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Bad Boys II (2003)

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Reviews Counted:150

Fresh:35

Rotten:115

Average Rating:4.1/10

Consensus: Two and a half hours of explosions and witless banter.

Runtime: 2 hrs 27 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

US Box Office: $138,396,624

Synopsis: The boys are back and badder than ever. Martin Lawrence and Will Smith reunite with producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Michael Bay for another exhilarating and high-intensity action... The boys are back and badder than ever. Martin Lawrence and Will Smith reunite with producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Michael Bay for another exhilarating and high-intensity action adventure in Bad Boys II. The danger quotient is heightened and so are the laughs in this new installment as Miami narcotics detectives Mike Lowrey (Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Lawrence) become part of a high-tech task force assigned to stem the flood of designer ecstasy into Miami. They unwittingly uncover a deadly conspiracy involving a ruthless drug lord, played by Jordi Mollà, who is determined to expand his empire and take control of the city's burgeoning narcotics trade, killing anyone who stands in his way. To make matters worse, Marcus' beautiful sister Syd (Gabrielle Union), an undercover DEA agent, gets caught in the crossfire, forcing our heroes to the edge of the law. The assignment takes on further complications when romantic sparks start to fly between Mike and Syd, driving her overly protective brother completely around the bend. But Marcus and Mike must overcome their differences to bring down Tapia. And when Syd's cover is jeopardized, it's up to the Bad Boys to rescue her. Columbia Pictures Presents A Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Production A Michael Bay Film Bad Boys II starring Martin Lawrence and Will Smith. The film co-stars Jordi Mollà, Gabrielle Union, Peter Stormare, Theresa Randle and Joe Pantoliano. Bad Boys II is directed by Michael Bay. The screenplay is by Ron Shelton and Jerry Stahl. The story is by Marianne Wibberley & Cormac Wibberley and Ron Shelton. The film is produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. The executive producers are Mike Stenson, Chad Oman and Barry Waldman. The director of photography is Amir Mokri. The production designer is Dominic Watkins. The film is edited by Mark Goldblatt, A.C.E., Thomas A. Muldoon and Roger Barton. The special visual effects are by Sony Pictures Imageworks Inc. The costume designers are Deborah L. Scott and Carol Ramsey. The music is by Trevor Rabin. The music supervision is by Kathy Nelson and Bob Badami. [More]

Starring: Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, Jordi Molla, Gabrielle Union

Starring: Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, Jordi Molla, Gabrielle Union, Peter Stormare, Theresa Randle, Joe Pantoliano, Peter Badalamenti

Director: Michael Bay

Director: Michael Bay
Story: Marianne Wibberley, Ron Shelton, Cormac Wibberley
Screenwriter: Ron Shelton, Jerry Stahl
Producer: Jerry Bruckheimer
Composer: Trevor Rabin
Studio: Columbia Pictures

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 12 2003 05:06 PM

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Joe Lozito

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Dec., 27 2007 03:15 AM

Big Picture Big Sound

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Rob Gonsalves

Hollywood psychopathology writ large.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jul., 23 2007 07:48 AM

eFilmCritic.com

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3/10

Jeffrey Chen

The movie is one big raging pile of macho steam-blowing. Maybe the participants got something out of their systems, but the result just feels like hot air.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jul., 06 2007 02:44 PM

Window to the Movies

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Time Out

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3/5

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3/10

Jean-François Vandeuren

Jerry Bruckheimer nous offre une fois de plus du cinéma fast-food très vide et irresponsable.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Nov., 25 2005 07:56 PM

Panorama

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Peter Rainer

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Thomas Delapa

Just when you think Hollywood movies can’t get any worse, Bruckheimer and Bay outdo themselves for another exercise in pulverizing macho brutality

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 09 2004 05:18 PM

Boulder Weekly

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Guardian [UK]

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1/4

Greg Maki

... This bloated, bloody film has none of the charm of its predecessor.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jan., 05 2004 09:05 PM

Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

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2/5

Daniel M. Kimmel

Parents who bring kids to this should be ashamed.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jan., 02 2004 08:43 AM

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

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Matt Brunson

It's quite possible I have never before seen a film that held so much contempt for everyone and everything -- for its audience, for its characters, even for the medium itself.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Dec., 09 2003 03:33 PM

Creative Loafing

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Ian Waldron-Mantgani

The Bad Boys movies are supposed to be about two cops, but all I see is a pair of actors reading descriptions of their characters.

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