2 Fast 2 Forever: The Fast and Furious Podcast

We've made our way to Tarpon Point for another Life in the Fast Lane, and we're wondering: where'd THESE guys come from? After coming to terms with how long it's going to take us to work our way through Tokyo Drift (on a minute by minute basis), we dive into the ninety-second minute of 2 Fast 2 Furious, where new henchmen arrive and every line of dialogue is delivered with the same intonation. We...

Our next pit stop on the “planes, trains, but NO automobiles” lap is RRR, and we have to wonder: is this a Fast & Furious movie? After discussing our limited history with Bollywood films, Joe admires their pageantry and Joey shares his love for a delayed title card. We talk about character parallels to the family, how this movie follows Chris Morgan’s directive of “cool wins every time,” and wheth...

We're returning to Fast & Furious 6, which our guest Chrissy Shackelford (Last Week Tonight with John Oliver) calls "the quintessential Fast & Furious movie." (Also, in case you're wondering: Chrissy is doing *so* good. Thanks for asking.) After Joe explains Duck Dynasty, we uncover more terrible crazy credits, discuss Gisele's sacrifice (now that we know she's still alive), and play a guessing ga...

Gather round, family, and grab a seat, for it's time for you all to hear The Ballad of Jimbo's Shrimp Shack. After debating how to pluralize "Life in the Fast Lane," we dive right into 2 Fast 2 Furious (Minute 91), where Joe regales us with a wild Floridian tale. We work through a diverse array of Fast and Furious news, including an "explanation" for Roman throwing the powder in Fast X, Tyrese vs....

We're ass sliding our way back to the 1980s for our next pit stop and the best bicycle/BMX movie of all time: Rad! We talk about whether this is the most 1980s movie ever made, the fine work done by Vinegar Syndrome, and the movie's parallels to High School Musical. Joe pitches Rad: After Dark and has his Pittsburgh radar ding once again. We hear another hot take on what makes a vehicle, discuss t...

We're headed back to Rio (for the first time in the Fast X era) to talk with Lisa Williams about the original Reyes in Fast Five! After covering more CrAzY cReDiTs, we dive into minutiae with Lisa. We wonder if Mia has ever been in a "real" restaurant before, how bad everyone smells in this movie, and the logistics of both Reyes's money and Tej's garages. We dive deeper into both the "fan favorite...

**OPPENHEIMER SPOILERS FROM 41:00 TO THE END OF THE EPISODE** It's time for another Life in the Fast Lane, and we have finally reached *the* minute: the Internet Movie Minute Database! After breaking down the minute of 2 Fast 2 Furious that includes everyone's favorite line, we pivot to a real lack of news about the Fast & Furious (because of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes) and try to figure out wh...

Our next pit stop in the planes, trains, but NO automobiles lap features our best non-car action yet: Terminator 2: Judgment Day. We talk about what you're allowed to do while you're the Governator, the what-almost-was character reversals in this movie, and Denzel nearly being cast in the film. We talk about Arnold as an Uncle Jakob type (and whether he's more like Jason Statham or John Cena), dis...

We're basking in love for Shea Whigham as we're joined by Jay Cluitt (Deep Blue Sea: The Podcast) to talk about Fast & Furious! We learn about Jay's rocky history with the franchise -- and not the Maivia kind -- before discussing a few potential franchise crossovers and diving into more CrAzY cReDiTs! We talk about how different Fast & Furious is from the version of this movie that would release t...

It's time for another Life in the Fast Lane and we're testing out a new run of show as we enter the era of Crazy Credits. We're kicking things off with the 2 Fast 2 Furious Minute (#89), which features a lot of locations and very little action. We then jump into Fast & Furious news to talk about the newest confirmed title (Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Reyes) and to reassess Fast X's box office...

It may be the 4th of July... but don't go in the water! We're joined by "Shark" Hofmeyer (Movies, Films & Flix; Deep Blue Sea - The Podcast) to talk about Jaws. Despite being the internet's foremost expert on shark cinema, this is the first time Mark's ever talked about Jaws on a podcast, and we are honored to have him. We share memories of the Jaws ride at Universal Studios, the F&F Family's repe...

We're headed back to Miami to talk about 2 Fast 2 Furious, and we're joined by returning guest Andy Tudor! We talk about his input toward the most recent movies, the proposed sequel to his game Fast & Furious Crossroads (which would have featured Jason Momoa), and how the newer F&F films are making use of ideas. We ask: What does Andy love about 2 Fast 2 Furious? Can we mix up who hangs out with w...

