Rating: 
Summary: Worst Movie of the Year
Review: I'm giving this movie one star only because there is no no-star option. Simply put, this has to be my Number One "I know I saw this for free but I still want my money back" movie of the year. My only comfort lies in the fact that I got to see it for free since a relative let me borrow his copy. I missed it when it hit theatres this summer but since the first "Bad Boys" was an okay if highly derivative action flick I figured I'd try this one. Given that it's a Michael Bay-Jerry Bruckheimer production I didn't expect a "Lord of the Rings" style mix of good storytelling and action. But I was still unprepared for just how big, loud, and dumb "Bad Boys II" is. Not to sound like a snob but when people talk about the decline of American movie-making, it's films like these that are held up as examples. Will Smith and and Martin Lawrence don't so much speak as much as shout their lines which mostly consist of hip hop slang that was dated even when the movie came out this July. Gems like "We ride together. We die together. Bad Boys for life." and "S@#^ just got real," let you know that the scriptwriters are likely White guys whose only knowledge of African-American culture comes from watching BET's "106 and Park." What little plot there is deals with a Cuban Ectasy dealer's plan to take over the Miami drug trade. In a ridiculous sub-plot, Smith's character is dating Gabrielle Union who here plays Lawrence's little sister, an undercover DEA agent. In a poor excuse for clever writing, the script has the pair choosing to keep their relationship a secret from Lawrence for much of the film to zero comedic effect. Union is a talented actress but this is a wasted arm candy role. Though she's supposed to be playing one of the DEA's sharpest agents, she makes stupid decisions that place her in jeopardy not only once but twice and which obviously necessitate the Bad Boys' aid. For a Bay-Bruckheimer film, the movie's action scenes are actually in short supply. Instead we get scene after scene of Lawrence's whining and Smith's cool guy swaggering all of which are about as funny as footage of abortion in progress. The much bally-hooed freeway chase scene is nothing special, especially when stacked up against the summer's other big freeway chase in "Matrix Reloaded." That action sequence not only delivered the goods but was truly ground-breaking and may be the best chase scene ever filmed. By contrast, the "Bad Boys II" chase scene just comes of as desperate and contrived like everything else in this movie. It's pretty clear that the only reason this film ever got made was because many of those associated with it desperately needed a big hit. Smith arguably hasn't starred in a genuine blockbuster since the first "Men in Black." "Wild, Wild West" flopped. "Ali" netted him an Oscar nomination but hardly anyone went to see it and last summer's forgettable "MIBII" was overshadowed by "Spiderman." Lawrence has starred in one mediocre comedy after another for years. Sure films like "Black Knight" and "National Security" made money but no one will be talking about them 10 years from now. As for Bay, while "Pearl Harbor" grossed over $100 million in the U.S., consider that it cost nearly $200 million to make and market, making it relative dissappointment financially. This being the case, everyone involved here probably saw a quick and dirty sequel as surefire way to make a fast buck. Most likely, if you saw "Bad Boys II" in theatres and liked it you'll probably feel you have to buy it. Otherwise, I strongly urge any other prospective viewers to at least rent before you buy to avoid dissappointment. As I said, I saw it free and I want to be paid for the two hours and 10 minutes of my life that I lost suffering through this drivel.
Rating: 
Summary: Miami Vice rolls over in grave
Review: This would have garnered a one star if not for a bit of Martin Lawrence, the presence of a nice Ferrari, and the marvelously creepy guy from Fargo. Truly awful, derivative Hollywood mega-movie-sequel-itis dreck. I felt like I was watching an intellectual property / storyline rip-off of the superior Miami Vice. From drugs transported in corpses, to the inevitable showdown w/ the drug dealer on his home turf in Cuba, this film was just horrible and made one appreciate the Michael Mann's treatment the first time around in the early-80's. The ubiquitous Will Smith and his trademark smarminess are painful to watch, while sadly, Martin has to handle the straight guy role without much enthusiasm. After seeing grand cinema like the epic Return of the King, this just makes me groan. Why even bother with plot synopses, I've had enough of this.
Rating: 
Summary: Great Movie And An Even Better DVD
Review: I saw this in theatres with my friend and her and I both loved it. Well my birthday came around and this came out two days before my birthday so I got it for a birthday preasent. The transfer is very good. The deleted scenes are awesome. I haven't checked out the other excras but i suspect they will be really good. This is the best movie of the summer of 2003. No Doubt.
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Summary: Bad Boys For Life
Review: Bad Boys 2 Ranks above as my favorite movies of all time. The action is pure intense, better than any other movie i seen lately. I'm really surprised that the movie was already a directors cut because the director allowed you to see the gory scenes in the movie, which i was surprised to see on both the movie theatre screen and the dvd. P. Diddy did excellent job on the soundtrack. Martin Lawrence and Will Smith both had some great one liner jokes. Joe Pantoliano Makes a Great Captain in this movie. His One Liner Sayings probably made the movie hillarious. Get a great chance and buy this movie!
Rating:
Summary: Great movie but I still prefer part one
Review: While Bad Boys II (the 2nd movie in The Bad Boys Series) featuring many of the original characters, including Will Smith as "Mike Lowrey", Martin Lawrence as "Marcus Burnett" and the captain, played by Joe Pantoliano is action packed with good special effects, great stunt coordination and great camera work, I still prefer the first Bad Boys to this one. I don't know, after watching the movie I just got the feeling that something was missing.
