2 Fast 2 Forever: The Fast and Furious Podcast
Joey Lewandowski and Joe Two have nitrous oxide in their blood and gas tanks for brains. They love the Fast and Furious movies so much that they plan to watch them on repeat and talk about them… forever. Grab any brew you want — as long as it’s a Corona — and hop in the passenger seat. Love the show? Hate the show? Let us know: email us at family@cageclub.me.
Episodes
November 28, 2023 • 86 mins
We're back with our first Life in the Fast Lane in more than a month, and we're talking all about Bram Stoker's 2 Fast 2 Furious! You'll understand why when you hear us talk about the ninety-fifth minute of 2 Fast 2 Furious, which includes more than one moment that we completely forgot about. We also catch up on a lot of news about the Fastiverse in On the Streets, which also marks the moment when Joe learns about Roku City. We lau...
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November 21, 2023 • 61 mins
Happy Thanksgiving! We're trying to get home to our families -- any way we can -- to talk about Planes, Trains & Automobiles! After trying to think of the (very) few Thanksgiving-based movies that have been made, we talk about the (insane) original runtime of this movie, John Hughes's original casting ideas, and the wild things this production decided to (or had to) spend money on. We talk about traveling before 9/11, our biggest t...
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November 14, 2023 • 66 mins
It's time to talk about more men in rooms (!!!) as we're joined by Aaron Neuwirth (of Out Now with Aaron and Abe) to talk about The Taking of Pelham One Two Three! After talking for a while about men staring at analog boards, we talk about the film's success exclusively in cities with subway systems and how the film's New York spirit shines through. We also talk about the many movies The Taking of Pelham One Two Three inspired, the...
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November 7, 2023 • 102 mins
We're firing up the zombie cars once again as we talk about The Fate of the Furious with Joshua Gulam, Fraser Elliott, and Sarah Feinstein, the co-editors of Full-Throttle Franchise! We talk about their book -- an academic book about Fast & Furious (published with Bloomsbury Press) -- where the idea came from, new descriptions and theories found within the text, and how they incorporate it (and the franchise) into the teaching. We ...
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October 31, 2023 • 70 mins
Happy Halloween! We're joined by returning guest (and lover of schlock) Christian Larson to talk about Troma's 1986 film Monster in the Closet. Shot in 1983 (but released three years later), this kids movie (?) marks the film debut of Paul Walker (and also Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson). We talk about our history with Troma, the movie's sort of surprising tone, and its earworm (or not) xylophone song. We explore Paul Walker's star turn (...
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October 24, 2023 • 64 mins
It’s time for another installment of Life in the Fast Lane, and Joe has a question for you: won’t anyone please think of the children? We kick things off with a relatively action-packed minute (#94) of 2 Fast 2 Furious, which includes a technological impossibility. We then shift into news about the Fast & Furious from both the real world and the dream world (including some heavy stuff and some very, very dumb stuff). We talk about ...
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October 17, 2023 • 99 mins
We’re taking a little journey on a little boat named the Titanic, and joining us on this expedition is Walt Hickey! After hearing about Walt’s new book, You Are What You Watch, we talk about non-cars that matter to him (cinematic and otherwise) before reading some truly pathetic crazy credits (and being reminded about IMDb’s humble origins).
Joey recounts the tale of PCP in this film production’s clam chowder, we all remember watch...
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October 10, 2023 • 103 mins
The sins of London have followed us home, so we're once again talking about Furious 7, this time with Matt Delhauer! After getting a sense of Matt's history with the franchise (and his rankings), we find out the characters he most wants to see return to these movies as well as the character meeting we never got (but would have loved to see). We gauge the family's levels of invincibility in Furious 7, once again wonder if we could e...
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October 3, 2023 • 57 mins
It's time for another Life in the Fast Lane, and this episode is all about those pretty little customs agents. (You know the ones, those who betray your confidence.) The minute features some good small acting (and not much else), but it's a very "loosey goosey" conversation as we imagine owning yachts and reading Yachting Monthly. We then explore news about F&F, which is basically non-existent other than The Rock shedding career de...
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September 26, 2023 • 68 mins
We're headed back to 1970s Japan with the resident historian Mike Manzi to talk about the inspiration for Speed: The Bullet Train! After learning about Mike's favorite vehicles, we hop aboard a train that can't go below 80 KPH to discuss another great title card, what might be cut from the Japanese version of the film, and the way the movie can create tension from a bunch of guys in a room. (Editor's Note: Only in retrospect did Jo...
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September 19, 2023 • 83 mins
We're once again grabbing our uwabaki (more on that later) as we're joined by Matt Stuertz to talk about The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift! Matt begins by dispelling Joey's expectations of his F&F experience and tastes before sharing his rankings and when he thinks these movies work best. We dig deep into Lucas Black's age in this movie, once again worry about breaking this down minute by minute, and wonder: who's the target de...
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September 12, 2023 • 65 mins
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 then talk about the latest F&F news...
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September 5, 2023 • 70 mins
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 whether or not Vin Diesel could learn th...
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August 29, 2023 • 128 mins
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 game about the auctioneer's character...
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August 22, 2023 • 96 mins
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. Home Depot, Bow Wow's likeness bei...
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August 15, 2023 • 69 mins
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 the movie's attempts to get to 90 mi...
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August 8, 2023 • 108 mins
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" character of Diogo and the actor ...
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August 1, 2023 • 59 mins
**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 what's going to be included on the Fa...
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July 25, 2023 • 66 mins
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), discuss our return to the LA aqueducts...
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July 18, 2023 • 87 mins
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 today, whether Dom has any sense of ...
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