2 Fast 2 Forever: The Fast and Furious Podcast

It's time for another Life in the Fast Lane as we cover yet another action-packed (just kidding) extended scene from 2 Fast 2 Furious, this one staring TyB Island as Roman Pearce. We realize how long it will take to cover Tokyo Drift in our current Minute format and then take a brief detour to talk about the Olympics, Raygun, and the sports that the U.S. should dominate in international play. We R...

The saying goes, “There can only be one.” There will only be one Highlander movie we cover, and Aaron Neuwirth is here to help! There’s so much Highlander out there — five movies and six seasons of a TV show, plus a rumored reboot — and we all share what little we know of the franchise. We sort out: what is a Highlander, exactly? We admire the truly wild arrival of Sean Connery (as a man named Ram...

It’s time again for Life in the Fast Lane, but first, we’ve got to take our Night run, with glasses. Haha. Even before that, though, we cover a truly nothing of a deleted scene, but Joe finds a way to make it interesting (even though, in doing so, it would make 2 Fast 2 Furious a completely different movie). We discuss the end of the Paul Walter Hauser/Vin Diesel beef (although whether Vin Diesel...

The "unnicknamed" Walt Hickey and Kim Bhasin return to the podcast as we hack and fly our way through The Fate of the Furious! It's been four weeks since our last train fact, so we scratch that itch before discussing how this movie begins to show the cracks behind the scenes. We wonder where F. Gary Gray is in this movie and our two New York resident guests weigh in on the NYC geography in The Fat...

Our 80s Cult Movies lap continues with one of three big movies about dance from the decade, and in this one, dance is banned! (It's Footloose.) We're joined by Brian "Late Night" Rodriguez (making a rare [?] "in front of the paywall" appearance), who bares his soul about High School Slumber Party and share's his self-proclaimed "sordid history" with this movie. We talk about Michael Cimino's idea...

It's time for another Life in the Fast Lane, and this one goes out to the Happy Creative... While discussing a deleted scene that was easily cut (and weirdly paced), Joe shares a very complex way to answer a reasonably easy-to-answer question posed in the deleted scene. We talk about the feud (?!) between Paul Walter Hauser and Vin Diesel before we Run the VIN to find another two edited posts (as...

It's Christmas in July in the 80s Cult Movie Lap, so it's time to talk about Scrooged, starring Bill Murray! We talk about the tone deaf response from Paramount executives about working on Christmas, get Joe's thoughts on this movie (given that he is famously anti-Christmas), and wonder if this in-movie TV special would re-air every Christmas... or never again. We admire the casting, create a slid...

Walt Hickey and Kim Bhasin return to the podcast to talk about Furious 7, and why it means so much to each of them. First, though, we must talk about our return to Race Wars and Walt's plan to monetize and televise it. We make our pick for Most 80s Moment (of which they are many!), talk about the seeming obviousness of the film's tax incentives, and (of course) No Knees Denise. Kim shares the Most...

It's time for another Life in the Fast Lane, and since we're at the Demolition Derby, you better Fast X Your Belts! After breaking down a deleted/extended scene from 2 Fast 2 Furious, we run through a very light news day On the Streets, but find ourselves knee-deep in another (edited) installment of Running the Vin. We go overboard with audio drops and face an angry mob in our YouTube comments. Jo...

Happy Fastivus! On this day in 2001, The Fast and the Furious was released to theaters. We celebrate its release every year. This year, though, is a bit different -- it's the most unsure the franchise has been in a long time -- and we explore what that means and what next year's Fastivus episode could look like, given that uncertainty. We also unveil the newest 2 Fast 2 Forever Hall of Fame induct...

The train owners are back in town: Kim Bhasin and Walt Hickey return to talk about The Fast & The Furious: Tokyo Drift! Kim explains why Tokyo Drift is the rare coming of age story that he can relate to, we get new thoughts (and a brand new take) on the "Sean's dad dilemma," and we question an element of Sean Boswell's wardrobe. We talk about how "the wrong kid died," what this movie does that's r...

Our 80s Cult Movie lap continues with Troll, which falls right in line with some of the other pit stop movies we've been watching. We talk about JK Rowling totally definitely no way using this movie as inspiration for Harry Potter, the mixed feelings that Julia-Louis Dreyfus has about Troll, and what John Carl Buechler (predominantly a special effects guy) brought to the helm as director. We make...

