendes), a female undercover U.S. Customs agent who liaisons as Carter's love interest. For their mission, Brian and Rome are issued two modified cars - a yellow Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII and a purple Mitsubishi Eclipse GTS Spyder, respectively. The duo participate in an audition race across Miami to recover a package inside an impounded Ferrari 360 Spider and deliver it to Verone, not knowing that their cars are equipped with tracking devices that give Markham's squad their locations. Upon arriving at the site of the Ferrari and acquiring the package, they are cornered by Markham and his squad, who think they are fleeing from the mission. Rome opens fire at the squad before the duo make their escape and head for Verone's mansion. After being hired by Verone as his drivers, the duo is going to a Customs/FBI hideout, where Roman confronts Markham over the latter's interference with the mission. After the situation is cooled down, Brian tells Bilkins and Markham (who attempts to arrest Rome for shooting at him and nearly blew their cover) that Verone plans to smuggle the money into his private jet and fly off, but also suspects something wrong with Monica's role in the mission. The duo then head to Tej's garage, where they learn about the tracking devices in their cars and that they are also being tailed by Verone's henchmen Enrique (Mo Gallini) and Roberto (Roberto Sanchez). They issue a challenge to racers Korpi (John Cenatiempo) and Darden (Eric Etebari) - two other drivers from the audition race - for pink slips in a tag-team relay race. Despite having smaller engines than Korpi's Chevrolet Camaro Yenko S/C and Darden's Dodge Challenger R/T, the duo manage to win the race and take possession of the two muscle cars. That night, Brian and Rome meet up with Verone at his night club, where Verone tortures Detective Whitworth (Mark Boone, Jr.) into giving him a 15-minute window to keep the police away from their laundering run. They report this back to their superiors the next morning, but Brian suspects that this mission will go out of hand due to Markham's hair-trigger attitude against them, along with information secretly told by Monica that the drop-off point is at a secluded airstrip and Verone is to have the duo executed after the run. As a solution to these problems, Brian and Rome come up with plans of their own. Afterward, they have Tej and his gang modify the muscle cars and have him get all the street racers ready for the next day. On the day of the mission, Brian and Rome begin transporting duffel bags of Verone's money with Enrique and Roberto riding along. Before the 15-minute window is set, Detective Whitworth decides to

call in the police to move in for the arrest, resulting in a high-speed chase across the city. The duo lead the police to a warehouse, where a scramble by dozens of street racers disorient the police. Following the scramble, police manage to pull over the Evo and the Eclipse, only to find out that they were driven by Tej and Suki, respectively. As Brian approaches the destination point, Enrique tells him to make a detour away from the airfield. Meanwhile, Rome gets rid of Roberto by using an improvised ejector seat powered by nitrous oxide. At the airfield, Customs agents have Verone's plane and convoy surrounded, only to discover they are duped into a decoy maneuver while Verone is at a boat yard several miles away. As he knew Monica was an undercover agent, he gave her the wrong information on the destination point. When Brian arrives at the intended drop-off point, Enrique prepares to kill him when Roman suddenly appears, with both of them dispatching Enrique. Verone makes his escape aboard his private yacht, but Brian and Rome use the Camaro and drive off a ramp at high-speed, crashing on top of the yacht and breaking Rome's arm. The duo manage to apprehend Verone and save Monica. With their crimes pardoned, Brian and Rome ponder on what to do next other than to settle in Miami when Brian mentions starting a garage. Rome asks how they would afford that and Brian reveals that he took some of the money as Rome also reveals that his pockets aren't empty, having taken money for himself. [edit] Cast Main article: List of The Fast and the Furious characters

Paul Walker as Brian O'Conner, a former LAPD cop who became a fugitive after letting Dominic Toretto escape in the previous film who has now settled in Miami. Tyrese Gibson as Roman "Rome" Pearce, Brian's childhood friend who is on house arrest after serving time in prison for which he still blames Brian. Eva Mendes as Monica Fuentes, a U.S. Customs agent working undercover as Carter Verone's aide. Cole Hauser as Carter Verone, a ruthless Argentinan drug lord whose organization the Custom Service sent Monica and later Brian and Roman to infiltrate. Ludacris as Tej Parker, an ex-street racer, a race host and a friend of Brian's. He arranges high stakes street racing events in which Brian often races and wins. Devon Aoki as Suki, a friend of Brian, Tej, and Jimmy. She is the only named female racer in the film, and her crew is made up entirely of women. She drives a hot pink custom Honda S2000. Drew Sidora as Bootz, a friend of Brian, Tej, and Suki. She is Suki's assistant driver and is also apart of Suki's all girl crew. James Remar as Agent Markham, a U.S. customs agent in charge of the operation against Verone and Monica's superior. Thom Barry as Agent Bilkins, who Brian first met during his undercover work in the first movie, who has come to Miami to oversee the situation. As before, he holds a grudging respect for O'Conner's driving and street racing skills. Jin Auyeung as Jimmy, a mechanic who works for Tej and is a close friend of Brian. Mark Boone, Jr. as Detective Whitworth, a Miami detective who is forced by Verone to give Pearce and O'Conner a window to deliver his package. Mo Gallini as Enrique, Verone's bald henchman. Roberto Sanchez as Roberto, Varone's henchman and Enrique's partner. Amaury Nolasco as Orange Julius, a street racer who drives an red Mazda RX-7. Michael Ealy as Slap Jack, a street racer who drives a bronze Toyota Supra. John Cenatiempo as Korpi, a street racer who drives a 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Yenko S/C. Eric Etebari as Darden, Korpi's friend who drives a 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T.

Producer Neal H. Moritz makes a cameo appearance as a police officer during the freeway chase scene prior to Brian and Roman secretly sneaking off in the two muscle cars.

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Suki's Custom Honda S2000 at the Petersen Automotive Museum with a Veilside bodykit Both Vin Diesel and director Rob Cohen did not return for this film, as they worked on xXx at the time. Ja Rule, who also appeared in the first film, turned down negotiations to appear on this film to pursue other projects. Some of the cars in the film were reused from the first film - most notably Slap Jack's Toyota Supra and Orange Julius' Mazda RX-7, which were repainted versions of the first film's cars fitted with new body kits. For Slap Jack's Supra, the hood was fitted with a Lexan panel to show the engine underneath. To cut down on costs, stunt doubles of the car had photographs of the engine pasted under the Lexan panels of their hoods. For the bridge jump, all of the cars except Suki's Honda S2000 were fitted with roll cages. As the S2000 is a convertible, it was fitted with a remote control and a dummy in the driver's seat. As the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII was not available in the U.S., the stunt doubles of the car consisted of regular Lancers fitted with EVO body kits. The yellow Dodge Viper seen during the audition race was originally painted red and among the first batch produced. Four were loaned to the production crew and they were repainted red before they were returned. The Saleen Mustang that crashed during the audition race scene was actually a Ford Mustang V6 fitted with a Saleen body kit. The subsequent crash involving the Corvette convertible was not planned in the script. The mansion used to portray Carter Verone's home was formerly owned by Sylvester Stallone.[citation needed] Devon Aoki did not have a driver's license or any driving experience prior to the film's production, so she took driving lessons during filming.[1] [edit] Music Main article: 2 Fast 2 Furious (soundtrack) The musical score was composed by David Arnold. The hip-hop-oriented soundtrack was released on May 20, 2003 on the Def Jam record label.