Car Porn
What is it exactly about automobiles that excites everybody?
Alright that isn't the best example I could find.
That’s better but most car porn movies have slightly more exotic cars. Or at the very least bigger pile-ups.
While many movies have climatic car chases car porn often eliminates all that tedious plot that gets in the way of a good movie. At least one hopes that they do as the plot of most car porn films will make you want to leave in 60 seconds.
Okay so it's car porn. It's rather well done car porn. Stunningly brainless but rather fun in places 2 Fast 2 Furious gives us a candy colored version of street racing with a plot that is best not even discussed.After all you don't watch this for the plot. You watch it for the cars. A giant product placement for Mitsubishi among others the cars and characters are right out of a video game (the paint jobs match the personalities) and kudos to the filmmakers for keeping the CGI to a minimum. The movie made me want to trick out my old Dodge Dart. (Electric Blue paint job with matching neon on yeah baby).
Director John Singletary moves the cars around like he has been directing Burt Reynolds's movies all his life. (This is not a criticism and the fact he avoids Cannonball Run style humor is another plus.) Singletary who usually films much more important movies, (what's next Scorsese's Jaws 5 or Spike Lee's Ella Enchanted 2 Ella in Da Hood? Actually the way some of Spike's recent films have gone this may not be a bad idea) keeps the pace tight and the actors attractive.