Bad Boys II Movie
Storyline
TAGLINES PLOT SUMMARY
Narcotics cops Mike Lowrey (Smith) and Marcus Bennett (Lawrence) head up a task force investigating the flow of ecstasy into Miami. Their search leads to a dangerous kingpin, whose plan to control the city's drug traffic has touched off an underground war. Meanwhile, things get sexy between Mike and Syd (Union), Marcus's sister.
| Peter Stormare | Alexei |
| Gabrielle Union | Syd |
| Jordi Mollà | Hector Juan Carlos 'Johnny' Tapia |
| Theresa Randle | Theresa |
| Will Smith | Detective Mike Lowrey |
| Joe Pantoliano | Captain Howard |
| Martin Lawrence | Detective Marcus Burnett |
| Michael Shannon | Floyd Poteet |
| Jon Seda | Roberto |
| Yolanda Vazquez | Detective Mateo Reyes |
| Jason Manuel Olazabal | Detective Marco Vargas |
| Otto Sanchez | Carlos |
| Henry Rollins | TNT Leader |
| Antoni Corone | DEA Tony Dodd |
| Gary Nickens | TNT Fanuti |
| Michael Bay |
6.10 out of 10 (24587 votes)
Visitor Reviews
TERRIBLE !!!!!!!!!
posted on 28 Aug 2009Ok where do I begin, what was MICHAEL BAY thinking this movie was way overhyped, the plot was horrible and WILL SMITH and MARTIN LAWRENCE are overrated. Now I know this is my opinion but come on this is a rip off. I Think the problem was that thers was more action than a plot, all I have to say is that this was a waste of time and money,i mean come on who is going to pull a gun on a 15 yr old kid . Nothing but bad jokes and explosions.HORRIBLE HORRIBLE. 0/10 TWO THUMBS WAY DOWN.
good visuals thats it
posted on 28 Aug 2009OK iloved the ferrari the visuals behind this video bright clear wide angles (opposed to the new Miami vice where its dark close up serious air)the 599 in action looks beautiful sounds greatthe scene where they are being recorded to the whole store what to them appears to be a gay talk. thats OK laugh scale 0-10 is a 3OK let me lay it down allow me to spew my junk wordsso emminen disses willy smith that he doesn't swear in his rap, so will decides now he should swear? thats just shows how one sided will is as an actor. too much rage of willy as he swear in every scene in every second of this movie as if hes trying to tell us "i so can swear stop making fun of me"yeah i just don't want to remember the rest as I've been through deep hypnotherapy to cleanse my mind of this film.should of been a commercial for the ferrari 599
Will Smith's best since Enemy of the State
posted on 18 Aug 2009I personally don't like sequels, especially if the first movie wasn't that good. When I saw the first movie I hated it, it was to long and it just dragged me along. I saw this one and it Kicked @ss! It makes me want to see sequels again! It has more action and it makes you forget how long you have been sitting in your chair! It is a hell of a lot funnier and has more action and alot less "talking about nothing" (That means when the actors talk about non plot events and people) This is a must see!
Its a film with II in the title, this could be bad.
posted on 16 Aug 2009Think of films with "II" in the title and some horrors spring to mind. Bad Boys II is nothing like the original cop movie which the characters Marcus and Mike, played by Martin Lawrence and Will Smith, have a bad ass partnership in. This movie is as far from the original make up as it could be. It would have been better to of not called this film Bad Boys II as the viewer arrives with pre-conceived expectations from the original movie. I got the impression that perhaps Jerry Bruckheimer and Don Simpson had lifted dare I say the car chase scenes from other movies. The highway smash up chase, seemed all too Luc Besson "Ronin" / "Taxi", and the attempted sealing of a small economy car "Die Hard".Personally I love good car chase scenes, and seeing as within 35 mins of the film run this happens for quite a chunk of the action - I would expect it to be the best. It was a disappointment - ask the question, why cant Mike's Ferrari out run a truck fully laden with a car transporter? (Mike's character doesn't come across from the original movie as somebody who would ditch a Porsche for one!) Why can the 4x4 just push its way out of the pile of cars? what happened to low ratio gear box and foot to the floor? OK its make believe but if you want your viewer to believe - make it real! As as for the dubbed "revving" sounds - please.....This movie, would be better is the timing was cut short by 30 minutes it too long and I found myself thinking, get to the end. In the UK this film is rated ages 15 and above, the movie does have its fair share of blood and cuts with scenes of chopped up bodys, headless torsos, and people being dismembered. A little strong for some younger viewers. Overall if you rented the movie, you just take it back. If you bought it, oh well, there's always ebay.
