Brian O'Connor (Paul Walker) is now undercover again, only this time he's taking down a Miami drug lord. Yes, he moved from L.A. to Miami. He's also not a cop anymore, but has to go undercover to take down the drug lord in order to clear his arrest records and avoid jail time. What was he arrested for? Why it's street racing of course! He of course can't accomplish that plot, alone, and needs a supporting character with him. Is it Vin Diesel?!... nope. Instead it's Tyrese Gibson! Cue the cricket sounds. It's pretty obvious that the movie wasn't going to succeed if they didn't have Vin Diesel apart of this one, because that's what made the first one so entertaining was the chemistry of these two.
Tyrese Gibson plays Roman Pierce, an old childhood friend that grew up with Brian and also has records he needs erased, which leads to him joining Brian on his crazy undercover adventure. That's really about it. Ludacris' character, Tej, does provide some entertainment to the mix as the guy who runs all the races that happen in the movie. I'm not going to get into who the drug lord is, or who the love interest is, because you never do see them in any sequels again, and they're pretty much a cardboard cut out of characters from other previous cop movies.
Even though the plot is terrible, the movie is still watchable. There's some fun races here and there, and at least director John Singleton knew not to waste the charisma that Paul Walker carried in the first movie. Tyrese and Ludacris do all right with their parts too, but they do A LOT better in the fifth and sixth movies. Again, there's no real reason to watch this movie unless you like more car races or to want to know the details and origins of Tyrese and Ludacris' characters. Thankfully the movies in this franchise get better from here.
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