they did do a second one without him, with ice cube as mentioned...i did not watch anything beyond 1. why can't they make triple x without vin? they did fast and the furious without him? i think he mismanaged his career. he had an opportunity to make some of these franchises big but did crap like the pacifier? GREAT MOVE!
probably trying to make his career relevant again, suddenly turning back to all of his old franchises that the directors had already offered him money not to leave. he came up in a time with a complete lack of badassery in the action hero scene and he failed to seiged the opportunity.