Lots of fun!!!!
posted on 14 Aug 2009I'm tired of all the reviewers complaining about the profanity, gore, and violence. If you took the time to find some info about the movie before you saw it, the rating will tell you everything you need to know about the movie....Rated R for strong violence and action, pervasive language, sexuality and drug content... Movies have ratings for a reason people, so if things like the mentioned above bother you, well, then don't go see the damn movie! This movie was made to entertain fans of violent action movies. I give alot of props to this movie for bucking the Pg-13 trend in Hollywood. It hinders its Box Office, but wins it some respect from action fans. Like it or not some people find raunchy and racist jokes funny. Chris Rock has made a career out of it! Doesn't make you a depraved person because you find it funny. It's pretty niave to say someone "needs therapy" because they like this movie! If anyone "needs therapy" it's you for not recognizing the difference between pretend and real life! If you like hard action movies check this one out, if not, stay away and stay off internet sites about it.
Not too bad!
posted on 14 Aug 2009The humor comprises two elements. One, the police captain (Joe Pantoliano, wearing a flattering flat-top wig that cuts a decade off his age) whose office is a repository of Buddhist imagery and who tries valiantly to contend calmly with the chaos his messiest cops inflict upon the world. At this he fails, and the attempt is funny. Pantoliano always leaves an impression - who can forget his recurring role in "The Sopranos?" - and the movie profits from his presence. The other humor is reiterative patter between the stars, comic Martin Lawrence, playing wary Marcus, who is in therapy and chants a pat mantra to ease him into a zone of acceptance when he is about ready to explode, or implode; and his life-long buddy, boys together, live or die together, something like that in their school year-book, Mike (Will Smith), who gets his charge out of risk-taking. Mike is taking a big risk dating Marcus' sister, Syd (Gabrielle Union), a Drug Enforcement Agency operative and at much risk throughout the movie
Best movie ever!-funny and best action scenes ever made!
posted on 06 Aug 2009Best movie ever! You can watch this movie more than 10 times without getting bored.There are very good action scenes with the TNT and DEA squat and good, GOOD car stunts. The first movie with really good camera positions, you can see everything at the same time, not like in other action movies where you just see the gun shooting.Really cool guns!!!And best sound ever of them! Its really exciting when they get into Tapia's mansion, in Cuba.That's the best scene in the movie, they built tunnels, they use incredible weapons and really cool tactics. This movie is full of action/funny scenes. Even during action its funny, with the jokes they do or sometimes when they are in a difficult situation how they get out of it. This is one of the best action movies ever!!!I really recommend it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The most disgusting, xenophobic and irresponsible film I have ever seen!
posted on 02 Aug 2009Give a five year old a movie camera and tell him to film playing cowboys and Indians with Tonka trucks and you have Bad Boys II, a disgrace that somehow took 8 years to reach fruition. It's probably the most racist, homophobic and degrading experience you'll ever see. I don't even think Michael Bay knew he was making such a movie which only adds to his incompetence.The basic logic of the movie is something like this, if you are a cop then it is okay to kill as many people as you want in the most brutal way possible (inadvertently causing our 'heroes' to become fascists, bigots and subliminally eviler than the main villain). There is also subtext, something along the lines of; all ethnic minorities are either murderers, drug dealers or some kind of foul human being and all country-dwellers are inbred, racist Klan members. The movie spews hate in the faces of every audience member who has been misled into believing they are watching an action-comedy.Miami is a place with a very diverse ethnic population and I think it is completely irresponsible for the filmmakers to have behaved in this way. Maybe a five year old with a movie camera would have been too grown up to have allowed this.As you can tell by one of my older reviews, Bad Boys was hardly a unique or original movie but it worked because the style made up for the lack of intelligence and Mark Mancina's musical score was very strong. It gave every scene a beat, tied them together and sounded mighty cool. Well, that is gone! Mancina's buddy Trevor Rabin took over scoring duties for this movie and the cool Bad Boys theme is completely gone and replaced with an endless and dull drone. In fact I would suggest that the score for this movie doesn't actually exist.And there are far too many unnecessary scenes of absolutely nothing that contribute in no way to the already clichéd plot (drug dealers, oooohhhh that's not been done before). It proves that Bay was given far, far too much time and money to do whatever he wanted. The result? A 2.5 hour mess of unremarkable car chases (also highly original, you'd never expect an action movie to have a car chase would you?), constant, unironic profanity and sexism.And can someone tell me how the slimy main villain seemed have constant stubble without ever growing a beard? Several days pass by, he doesn't shave and he never grows a beard. The movie would have you believe that all Cubans are this way. A pretty bad representation methinks. Trust me it's not that way in real life. For all this movies attempts at hardcore action the mix with cartoonish violence comes off as incongruous. This is not a no-brainer. It's a racist pile of trash that can be labelled a no-brainer as a desperate last-minute excuse by Michael Bay.It took FIVE writers to come up with this. The fact that they or Michael Bay have been playing Grand Theft Auto:Vice City far too much is clearly evident. Almost every single part of this movie is stolen from some part of that game. From locations, to car, situations, characters and plots. And still it is no.