We're closing out our stretch of Fast X bonus episodes by welcoming back Cara Gael O'Regan to talk about the latest F&F installment! Exciting update this time: we finally re-watched the movie ourselves, and this time we had pause and rewind technology at our disposal. In this episode, we talk about how much therapy Little B is going to need, lament the lack of Mia in this movie (even less than we...

Happy Fastivus! On this date in 2001, the original The Fast and the Furious hit theaters, changing the world forever. Eighteen-and-a-half years later, we hopped on board. Today, we mark the release of the original movie’s release by celebrating Fastivus, coined by @ReactionRocket, with a reading of original poetry (written by Wes Hampton) and unveiling the inductees into the 2 Fast 2 Forever Hall...

It's another Life in the Fast Lane, and we've got "some drivin' for your ass! That's some drivin' for your ass!" We crack open the mailbox at 1327 to welcome in some new listeners and new patrons, and we receive a couple sets of new rankings. We work our way through some more Fast X reactions and thoughts and theories, wonder once again "what, exactly, makes a vehicle?", and atone for once again d...

We're hopping in Uncle Jakob's cannon car and picking up Jessica Collins, a.k.a. Montez, to talk about Fast X! Montez somehow managed to go into this movie almost completely unspoiled, and she joins the show to share her favorite and least favorite moments and where she thinks we head next. We get our final Montez Minute until Hobbs comes out and admire Fast X's version of her titular segment. Joe...

We're kicking it WAY old school this week as Tobin Addington drops by to give us a little bit of film history as we discuss The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat! In what's quite possibly the first vehicle ever captured on film, we talk about the Lumiere Brothers' methodology in capturing this shot, the many iterations this film has seen throughout the years, and whether or not Dominic Toretto and t...

We’re keeping the Fast X hype train going by crossing over with X is for Show, featuring Nico, Kevo, and TK! After our brief intro, this episode is the audio version of the most recent episode of their video series, which you can watch in its entirety on YouTube. After taking a trip down memory lane to reminisce about Spy Racers, we dive into Fast X to get TK’s take on moving from the early films...

We’re kicking off Lap 13 by welcoming in Saleah Blancaflor of Morning Consult to talk about The Fast and the Furious — her first F&F film! Before we head back to 2001, we talk with Saleah about Morning Consult’s favorability polling around the Fast & Furious franchise and the reasons fans most flock to these films. We unveil our new lap questions and conversation starters, share our biggest takeaw...

We're celebrating Episode #300 by bringing back Heather Antos to talk about Fast X, which she says (gasp) may be her favorite F&F movie! We talk to Heather about her favorite moments in Fast X, get her take on the structure of this movie, and find both her hopes and fears for the next installment in the franchise. We play a Fast & Furious game inspired by a clickbait article from Polygon. Heather...

It’s probably our longest Life in the Fast Lane yet, but that’s because we’ve got a whole lot more Fast X to talk about! After wondering why we don’t get sports cameos in the Fast & Furious movies, we open an all-timer of a mailbag to find out what Fast X looked like in December 2022, to make Death Proof part of F&F canon, and to hear a wild theory about what F&F 11 could be. We also read emails a...

We’re still riding the high of Fast X (in theaters now!), and we’re bringing in “resident historian” Mike Manzi (Uncle Francis’s Wine Cellar) to keep things going! Mike shares his favorite parts, his thoughts on a Roman/Tej/Ramsey/Han (?) spinoff, and the characters he wanted to see return (but didn’t). We share a fan theory about Jakob’s cannon car, continue to debate whether or not Dante is the...

The road to Fast X continues (even though the movie is already here, shh) with the Jason Momoa-starring and directed (!) film Road to Paloma. After establishing our Fast X limbo, we talk about Momoa's history behind the camera and his sole goal in making this movie (which totally subverted our expectations). Joe notices a major Rocknection in Road to Paloma and connects with Cash, the movie's dirt...

At long last, Fast X is here. We saw it last night (and so did you), and now it's time to talk about it... in full spoiler-filled detail. We dive right into the discussion to talk all about "the end of the road" (even with a lot more road to come), Jason Momoa as Dante, Brie Larson as Tess, the connections to past movies, what's coming next, and much, much more. We're talking about our favorite pa...

Once again, our podcast title feels especially appropriate; we’ve seemingly waited forever for Fast X. At long last, it’s here! Go see it! As usual, we’ve recorded this live from the movie theater parking lot to provide a very quick immediate reaction about Fast X. Now, we’re headed home (a quarter-mile at a time) with plans to record a spoiler-filled review tomorrow night. Go see Fast X, email yo...