Bad Boys II (2003)

Two loose-cannon narcotics cops investigate the flow of Ecstacy into Florida.

Director:

Michael Bay

Writers:

George Gallo (characters), Marianne Wibberley (story),

Stars:

Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, Jordi Mollà

4 wins & 12 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Martin Lawrence	...	Detective Marcus Burnett
Will Smith	...	Detective Mike Lowrey
Jordi Mollà	...	Hector Juan Carlos 'Johnny' Tapia
Gabrielle Union	...	Syd
Peter Stormare	...	Alexei
Theresa Randle	...	Theresa
Joe Pantoliano	...	Captain Howard
Michael Shannon	...	Floyd Poteet
Jon Seda	...	Roberto
Yul Vazquez	...	Detective Mateo Reyes (as Yul Vázquez)
Jason Manuel Olazabal	...	Detective Marco Vargas (as Jason Manuel Olazábal)
Otto Sanchez	...	Carlos
Henry Rollins	...	TNT Leader
Antoni Corone	...	DEA Tony Dodd
Gary Nickens	...	TNT Fanuti

Storyline

Narcotics cops Mike Lowrey and Marcus Bennett head up a task force investigating the flow of ecstasy into Miami. Their search leads to a dangerous kingpin, whose plan to control the city's drug traffic has touched off an underground war. Meanwhile, things get sexy between Mike and Syd, Marcus's sister.

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Plot Keywords:

cuba | money | drugs | undercover | dea | 

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violence and action, pervasive language, sexuality and drug content

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Sony Pictures

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

18 July 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

Bad Around the World

Filming Locations:

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Box Office

Budget:

$130,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$1,202,039 (Japan) (28 November 2003)

Gross:

$4,368,957 (Japan) (2 January 2004)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation, Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

147 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS (8 channels)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Early previews for the movie credited John Lee Hancock as a screenwriter.

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Goofs

When the Captain is explaining to Mike and Marcus about what TNT meant, the line that he scribbles under TNT disappears and reappears between shots.

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Quotes

[after Marcus vomits in the morgue]
Mike Lowery: Come here!
Marcus Burnett: I'm... I'm back in the game.
Mike Lowery: [searching a corpse's cavity] Think I got something... feels like a bag.
[pulls it out]
Mike Lowery: Shit, naw, it's his kidney.
[Marcus runs back to the sink and retches again]

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Crazy Credits

During the end credits, Marcus and Mike continue to bicker while laying in the new pool Mike bought for Marcus.

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Connections

Referenced in The Cinema Snob: Nightdreams (2011)

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Soundtracks

"Girl I'm a Bad Boy"
Written by Fat Joe (as Joseph Cartagena), Andre Lyon, Marcello Valenzano and Varick D. Smith (as Varick Smith)
Produced by Cool & Dre
Performed by Fat Joe and Sean Combs (as P. Diddy) featuring Dre
Fat Joe appears courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corporation
P. Diddy appears courtesy of Bad Boy Records

User Reviews

Loads of fun ---7/10

This was a really fun movie to watch. It has some intense action sequences. Actually, a lot of intense action sequences. The shooting never stops and the explosions keep on coming. Martin Lawrence and Will Smith are hysterical, again. And Joe Pantoliano makes every movie better. The two funniest scenes are when Burnett and Lowery are scaring the hell out of Burnett's daughter's date and after the chase scene with the dead bodies and Captain Howard goes off on the two. Absolutely hilarious! My only gripe is that it seemed that the writers were running low on material and resorted to gross-out humor like rats having sex and corpses losing their heads. Not funny. Otherwise it was very funny, due to the amazing chemistry between the two leads. I still prefer the original Bad Boys, but this is still a great time at the movies. 7/10