The first one was a half assed movie that lacked a lot of substance and intelligence (I swear, the next person I hear say "Nos", I'm punching them in the face, Its Nitrous Oxide, how hard is that to say?). The second one I got "Bro/Bra"-ed out in the first 4 minutes and about 15-20 minutes into the movie it was time to turn it off.
All these movies did was add another sub genera to the "cool" car chase movies (Gone in 60 seconds, Bullet, Blues Brothers, and so on). The genera my be inhabited by fucktards who think the coffee can fart bomb mufflers and Bondo are cool, but even with the mindlessness of it all, the "sport" of it has had a huge impact on the automotive world and the after market. I see this being the new mussel cars of the future. Its sad to say, but ricers are here to stay, just like mussel cars, hot rods / rat rods, and showroom conditioned classics. Its now just a part of automotive history, and the movies will continue to be made to cater to this genera. These movies would be a whole lot better if they did way with the story line and just made a car chase (original Gone in 60 seconds), it seems with some movies (Fast and the Furious), they try to make the story too dramatic, cut the story line and give a good chase. The movie doesn't have to completely make sense, just as long as the car chase is memorable, the movie will sell off of a good chase alone. Look at some the greatest car chase movies of the past, some of them have made sense, and probably an equal amount had no or very little story line whatsoever. If you know a movie like this is going to pain and suffering for the viewers because of a cheesy sub drama going on, cut the junk out and give the audience what they want. High speeds, Dangerous maneuvers, Bent metal / broken fiberglass/bondo, and spectacular destruction...And I'm drawing this on to long...