Film Review - Bad Boys II.

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BAD BOYS II

Director- Michael Bay

Cast- Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Gabrielle Union, Jordi Molla, Peter Stormare

Genre- Action, Comedy

Time: 140 minutes

Columbia Pictures

Detective Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) and Detective Marcus Burnette (Martin Lawrence) team up again since 1995 for the sequel - Bad Boys II. Both Detectives are partners in the TNT (Tactical Narcotics Team). They are assigned to a job where a Spaniard, Johnny Tapia (Jordi Molla) is smuggling drugs and a Russian (Peter Stormare) controls the distribution and owns almost every nightclub in town. Together they  run the largest ecstasy import business in Miami.

Burnette’s sister, Syd (Gabrielle Union). is assigned to the same case as Lowrey and her brother. The police are having trouble finding evidence to convict Tapia resulting in Syd having to go undercover for five months, almost killing herself in a car chase, while Smith proves that he can drive and shoot at the same time and Lawrence checks to see how effective it is to shoot inside the vehicle rather than out. The climax of the movie is reached when there is a major shoot out in Cuba.

        Compared to the first Bad Boys movie this is a major disappointment to viewers who have waited 8 years for the sequel. Like all of Bay’s movies nothing is done in moderation, there’s at least a million bullets fired in one scene alone! The motorway car chase is almost a replica of Matrix Reloaded and Terminator 3.  Throw in some KKK’s and dead bodies all over the motorway you have the total gross-out factor known to man. The movie is quite unpredictable but the anticipation Is lost because the plot has too many twists.

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        Smith gives a good performance and Lawrence isn’t too bad, he gives a hilarious performance when he swallows a couple of Ecstasy pills. Molla and Stormare do a great job, the power hungry roles fit them like a glove. I think we will continue to see them acting in similar roles.

        The movie’s too long and too crude and probably not suitable for the certificate rating of 15. However the amount of comedy and action substitutes for this.

        I think that Columbia Pictures have only just made this is a successful movie. Don’t hold your breath for another sequel.

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