Dated, but delivers where it counts
posted on 31 Jul 2009Like the first Bad Boys film, the sequel feels like something straight out of the 80's - thin plot, cheesy bad guys and hundreds of henchmen who get riddled by bullets by the heroes.Surely films like Speed and The Matrix put these bang-bang action movies where they belonged and we've moved on. Not so with Bad Boys 2, which could easily have been made in 1985.On the other hand there are some great action scenes and the freeway chase is ALMOST as much fun as the one in The Matrix Reloaded. It's incredibly sick instead of being blackly funny like Grosse Pointe Blank. Corpses burst and people get there heads blown off every ten minutes.If it wasn't so damn long I would say go and watch it for a guilty pleasure.
It's fun, but stupid and crass, and is actually a step backwards for Bay.
And this time... it's *personal*!
posted on 31 Jul 2009This is one of those films where you simply need to know what to expect. I would guess that a large portion of the people who didn't care for it simply expected more(one would wonder why, what with the first film being... well, what it was, which was hardly Shakespeare) from it, or something different than what they got. This is "dumb" entertainment, nothing more. There's little of actual substance... there are clichés and there's filler. Added to what the original had of, well, unoriginality, we have the "personal" motive(as I allude to in my summary), the utterly despicable villains(the main one being Mexican, looking like he's never heard of showering or the magic of shaving, and probably smelling bad, too) and more. The characters are decently written. The acting is fair. It was nice to see Pantoliano back in the role as the captain. Smith and Lawrence do their thing, much like in the first, and seem to have fun. The cinematography varies, with some shaky-cam in the action scenes, to reasonable effect. The action is quite good... the shootouts are plentiful and cool. The car-chase scene does, in my opinion, not measure up to the one of The Matrix Reloaded, but they had to try, and I'd say they did rather a lot better than Terminator 3. This is a pretty good way to spend two hours... too bad that it's half an hour longer than that. Yes, by that I do mean that it's slightly overlong. In closing... this is pretty run-of-the-mill stuff, but it's good action and fine entertainment. There are a bunch of scenes that are somewhat offensive and unpleasant, and the language is by no means something they held back on. Anyone who are offended by such things should consider skipping this. I recommend this to any fan of the original, Michael Bay, the actors or the genre. Fine for what it is. 7/10
It's a good movie
posted on 21 Jul 2009I enjoyed this movie. It did keep me tuned in. Movies are about entertainment and that is what I got. It did have too much swearing however and sexual content but it was still good! I recommend this movie for teenagers more since this would be of their intrest more!
Totally Awesome
posted on 21 Jul 2009This movie has it all. Action, drama, comedy, suspense. Themovie is non - stop action practically from credits to credits. WillSmith and Martin Lawrence are at the top of their game in thismovie. Their back and forth banter as Mike Lowry and Marcus arenonstop hilarity as the two wise cracking Detectives from the firstmovie.There are car chases, gun battles and even a love storythrown in for good measure. Not only do bullets fly but so do a lotof cars ( not literally ) but if you love action movies this is definitelyone to add to your must see and must have lists. Just for kicks youeven get to see Will and Martin do a little dance number.Thismovie is fast paced, action packed and funny as all get out. If youhaven't seen this movie yet go out and rent it or better yet gostraight out and but it, you won't regret it.
Yeah, its the sequel. Wanna make something of it?
posted on 09 Jul 2009Bad Boys II is just that. The second in the series, and like its predecessor, it has plenty of explosions, car chases and guns galore. Will Smith and Martin Lawrence do their jobs well, just like in the first one. The story line in this one seemed a little looser than the first, but then again, how many gun fights can you have with a really accurate script? Like most sequels, this one does not measure up to the first, but it comes close. Really, if you liked the first one, you'll like this one.
