In honor of the spirit of this film it will get a speedy review.

John Singleton seems determined to prove Boyz N the Hood was just a fluke. In case you missed the original The Fast and the Furious let me recap the plot for you: "Car go vroom, womenz r whorz" That about sums this one up too. There's some nonsense about the government needing Brian O’Connor’s (Paul Walker) help to catch some generic smarmy druglord. In the fine tradition of the government hiring convicts for highly delicate operations, Brian is offered immunity in exchange for his help. Brian's the best guy for the job since he knows the underground street racing circuit and can talk car real good. The fact that the druglord never once quizzes Brian on either car lore or street racing info is irrelevant. And there's a black guy (Tyrese Gibson) who's hungry all the time and don't cotton to authority, real progressive Mr. Singleton. Also there's a hot Hispanic undercover agent (Eva Mendes) who Brian falls for. See she's a cop so it's ok. That way the movie can show it's not racist or misogynistic. Let's ignore the fact she's chosen to do her undercover research through gathering absolutely no information and through sleeping with the druglord. You go girl!

I love 90 minute Mitsubishi commercials as much as the next girl but it's as though a Mitsubishi exec saw some BMW films & said "Hey if this were much longer & boring it'd make a great movie, let's see if we can get Vin Diesel to star!". You might notice though that this sequel is missing the only thing the original had to offer, Vin Diesel. Not a picky man but I guess just picky enough to dodge this turd. Oh, what’s that you say? The movie’s about the racing, the hot non-stop turbo racing? We see very little actual racing though, a lot of booty and some really limp dialogue. There's even an bizarre and pointless scene where the druglord tortures a guy in front of our "heroes" with a rat, a metal can and a blowtorch, it would have made more sense if it had been filmed in night vision. On the uncommon occasion when there is racing it goes on too long with too many shots of gearshifts. It's as if the director was concerned we wouldn't know that they were shifting unless he showed it each time. The first race scene even has close ups on the drivers eyes, perhaps in homage to samurai dramas of yore. When you see the cars it is more often than not crappy CG or crappy bluescreen. I’m not faulting this movie for being mindless drivel, I love mindless drivel, I just hate it when it’s drivel with no style.

The one bright spot of this film was the use of the phrase "ho'asis".