Rating:
Summary: Action overpowers Plot
Review: I truly enjoyed Bad Boys 1. I thought it was funny, action-packed, and had a decent story. It's a shame that Bad Boys 2 decided to go the all-action route and limit it's humor and storyline. Many of the original characters return, including Will Smith as Mike Lowrey and Martin Lawrence as Marcus Burnett. Marcus has joined his captain, played by the always funny Joe Pantoliano, and some of his comrades in denouncing violence and trying to control his anger. Lowrey, on the other hand, is the exact opposite. If he doesn't get to shoot at someone, it was a bad day. In this installment, the men find themselves gunning on Johnny Tapia, a local man believed to be tied to an import of ecstasy. Along the way, Marcus discovers that his sister, a DEA agent purportedly stuck to a desk from 9-5, is actually an undercover agent also trying to bring down Tapia. To complicate matters even further, Mike and his sister are having an affair from a chance meeting in New York a month ago. The storyline is fine, and the character interaction is great, but the action scenes appear to come out of nowhere and serve no real purpose in this film. Without the overabundance of car chases and shootings, the movie would be 100 minutes instead of 150 minutes. What disapoints me the most is that Michael Bay, the director, appeared to put more thought into setting up and destroying things then he did in actually devising a plot that wasn't paper-thin and reminiscent of every body-cop movie since Lethal Weapon. The extras on disc two prove this. Every featurette talks about the action sequences and how they were set up and pulled off. While they were cool, they were also unecessary and took away from the main focus of this movie. I wouldn't recommend this movie unless you want to see a long movie with a ton of car chases and no real plot.
Rating:
Summary: HORRIBLE MOVIE, AND I LOVED THE FIRST ONE
Review: Bad Boys one was action packed, had a great script and plot (even if unbelievable at times), and was just plain hilarious. Bad boys II does not live up to its predicesor in the least. This movie sucks! Action packed for sure, but the plot is barely present and the script sucks. This movie is all girls, action and swearing. Bad Boys II isnt even funny! I'm truly disapointed in Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. They can do much better than this.
Rating:
Summary: One word, Awesome !!!
Review: The most amazing & awesome car chasing scenes I have ever scene. Action filled from start to end non stop. Lot of cursing too but that's expected of a black comedy, lot of bloody scenes too so NOT recommended for kids. Way better then Bad Boy 1 which is not a bad movie itself. You would never want to see an action B movie again once you watch this movie
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Summary: I would rather watch the first movie over and over
Review: Well what can I say about this movie that hasn't already been said? Let's start with the action, there was way too much of it I mean how many car crashes and gun fights do you have to do, we got the point. About 75% of this film was action and the other 25% was just mindless repetitive talking or cursing cause there sure was a lot of that. For example, I left the room for about 30 minutes and when I came back I asked my brother what I missed and he said nothing but talking. Could they have just gotten to the point, maybe it would have been better, on second thought maybe not. Which brings me to my second criticism, the actors/characters. Martin and Will just wasn't the same for me, where their banters and wisecracks were funny and fresh in the first one, they just came off as dry and contrived in this one. Don't get me wrong, they still had chemistry, but it wasn't as natural as it was in the first movie. The captain was annoying in this one, he was cool in the first one but in this one he talked too much and said the same stuff over and over again, all he talked about was how Mike and Marcus screw up his life. It was nice to see Marcus' family (not his sister) in it with the kids grown up they fit in nicely (and they were the only thing that fit nicely), they were in it as mere supporting players just like they were in the first movie and that was good. Did we really need Gabrielle's character in it as Marcus' sister and Mike's love interest, I think not. She was just thrown in there to create conflict between Mike and Marcus and to get kidnapped by the bad guy so Mike and Marcus have an excuse to get mad creating more unnessary action. Besides I don't like Gabrielle's acting anyway, she just comes off fake and one dimensional in basically all of her roles. It would be really easy for me to blame the failure of this movie on her, but that's not fair because it's not all her fault. Will's and Martin's acting wasn't up to par either in this one. Now for the plot, can we say predictable, it was all about busting some drug lord who kidnapped their girl and made them mad, blah blah blah. It was basically a rehash of the first movie with excess baggage. What they could have done was had Tea's character Julie join the force and have Mike and Marcus showing her the ropes while they bust up some bad guy or something like that. At least Tea had chemistry with the boys unlike Gabrielle, plus I would have liked to see Julie and Mike hook-up instead of having him and Gabrielle's character forced down my throat because they didn't convince me as lovers at all. Overall, they tried too hard to make this movie bigger and badder than the first one and they came up short, that's why I'm not a big fan of most sequels. After seeing the classic, memorable Bad Boys 1 and waiting 8 years for the sequel, needless to say I'm highly disappointed. It might have been better if they would have made this sequel 2 years after the first one when it was planned because Martin and Will were still on top of their games back then and it might not have been so contrived as it is today, but who knows. Since they made us wait so long and the movie wasn't even all that, I say they should have just stuck with the first movie and forgot about the sequel. I recommend Bad Boys 1 if you haven't seen it and recommend you skip Bad Boys 2.
Rating:
Summary: Weak
Review: This movie sucked. Plain and simple. If you are under the age of 25. This might appeal to you because you are too dense to understand plots. Car chases and shoot em up's are what is mostly on this dumb movie, which again...will appeal to these "let's lower my 1994 honda civic and pretend it's a race car" generation of stupid kids. Weak...
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