2 Fast 2 Forever: The Fast and Furious Podcast

We've still got a few more movies to cover this lap, but the time has come for our regularly scheduled Lap 6 Tune-Up / Relap / Recap. After reading emails and winning at Race Wars, we look back at the lap that was as we remember our favorite movies, our favorite guests, and more. Then, we welcome in Nico Vasilo and Kevo Risse -- who will be joining us all lap next lap -- to "get an estimate" on wh...

We're kicking it more old school than we have at any point this lap as we're headed all the way back to 1963 for It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. Joining us to talk about this nearly three-and-a-half-hour-long movie is Mr. Ridealong himself, Mike "The Mikestir" Manzi (Third Time's A Charm). Before he joins us, though, we Scrooge McDuck into the mailbag and officially enter Race Wars in our Supra....

Is this your first day on the Death Star? You seem... new. We're jamming ourselves into a McLaren and racing to cover Hobbs & Shaw. First, though, we're headed to Race Wars in the Fast and Furious Minute, which is poised to firmly destroy our record-keeping through its sheer number of cars and extras. Then, we're joined by Garrett Smith (I Like 2 Movie Movie, Cinema76) to talk about Hobbs & Sh...

Our GPS sent us to Chicago on a quick detour this week following a last-minute Patreon suggestion from Justin Kleinman. We just got out of jail and we're getting picked up in a... cop car (?!) and we're ready to talk about The Blues Brothers. First, though, we open up a stuffed mailbag and pick up the tab on our shrimp lunch. Then, we're popping into the Bluesmobile to get the band back together a...

What does Johnny Tran worry about? How will Eli Toretto soothe his woes? Find out in this chapter of You Are My Life Span. In this chapter, the role of Johnny Tran is played by Brian Rodriguez. Email us: family@cageclub.me  Visit our Patreon page at patreon.com/2fast2forever.  Extra special shout-out to Ben Milliman, Jake Freer, Alex Elonen, Nick Burris, Brian Rodriguez (High School Slumber Party)...

We're two days away from retirement -- and wondering if Shane Black ripped this trope for Lethal Weapon -- which means it's the perfect time to talk about To Live and Die in L.A. First, though, we open the mailbag, smoke a Ferrari, and stop off at Neptune's Net for a bite to eat. Then, we dive into William Friedkin's To Live and Die in L.A. to talk about Christmas in the Fastiverse, vengeance as a...

Moving from a monthly, to bi-weekly, to weekly, to the other type of bi-weekly podcast certainly helped us hit the NOS on our release schedule, but after 2.5 years, we've finally hit episode #100! In this episode, we've got segments all over the place, as we first crack open the mailbag, talk about comics for a while, then hit the open road in a car that's more than you can afford, pal, while disc...

We're going eastbound and down, loaded up and truckin' as we cover our second Burt Reynolds/Hal Needham team-up this lap: Smokey and the Bandit! First, though, we talk about a slight format change, open up a full-again mailbag, and ponder some heavy choices in the Fast and Furious Minute. Then, we've got 28 hours to drive 1,800 miles and bring Coors Banquet east of the Mississippi. We're talking a...

Could this be the lap where we unlock the full potential of The Fate of the Furious? We're joined by Brian Silliman (@BrianSilliman) to talk about making deals and living up to them. But first, we wonder if the mailman called in sick, get sent to the principal's office over our decision to take down Johnny Tran, and learn about the surprising -- and surprisingly contentious -- history of Purell. T...

After covering the incredibly fun Midnight Run on Tuesday, we're wrapping up Robert De Niro week with Ronin! While this movie isn't as fun (or as good) as Midnight Run, at least there's one hell of a car chase, giving us good reason to cover it. In this episode, we recap some Fastiverse-adjacent media, open a stuffed mailbag, and watch Johnny Tran get slapped as we spend more than a few minutes br...

We're kicking off Robert De Niro week on #2F2F, and the countdown is on as we're racing across the country by whatever means necessary -- plane, train, car, and more -- to talk about Midnight Run! But first, we run down some corrections and omissions from recent episodes, Joey accidentally reveals an upcoming lap theme, and we tackle the most daunting minute in The Fast and the Furious so far. The...

Great Scott! We're coming out you live from the Twin Pines Mall (or is it the Lone Pine Mall?) to talk about Back to the Future, a Patreon-selected movie from Jake Freer! First, though, we offer a sports documentary recommendation to watch now that The Last Dance has wrapped, take a GIF-filled journey in the mailbag, and gear up to take down Johnny Tran in the Fast and Furious Minute. Then, we've...