It’s time for another Life in the Fast Lane, and we have a conundrum on our hands: Tanner is Bilkins. Bilkins is Tanner. First, though, voting is now open for the 2 Fast 2 Forever Hall of Fame! Vote now. We’ll wait. Done? Great! We break down the first deleted scene from 2 Fast 2 Furious and catch an error of unknown origin. We also talk about who Bilkins would have fallen in love with, if he knew...

We're on a real roll with "child reading a book" movies this lap, and today we're talking about Labyrinth with Jordan Polan-Clarke! After Joey shares his surprising (at least to him) history with this movie, we discover we have a split opinion on David Bowie's music in this movie. We talk about Labyrinth's strong use of the color brown, discuss whether the movie and its performances are "too theat...

Walt Hickey and Kim Bhasin return to the podcast to talk about Fast & Furious 6 because "this is London, baby." After learning one (and only one) train fact, we discuss the most '80s thing in any Fast & Furious movie. We talk about Fast & Furious 6 as a pivot point for the franchise, cars being used in new ways, and a ton of time spent in hideouts. Walt hits us with many D&D-themed elements and Ki...

It's time to finish up 2 Fast 2 Furious in the F&F Minute as we cover the rest of the film's credits! We give them 19 thumbs up, 0 thumbs down. In covering "a minute" without audio, we parse the credits order/character split and explore some notable names in the credits. We pivot to one of the most important On the Streets segments in months, including: rough production dates for Fast Xi (and wher...

Fan favorite Garrett Smith returns to the podcast as we cover our next 80s Cult Classic movie: The NeverEnding Story! After talking about our history (or lack thereof) with this movie -- and our shared history of taping movies off TV -- we talk about how this movie haunted kid-aged Garrett. Joe makes a request to bring back making movies inspired by hallucinogens. We discuss the German version of...

We need two precision drivers, so Walt Hickey and Kim Bhasin return to the podcast once again as we head back to Rio de Janeiro to talk about Fast Five! After honoring Walt for the 2F2F history that he set, we talk about the movie's Most 80s Moment, which is a more difficult task than any other movie so far this lap. We discuss the sweat in this movie (and the smell in all movies), admire the trai...

On today's installment of Life in the Fast Lane, we ask Brian and Roman to "show me the money!" (well, show us the money) as we close out 2 Fast 2 Furious, minute by minute! After figuring out how much money they stole, we preview the next handful of minute breakdowns we'll do. We then head to On the Streets, where we talk about Denzel Washington as Mr. Nobody, Justin Lin directing Spider-Man 4, a...

Our next '80s Cult Classic pick is The Princess Bride, and we've got Nate Milton (@N8Mozaik) here to talk about it! After we talk about the "pressure" of covering The Princess Bride, Nate shares his history with the movie. We talk about the "magic tricks" of the story (and framing device) and how it plays with classic tropes. We dunk on Ben Savage a bit, hear some stories about Andre the Giant, an...

Kim Bhasin and Walt Hickey return to the podcast once again to talk about both Los Bandoleros and Fast & Furious! After discussing a weird timing coincidence, we explore Los Bandoleros: why it exists, why it's all vibes, and whether or not we want more like it. We make our picks for the "most 80s moments" of the movie, talk about action movies vs. heist movies and criminal vs. fugitive movies, and...

In this installment of Life in the Fast Lane, we're covering the last full minute of 2 Fast 2 Furious, which includes... wooden fire pits? We discuss whether or not Eva Mendes has a type (yes, the world's sexiest men) and Joe does some detective work about wood in this scene. We cover the limited news On the Streets, but we look ahead to Fast Xi (and which cast members may be on the chopping block...

Our 1980s Cult Favorites lap continues with Little Shop of Horrors, and we’re joined by Mike Manzi to talk all about it! After learning about the very specific way that Mike first watched this movie, we explore *just how much* Joe hated this movie and whether he’d like the Roger Corman version more. We talk about the most ’80s moments (in a movie basically set in the ’50s), take a semi-deep dive i...

Walter Hickey and Kim Bhasin return to the podcast to give a special shoutout to Miami and to talk all things 2 Fast 2 Furious! We kick things off with an award focus by briefly recapping this year's Oscars with Mr. Numlock News Awards Supplement, talking about Al Pacino's cell phone, and exploring the awards this movie won. We discuss John Singleton's presence (and Vin Diesel's absence), the movi...

It's time for another Life in the Fast Lane, and we're wondering: "7hat's in the bag?" We start things off with the 2 Fast 2 Furious Minute (#99), in which Joe wonders if the filmmakers are "toying with us" (???) and we both admire the movie's two best extras doing even more amazing background acting. We pivot to On the Streets to cover a lot of news, including Vin Diesel's post about the franchis...