Bad Boys II

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Bad Boys II
Directed by Michael Bay
Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer
Written by Ron Shelton
Jerry Stahl
Starring Martin Lawrence
Will Smith
Jordi Mollà
Gabrielle Union
Peter Stormare
Theresa Randle
Joe Pantoliano
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date(s) United States:
July 18, 2003
Running time 147 min.
Language English
Spanish
Budget $130,000,000
Preceded by Bad Boys
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Bad Boys II is a 2003 action comedy film directed by Michael Bay and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. It stars Martin Lawrence and Will Smith. It is a sequel to the 1995 film Bad Boys.

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[edit] Plot

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 buttocks 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 (Gabrielle 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 Mike and Marcus's colleague's brother and located directly opposite the mansion. 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 event 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 enquiring into the ROV, 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 detonated, destroying the house and killing Tapia's Mother and Daughter. 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 drugs 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, causing explosions.

After a lengthy car chase they end up at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay. As Marcus and Syd plead with the soldiers at the look outpost, they are told they are standing in the middle of a minefield, which is demonstrated when an iguana treads on the spikes just above the surface and finally explodes.

A gunfight erupts between Tapia and Mike. Syd throws her empty handgun on a mine, the mine goes up explodes in mid-air and kills Tapia's friend. Marcus gets the opportunity to fire his last bullet and shoots Tapia in the head. Tapia's body falls on a mine and Tapia's corpse explodes. However Mike is still alive.

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[edit] Reaction

[edit] Box office

The film was a moderate financial success in the United States Box Office. It made $138 million domestically and $273 million worldwide, which was more than the original movie. [1] Nevertheless, the film received overwhelmingly poor reviews. Film critic Richard Roeper named it 1st place on his list of the worst films of 2003.

Among the more positive reviews Seattle Post-Intelligencer critic Ellen A. Kim wrote that the film was "mindlessly fun... If you like this type of movie, that is." The film was also praised by many critics and viewers for its action sequences and visual effects.

[edit] Awards

At the MTV Movie Awards 2004 the film was nominated for "Best Action Sequence" for the inter-costal freeway pursuit, but lost to The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King. Will Smith and Martin Lawrence won the award for "Best On-Screen Team."

[edit] Soundtrack

Main article: Bad Boys II (soundtrack)

[edit] 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. The game failed to deliver any sort of sales or critical acclaim due to poor development; it was given low ratings from many game web sites. The game received very negative reviews by magazines and it has been called one of the worst film to game flops.

[edit] Production

 This section may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards.
Please improve this article if you can (February 2008).
  • The car chase through the hillside town in Cuba was inspired by a near identical scene in the beginning of Jackie Chan's Police Story.
  • Director Michael Bay makes a brief cameo in the film as the driver of the run-down compact car the main characters attempt to commandeer before deciding on a 'nicer' vehicle nearby.

[edit] Bad Boys III

Will Smith and Martin Lawrence had so much fun making Bad Boys II, they are lobbying for a third installment. Hollywood producer Jerry Bruckheimer is also hoping to get them back onscreen together. He says, "When we had about two weeks of shooting left to go on Bad Boys II, Will and Martin were having such a good time, they phoned (Columbia studio boss) Amy Pascal and said, 'We want to sign up for another one.' So hopefully we'll get them all back together again."

At the 2008 MTV Movie Awards, Will Smith said to a reporter for Hollyscope that he had an idea for Bad Boys 3, adding; "We need Bad Boys 3, but Michael (Bay) is too expensive now. He's way too expensive."

Whilst there is no official announcement, as the first 2 films were successful at the Box Office, and Michael Bay has had enormous success directing Transformers, a major studio may finance the film. Michael Bay has expressed interest in working with Will Smith and Martin Lawrence again. [2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Bad Boys II. boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-08.
  2. ^ Michael Bay Talks Transformers, Transformers 2, and Bad Boys 3 - Cinematical

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