Bad Boys II
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Directed byMichael Bay
Written byRon Shelton,
Jerry Stahl
Produced byJerry Bruckheimer
StarringMartin Lawrence
Will Smith
Jordi Mollà
Gabrielle Union
Peter Stormare
Theresa Randle
and
Joe Pantoliano
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release dates
July 18, 2003
Running time
147 min.
LanguageEnglish
Budget$130,000,000

Bad Boys II is a 2003 action comedy film by Michael Bay. It stars Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. It is a sequel to the 1995 film Bad Boys.

Synopsis

Template:Spoilers Narcotics cops Mike Lowrey (Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Lawrence) head up a task force investigating the flow of ecstasy into Miami after breaking up a Ku Klux Klan rally wherein Mike accidentally shoots Marcus in the behind which, combined with Mike's apparent propensity for violence, becomes a point of contention between the two throughout most of the film.

Their search leads to a dangerous (and neurotic) Cuban kingpin named Johnny Tapia (Jordi Molla), whose plan to control the city's drug traffic has touched off an underground war.

Meanwhile, a relationship starts to form between Mike and Syd (Union), Marcus' sister, who also happens to be undercover with the DEA.

In an unfortunate turn of events, Syd is captured by Johnny Tapia and taken to Cuba.

Mike and Marcus, along with their team, prepare a plan to recover Syd from Tapia's capture. They construct two tunnels from a safe house owned by a Mike and Marcus's colleague's brother (a member of the Cuban resistance) located directly opposite Tapia's mansion in Cuba. The first tunnel would allow several members from their team to surface in the garden of the mansion and take out the security room on the side of the mansion. The second tunnel intercepted the escape tunnel from the mansion in the case that Tapia planned to escape or if the CIA and other team members needed to escape, they could leave through an alternative route.

A remotely operated vehicle with video cameras attached to the top moves around the garden along the pool line to a group of soldiers who are playing football. After attracting the curiosity of the soldiers, the vehicle explodes blowing the soldiers into the air.

A long gunfight ensues and eventually the Cuban military arrive outnumbering the team. An explosive named "Tapia house gift" is placed in the house and is detonated, destroying the house. However, the explosion cuts Mike and Marcus from their escape route and they come under fire from the Cuban military. Mike says they should resort to "Plan B" which had not been discussed or outlined. After a short-lived argument between Mike and Marcus, Syd encourages them to follow her.

Mike breaks into a yellow Hummer and drives it through the wreckage of the house. They are soon followed by another van through a drug-making area in the form of a shanty town on the side of a hill. The vehicles cause the solutions in these buildings to mix which cause explosions.

After the long car chase they end at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay. As Marcus and Syd plead with the soldiers at the lookout post, they are told they are standing in the middle of a minefield which is demonstrated by an iguana treading on the spikes just above the surface and finally exploding.

A gunfight erupts between Tapia and Mike with Tapia's friend becoming involved; however, he is killed by a mine. Tapia then takes Mike and puts a gun to his head, threatening Syd and Marcus. Syd throws her gun on top of a mine close to Tapia. Marcus takes the opportunity and shoots Tapia in the head. Tapia's body then falls on a mine and explodes, charring the body into pieces. However, Mike remains alive. Template:Endspoilers

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Critical Response

Although a financial success, the film received less than enthusiastic reviews from the majority of distinguished film critics. Rolling Stone critic Peter Travers claimed that the film was "...the cinematic equivalent of toxic waste." Noted film critic Roger Ebert vowed that "Everybody involved in this project needs to do some community service." However, there were a few positive notices, particularly from Seattle Post-Intelligencer critic Ellen A. Kim, who wrote that the film was "...an unabashed guilty pleasure." The film was also criticized by some critics and viewers for its over-the-top violence.

Video game

A video game version of the film, known as Bad Boys: Miami Takedown in North America, was released in 2004 on the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube and Windows. Originally planned for release in late 2003 (to tie in with the film's DVD release), the game was pushed back several months. It was not a huge success due to poor development; it was given low ratings from many game web sites. Many people have said that it is far too easy and shooting deliberately away from an enemy still kills them in about two or three shots. This game received very negative reviews by magazines and it has been called one of the worst film to game flops.[1] The game was rated #10 Worst game of the "Best and Worst Video Games of all Time" - [2]

Trivia

Box office

The film was a success in the United States Box Office. It made $138 million, enough to cover the production budget, and $273 million worldwide, which was more than the original movie.

Sequel

Intially, at the time of the second movie, both the director and Smith and Lawrence expressed interest over making a third movie. However, since then, there has been little word about a potential sequel with cast members tight on other projects.

In January 2006, producer Jerry Bruckheimer said for ComingSoon.net that he will do a third movie if Sony asks him.

In December 2006, Will Smith said that he "and Martin are trying to work it out now."[1]

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