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Bruce Newman, San Jose Mercury News: 2 Fast 2 Furious is frequently 2 fast 4 its own good, and only about 1/2 as furious as the last one. You do the math. Read more
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press: For the DVD special edition, they might consider removing everything but the races and chases, including its Smokey and the Bandit scramble; fast-forwarding may be just too much effort. Read more
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: Too much of 2 Fast 2 Furious plays like a colorful but inert timekiller that you might tolerate while dozing off in front of the TV, but only because you are too sleepy to reach for the remote control. Read more
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: 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. Read more
Mark Caro, Chicago Tribune: The Fast and the Furious was no classic, but it got you where it was going. 2 Fast 2 Furious shows some speed as well, but it's traveling down the road already taken. Read more
A.O. Scott, New York Times: 2 Fast 2 Furious is among the most lethargic action movies I have ever seen: when Mr. Walker and Tyrese are not driving, it might as well be called 2 Slow 2 Tedious. Read more
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: This is better -- though less culturally interesting -- than the movie that inspired it. Read more
Manohla Dargis, Los Angeles Times: Instead of the multi-everything family that races, parties and thieves together, Singleton unleashes spasms of sadism and innumerable leering shots of girls gone wild, albeit -- alas -- not behind the wheel. Read more
Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle: Even if you resist recklessness, these car catharses surge with noise, energy and adrenaline. Read more
Paul Clinton (CNN.com), CNN.com: It's pure formula from start to finish, but that was obviously the goal from start to finish. Read more
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post: Even more of a joy ride than the original. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: Like its predecessor, 2 Fast 2 Furious has a good-natured and realistic sense of its own junky weightlessness. Read more
Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News: Splashy, shallow entertainment that delivers most of what its audience expects. Read more
David Chute, L.A. Weekly: This shaggy-dog sequel is ultimately satisfying for the most low-tech of reasons: The competitive bond between the two central characters. Read more
John Anderson, Newsday: 2Fast 2Furious has everything you want -- especially if what you want is 2Fast 2Furious. Read more
Jami Bernard, New York Daily News: Without Diesel, there's not much gas, at least not from the nonvehicular elements. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: It doesn't have a brain in its head, but it's made with skill and style and, boy, is it fast and furious. Read more
Charles Taylor, Salon.com: It's a terrible movie, stuck in plot idiocies and big, noisy set pieces like a tire mired in mud. Read more
C.W. Nevius, San Francisco Chronicle: Nothing says summer film fun like explosions, guns and cartwheeling cars -- and that's all here. Read more
Michael Agger, Slate: 2 Fast 2 Furious is just 2 lame, 2 tame, and 2 much like a video game. Read more
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: It's unapologetic hackwork aimed at guys who never forgave Mom for throwing out their Hot Wheels set. Read more
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: The movie 2 Fast 2 Furious is not 2 good, but as a mental junk-food diversion, it's an occasionally stimulating jolt. Read more
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Peter Howell, Toronto Star: How could we possibly reconnect with the primal urges of speed-demon street racers, without Vin's din? The answer, in two words: Vroom. Vroom. Read more
Todd McCarthy, Variety: This John Singleton-directed sequel provides a breezy enough joyride,but it lacks the unassuming freshness of the economy-priced original. Read more
Alex Pappademas, Village Voice: The vehicular action in 2 Fast is profoundly low-tech, and engagingly brawny. Read more
Desson Thomson, Washington Post: Energetic if empty sequel. Read more
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post: A kind of Miami Vice with many more carz and numberz where all the adjectives used 2 go. Read more