‘2 Fast 2 Furious’ Is When the ‘Fast’ Franchise Embraced Being 2 Ridiculous

The Fast Saga has become known for its growing arsenal of shark-jumping moments, but you’d have to look no further than the second film in the franchise, 2 Fast 2 Furious, to see where it began to embrace its own absurdity.

The Fast and the Furious set up a premise that was admittedly silly, but not wholly unbelievable—at least not in the way that the later films would be.

A street racer slash car pirate named Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) has his family of thieves infiltrated by a charming and well-meaning undercover cop (Paul Walker) whose loyalties are tested by the raw, unrelenting charisma of Dom and his crew.

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