Exactly What it says on the tin
posted on 07 Jul 2009I liked this Movie a lot. It has humour and some great action sequences. A reasonably complex plot and lots of laughs and explosions. What more could one want from a film like this. The car chase with the car transporter was on a par with those in Matrix reloaded and T3 and there is a lot more than that. I liked the banter between Will Smith and Martin Lawrence and just generally watched the whole film with a big smile. It is not going to win any oscars and it does not make my top 10 movies, but I did like it and admired the scale of it all. The whole end bit in Cuba...
it is on a par with any action film I have seen. 9/10
Lawrence wears me out
posted on 01 Jul 2009I liked this movie. Great action, excellent car chases. Will Smith is always worth every penny. I think he's a great actor and steps up to the plate. I guess Martin did a good job as a mentally unstable and angry partner, but argumentative and mentally unstable get real old for me, especially when surrounded by a class act of an action flick. It would have served me better if Martin was more comedic or simply acted as a professional cop. Will Smith makes it worthwhile, as did Joe Pantoliano.Overall worth the trip, but only once.
Bad Boys 2
posted on 01 Jul 2009Bianca is a brilliant actress. This is the first time I have seen her in anything and I think she is going places. I think that her speaking part in this movie was really good considering this being her first film and all. I hope to see her in more movies.This movie was a real action. I loved it a lot.I recommend this movie to anyone who wants to see new faces that have potential.I also recommend this movie to those that liked Bad Boys the first one.Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are seriously funny in this movie as well.Remember to look for Bianca Bethune who plays Megan Burnett.
If your a Will Smith fan--a must see
posted on 25 Jun 2009Martin Lawrence and Will Smith do it again. Funny, funny, funny. I know that cops don't drive expensive cars or live in big houses, but hey, "IT'S A MOVIE'!!! Great laughs even if the plot IS a bit shallow. I totally recommend this film, despite a few spoilers. Will Smith seems to have chemistry with all his co-stars, i.e. Tommy Lee Jones (Men IN Black), the list goes on.........
Worse action flick that I have ever seen.
posted on 19 Jun 2009Have you ever had one of those moments while you're watching a movie, totally immersed in the plot, oblivious to your surroundings, and suddenly, you are yanked out of that experience; simply because you realized the movie was ridiculously long and bad. Well, this is one of those movies. Actually it would have been rewarding if at least in the beginning, you have a false sense that the movie was actually good. Unfortunately, it unbearable from the start to the end.The plot was incoherent that you just wonder how this movie was ever written or produced in the first place. It was unbearably long and winded. It could have used a lot more omissions in the editing room for those scenes that are simply illogical. Michael Bay made up for the movie's lack of structure by "unnecessarily" blowing up stuff and overly used of "CSI-like" effects (no wonder, it was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer). The flashy camera angles, instead of enhancing the effect of the actions were disconcerting and excessive that it lost it's entertainment effect. I could understand employing the same technique on movies like "Saving Private Ryan", "Band of Brothers" and "Black Hawk Down" but not a movie like BB2, that is trying to be both serious and comedic that just failed miserably in both sense.The dialog, just like the plot was just as bad. Funny at times but mostly the banter is long and not so funny. Most of the times, it seemed as if the dialog were ad-libbed, that there was actually a script written.I have seen better low budget comedy action flicks that though they were not what you would consider the best, they were at least entertaining.
More Explosive Action as well as the first movie
posted on 19 Jun 2009Bad Boys 2Starring: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Gabrielle Union and Joe PantolianoGenre: Action/Comedy/Thriller/CrimeRated: RMartin Lawrence and Will Smith are back in this sequel to the 1995 hit movie, Bad Boys! In this movie, our loose-cannon heroes, Detective Marcus Bennett (Martin Lawrence) and Detective Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) are now heading up a task force investigating the flow of ecstasy into Miami. Their investigation starts with a kingpin whose plan is to control the city's drug traffic has touched off an underground war. Meanwhile, Marcus and Mike are having issues with each other during the investigation and one of the issues is Mike dating Marcus' sister Syd (Gabrielle Union) but those issues are set aside when Syd is taken hostage by the kingpin and it's up to Marcus and Mike to ride together and be bad boys for life! A pretty good sequel and I hope they do a Bad Boys 3! I like all the awesome car chases in this one and the first one! Good follow up.
Jerry Bruckheimer is an arsonist
posted on 30 Aug 2009"Look at the fire nymphs dancing in the flames!" Is this one of the thoughts running through Mr Bruckheimer's head as yet another explosion occurs to tie up a loose end or hole in the plot? Seriously, this film isn't even a good bad film. The whole story moves at pace without purpose or direction and rarely makes any sense. Cats? As for the supposed comedy, I haven't seen a less funny film since Scary Movie 3, which I saw yesterday. Can Will and Martin really hope to take on and beat many issues such as racism, sexism and communism in this joke of a film? I think not. And what the shameless destruction of a shanty town (a lot of which explodes for no apparent reason) which is a poor imitation of Jackie Chan's Police Story? I hope I never have to see this again.Avoid this film like the plague, on fire.