We've long seen Furious 7 as a movie in transition, but our guest on this episode has us thinking about it in a whole new way. Before we get there, though, we get a very detailed update about Before the 90 Days and catch a ride with Mia as we leave the Cha Cha Cha (and learn some devastating news about its fate). Then, we welcome in Jeff Legaspi (@j_legs) to talk about one of his favorite movies i...

After an intro segment where we talk about ways to "fix" Rotten Tomatoes and join Brian and Mia as they continue their date at Cha Cha Cha, we continue our week of "original versions of early 2000s car movie reboots." (There's gotta be a better name.) Is the original version of Gone in 60 Seconds as good as the original version of The Italian Job? How does it compare to the remake? We talk about E...

We've previously talked about Deckard Shaw's origins as Handsome Rob in the 2003 remake of The Italian Job, but today we're going back in time to the original. After getting some listener confirmation that Sean's dad is a screw-up, we finally make our way to Cha Cha Cha. Then, we get out of prison and drive through the Alps en route to our next big score, as we talk all about The Italian Job: its...

If you're looking to quantify how influential American Graffiti was in the history of cinema, look at just about any other movie we've covered this lap. While we've seen more than a few elements shared from one movie to the next, the influence of American Graffiti can be directly felt in nearly every car movie (or teen movie, or hangout movie, or...) that came after it. In this episode, we place a...

After our #family watch party of The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, we were supercharged to talk about this movie once again. After we usher new members into the Gallo 12, hear the beginning of a story about Dom's dad, and posit a wild theory about the interconnectedness of the Fastiverse, we're joined by Dan Hamamura (Pajiba) to drift our way through another episode. Did the Family bring thei...

Before this lap became all about classic car movies, another way that we planned to "kick it old school" was to do a deep dive into The Fast and the Furious. That hadn't happened, so we're taking a detour for a deep dive into all sorts of background material about the first movie. After we talk about Chrissy Teigen's starring role in Tokyo Drift, the original ending to Furious 7, and break the new...

As we continue to kick it old school and work our way through classic car movies (and, not so coincidentally, Quentin Tarantino's rolodex of movie references), our next stop is 1981's The Cannonball Run. After an overstuffed first half, including a minute where Brian takes a swing at Muse, we dive into patron The Cannonball Run, chosen by Alex Elonen on Patreon. We talk about the star-studded cast...

We're headed back to the all or nothing days, the Dirty Mary Crazy Larry days, when real cars crashed into real cars and real dumb people drove 'em. Today, we continue to kick it old school and we continue to dive deep into the well of Quentin Tarantino references by talking about Dirty Mary Crazy Larry. After catching up on the NFL Draft, cracking open the mailbag, and heading back to the LAPD sa...

Once again, we're joined by our ridealong partner taking the slowest and most roundabout lap, Brian Rodriguez (High School Slumber Party), and this time we're talking about Fast & Furious 6. After an opening segment where Joey has a depressing realization about Rock the Vote and a Fast & Furious minute where our (hopefully) soon-to-be BFF Beau Holden gets waterboarded with oil by Johnny Tran, Bria...

After gunning it from Denver to California in Vanishing Point, we're rocketing toward modern day to cover its spiritual successor: Death Proof. After a Fast and Furious minute where the Family may be facing some imminent danger, we borrow a 1970 Dodge Challenger to play Ship's Mast and talk about all the classic car movie connections (as well as Fastnections) that Quentin Tarantino laced throughou...

We're continuing to kick it old school and launching into our Dodge Challenger week, which spans from Vanishing Point to its spiritual successor, Death Proof. After an opening segment with trash TV and streaming baseball updates, as well as a Fast and Furious minute that sort of leaves of scratching our heads, we hit the road to deliver this Challenger to San Francisco by Sunday at 3pm. In this ep...

We've found ourselves stuck in the mud in Alabama in a car without positraction, which means there's no better time to talk about My Cousin Vinny. After talking about the Fast and the Furious Minute (#50), in which we get narrative momentum without much new to look at, we turn out focus to My Cousin Vinny to laugh at nearly everything Marisa Tomei says, while also running down the Fastnections we'...

In our longest episode yet, we're joined by Roxana Hadadi (@roxana_hadadi | Pajiba, The AV Club) to talk about all things Fast Five. But first, our Fast and Furious minute tells us what Brian does like a cop, and we wonder why Dom is hanging out in the shadows in an abandoned alleyway. Then, Roxana joins us to discuss the filmmakers' innate ability to retcon Han's story, an alternate reality theor...