2 FAST 2 FURIOUS (2003)

Paul Walker is back, but this time..he's too fast, he's too furious, what the fuck?

After the silly (but entertaining) ending of the first film, Paul Walker quits the Los Angeles police force and runs off to Miami where he puts duckets on the table by participating in illegal street races.  After one such race, where he wins by jumping a motherfucking bridge(!!!), he's captured by the Miami police and forced to go undercover to take down a drug lord.  Yes, the story is completely ridiculous, but who cares, cause 2F2F is entertaining as fook from beginning to end.

It's a Fast and Furious film, so you're not going to have any realism or hardcore stuff going on (e.g., titties popping out), but for mindless entertainment, this film is a blast!  Very good on-screen chemistry between Paul Walker and Tyrese Gibson, fast pace, crazy racing action sequences, good acting, empty pockets, not empty pockets, James Remar, lots of car wrecks, goofy ass dialogue, excited people just randomly shaking their arms above their heads, Paul Walker bouncing around like a young Corey Haim, ass slapping, "a hoasis", satisfying ending.  Strangely enough, this film seems even more dated that the original film which is two years older.  Must be the upside-down/backwards tennis visors or something.

If you liked the first movie, then definitely check this one out.  Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll be outside putting a Gallo 12 and a Gallo 24 in my whip.  How 'bout them apples?!

Part 1 - The Fast and the Furious (2001)
Part 3 - The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
Part 4 - Fast & Furious (2009)
Part 5 - Fast Five (2011)
Part 6 - Fast & Furious 6 (2013)
Part 7 - Furious 7 (2015)
Part 8 - The Fate of the Furious (2017)
Spin-off 1 - Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019)
Part 9 - F9 (2021)
Part 10 - Fast X (2023)

CRUISING (1980)

There's a rash of brutal killings going on in the leather/S&M segment of the NYC gay community.  At the same time there's unidentified male body parts washing up on the Hudson River.  Could it all be linked to the same killer?  There's only one way to find out: throw cop Al Pacino deep undercover in the leather bar scene and see what happens.  Did he get any kind of specialized training?  How about a psychological evaluation first?  Exactly how deep undercover is he?  Can he do drugs?  Have gay sex?  What exactly is going on?  Who knows, cause none of that is ever explained.  The film opens with some crime stuff, then Al getting asked if he wants to go undercover, he agrees and BOOM! he's undercover in a gay bar looking like a fish out of water while some dude is getting fisted off to the side. 

Despite the purposeful(?) ambiguity, I really enjoyed the first 50 minutes or so, but then when it got more centered in on the crime solving and less on the gay bars I began to lose interest.  Also, the vagueness of the killer was bothersome.  Did the same actor play the killer in all of the killer scenes?  I know for a fact that wasn't his real voice.  And what was up with that weak ending?  For starting off so vigorously, CRUISING busts it's thick, hot, yummy, sticky load way too soon.

I did really like the scene where Al was dancing and huffing on that rag.  Every time he hit it the colors brightened and his dancing got more animated.  Good stuff.  In summery, CRUISING is a good film, but it could have really benefited from a more straight-forward story, a more memorable killer, more brutality and much more sweaty gay sex.  A better explanation of the leather scene would have helped also.  Still, it's very much worth watching.  Keep an sharp eye out for all of the young actors that would later go on to big careers.