Two loose-cannon narcotics cops investigate the flow of Ecstasy into Florida from a Cuban drug cartel. Narcotics cops Mike Lowrey (<a href=">Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (<a href=">Martin Lawrence) head up a task force investigating the flow of ecstasy into Miami. Their search leads to a dangerous kingpin Johnny Tapia (<a href=">Jordi Mollà), whose plan to control the city's drug traffic has touched off an underground war. Meanwhile, things get sexy between Mike and Syd (<a href=">Gabrielle Union), Marcus's sister. First off I am a fan of Michael Bay and Jerry Bruckheimer so I may be a bit biased. That being said this sequel was worth the 8 year wait. It surpassed the original in every aspect. The action was much better and not over the top like others are claiming. This one was much funnier than the first. Martin really stole the show with his comedy in this one. The story was what you would or should expect from a summer action blockbuster. I get tired of reading reviews on here about people knocking movies like this cause the story is not an Oscar worthy screenplay. I mean did you really expect that going in to it? Did you see the first one? I respect others opinions dont get me wrong it is just that you have to go into a movie in the right frame of mind in order to enjoy it. This is not a movie that causes the audience to think alot which is fine. If you spend the entire two and a half hours over analyzing the movie for all the unrealistic things then of course you are not going to enjoy it. It is a movie for goodness sake. They never say that the film is based on a true story or actual events. If you are unable to suspend reality for a few hours and just enjoy a movie then dont waste your time or money and then come on here and cry about it. This movie is one of the best movies I have seen this year. It has something for everyone. I would like to see a Bad Boys 3 if they treat it like they did this one. They dont need to rush and throw one together so it can be out in a year or two but Will and Martin have an undeniable chemistry together and this movie series are both of these actors best work. If you are looking for a great time at the movies and not Shakespeare then this is the movie for you.<br/><br/>You are your own best critic.<br/><br/>9/10 Bad Boys II rages across the screen for two and a half hours. By the halfway point I was pretty drained, but this worked to my advantage. Michael Bay movies tap a different part of the human brain. Bad Boys II brings the viewer to the darkest parts of the mind, but Bay filters it through a sense of child-like immaturity. This tactic allows the viewer to submit to the images put forth on screen. Instead of being disturbed or repulsed by the extremely dark nature of the humor present, a submissive viewer will go along with this and laugh out loud. A lot of laughter will come from the disbelief of what you are seeing.<br/><br/>The stars of the movie, Will Smith and Martin Lawrence return as detectives Mike Lowery and Marcus Burnett. These two are quite possibly the most hateful, immature, sadistic, and despicable movie cops ever. Bay doesn't shy away from portraying shallow and (subjectively) unlikable characters (Pain & Gain, Transformers 2 & 3, Pearl Harbor) but he can ground them in such a way to make them somewhat sympathetic. In this case Mike and Marcus are the rudest most annoying teenage boys you've have ever seen, but dammit aren't they funny? The villain is Cuban drug lord Johnny Tapia played by Diego from 2001's "Blow". This is the character in the movie that is most modeled after Bay himself. He's rich (like Michael Bay), selling a product that stimulates the senses(like Michael Bay movies), and he's got babes everywhere (this is a Michael Bay movie). <br/><br/>But as always the main star of a Bay picture is the chaos, and boy does he deliver and over-over-deliver. It's hard for me to decide which Bay sequel is truly "Bay Unleashed", Bad Boys II or Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. In terms of overall scale and sensory overload, Transformers 2 is the winner. But by default it goes to Bad Boys II if only for one reason, the "R" rating, Bay doesn't hold back whatsoever. This movie kicks your ass relentlessly for 148 minutes, if you are feeling any sense of morality while watching this and feel the need to complain, please shut it off immediately. If you can submit yourself to the chaotic realm that is Bad Boys II then you are in for quite a ride. Just like "Bad Boys," only louder, longer and the stars get paid more.
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