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2 Fast 2 Furious

2003. Directed by John Singleton, written by Gary Scott Thompson and Michael Brandt and Derek Haas.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

1 / 3

Fails

  1. Yes 1. At least two women
    7 women characters. 3 of them speak.
  2. No 2. Who talk to each other
    Our parser found no scene where two women talk to each other.
  3. No 3. About something besides a man
    Not reached: the film fails an earlier rule.

Second opinion

Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 1 out of 3.

Poster for 2 Fast 2 Furious

The film

EX LAPD cop Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker) teams up with his ex-con friend Roman Pearce (Tyrese Gibson) and works with undercover U.S. Customs Service agent Monica Fuentes (Eva Mendes) to bring Miami-based drug lord Carter Verone (Cole Hauser) down.

Released
06 Jun 2003
Genres
Action, Crime, Thriller
Rated
PG-13
IMDb
6 / 10
Metascore
38 / 100
Awards
4 wins & 13 nominations total
Elsewhere
View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

  • Women
  • Men
  • Not in the cast list
  • Bigger name, more lines
  1. Brian 133 lines, man
  2. Pearce 86 lines, man
  3. Bilkins 71 lines, man
  4. Verone 53 lines, man
  5. Clemente 40 lines
  6. Edwin 36 lines, man
  7. Whitworth 13 lines, man
  8. Agent Markham 11 lines, man
  9. Markham 8 lines, man
  10. Agent Dunn 7 lines, man
Full cast, 31 people
  • Paul Walker as Brian O'Conner
  • Tyrese Gibson as Roman Pearce
  • Eva Mendes as Monica Fuentes
  • Cole Hauser as Carter Verone
  • Ludacris as Tej Parker
  • James Remar as Agent Markham
  • Thom Barry as Agent Bilkins
  • Michael Ealy as Slap Jack
  • Mark Boone Junior as Detective Whitworth
  • Devon Aoki as Suki
  • Roberto Sanchez as Roberto
  • Mo Gallini as Enrique
  • Edward Finlay as Agent Dunn
  • Jin Au-Yeung as Jimmy
  • Amaury Nolasco as Orange Julius
  • Eric Etebari as Darden
  • John Cenatiempo as Korpi
  • Neal H. Moritz as Swerving Cop
  • Troy Brown as Paul Hackett
  • Corey Michael Eubanks as Max Campisi
  • Sammy Maloof as Joe Osborne
  • Troy Robinson as Feliz Vispone
  • Sincerely A. Ward as Slap Jack's Girlfriend
  • Nievecita Dubuque as Suki's Girl
  • Mateo Herreros as Detective
  • Kerry Rossall as Police Chase Cop
  • Marc Macaulay as Agent
  • Tony Bolano as Gardener
  • Marianne M. Arreaga as Police Chopper Pilot
  • Tara Carroll as Seductress
  • Tamara Jones as Customs Technician

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 5 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 12% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 225

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Show the numbers
ScenesWomen's linesMen's lines
1 to 526
6 to 1000
11 to 15113
16 to 2002
21 to 2509
26 to 30049
31 to 3504
36 to 4006
41 to 4508
46 to 50049
51 to 5508
56 to 60222
61 to 6502
66 to 7001
71 to 7509
76 to 80028
81 to 85049
86 to 90026
91 to 9502
96 to 10000
101 to 10500
106 to 11000
111 to 11504
116 to 120040
121 to 125013
126 to 130115
131 to 13500
136 to 140115
141 to 14504
146 to 15006
151 to 15507
156 to 16013
161 to 16504
166 to 17011
171 to 17523
176 to 18011
181 to 18513
186 to 19024
191 to 19505
196 to 200014
201 to 20503
206 to 21001
211 to 21504
216 to 22000
221 to 22507

The evidence

  • Straight from the script
  • Counted from the script and the credits

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Exhibit A: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 3 are women's.

15 lines from women, 450 from men.

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit B: who's in it

7 women and 24 men in the cast. 3 women and 13 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit C: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 6 of 528. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 217 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

  • First line by a woman
  • Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 2% of the words (87), men 98% (4,777). Women have 3% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.

Exhibit D: the test the other way

Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.

Conversations between two named characters

Exhibit E: behind the camera

2 of the 14 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 15% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by
John Singleton (man)
Written by
Michael Brandt (man), Derek Haas (man)
Story by
Michael Brandt (man), Gary Scott Thompson (man), Derek Haas (man)
Produced by
Neal H. Moritz (man)
Shot by
Matthew F. Leonetti (man)
Edited by
Bruce Cannon (man), Dallas Puett (man)
Music by
David Arnold (man)
Production design by
Keith Brian Burns (gender not listed)
Costumes by
Sanja Milkovic Hays (woman)
Cast by
Kimberly Hardin (woman)

The crew, department by department

  • Other crew

    10 women, 56 men, 25 not listed

  • Sound

    1 women, 19 men, 9 not listed

  • Production

    4 women, 10 men, 14 not listed

  • Camera

    0 women, 7 men, 7 not listed

  • Art

    0 women, 4 men, 9 not listed

  • Costume & Make-Up

    4 women, 0 men, 8 not listed

  • Visual Effects

    1 women, 2 men, 8 not listed

  • Editing

    0 women, 6 men, 2 not listed

  • Women
  • Men
  • Gender not listed on TMDB

Exhibit F: how old the stars were

Women: 25 on average. Men: 36 on average. The top-billed cast, at the film's release.

Women

Devon Aoki 20, Eva Mendes 29

Men

Tyrese Gibson 24, Ludacris 25, Cole Hauser 28, Paul Walker 29, Michael Ealy 29, Mark Boone Junior 48, James Remar 49, Thom Barry 52

Exhibit G: the money

It made 3.1 times what it cost.

Budget
$76 million
Box office
$236 million

From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.

About this analysis

Our parser read the script: 225 scenes and 528 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works

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