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Bad Boys II [2-Disc Edition]

5 star:		(40)
4 star:		(23)
3 star:		(14)
2 star:		(18)
1 star:		(21)

 

 

Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are back. This movie was great ya gotta get it now, if you like action then i know you`ll like it, but if you like plot i`d advise you look elsewhere because this movie doesnt have much of that. The action scenes were terrific, especially at the beginning and the car chases, they were pretty state of the art, this movie also has a lot of sex which i also like, the only question is why 147 minutes long?

Modern movie action, not much of a story. All special effects and crazy car chases.

a very good action movie. a lot of great car chases and shootouts. also a funny movie. the exta features are not very good.

I actually liked this one better than the first! Could've done without all the language though. Even the Lethal Weapon films didn't have all that cursing but other than that.

Don't get me wrong, I ain't bashing that part of it. It has it place but a lot of times they were just cursing just to be doing it it seemed. Still a great film overall and a nice touch adding the incredible Gabrielle Union to the mix!

Will Smith and Martin Lawrence still have chemistry and the direction of this movie is better, but this movie has more jokes then a story. the funniest scene in my view is when they check the dead bodies, shows Will Smith and Martin Lawrence and their comedic best, but a little more story and a longer movie could of been done.

It took them 8 years, but Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are back for Bad Boys II taking on the evil Cuban Ecstasy cartel and BOY does 8 years make a difference.

THE STORY

Miami P.D. cops Marcus Burnett (Lawrence) and Mike Lowrey (Smith) return to the big screen to take down a Cuban Ecstasy distribution ring. In between raising havoc on the streets of Miami and dealing with some personal issues (Mike's too much of a loose cannon and Mark's getting too old for this stuff) the boys, like in the first movie, wind up in some pretty hilarious situations.

THE COOL STUFF

The action is awesome and the comedy is still as sophomoric and hilarious as ever (that's a GOOD thing). Eight years makes a BIG difference in the terms of special effects and Bad Boys II has taken some pages out of the Matrix, CSI and Fast and Furious in terms of FX and action. The result as the Boys would say is some real COOL [stuff].

Best Scenes

1. The Freeway CHASES

2. Rat Hunting (Hilarious!!!)

3. The Video Store Scene (HILARIOUS!!!!)

4. The Morgue scene (gross, but funny)

THE CRITIQUE

The one MINOR critique with the film is its length!!! At a whopping 2 and half hours this thing is long but thankfully doesn't drag. The action is so intense it's a literal whirlwind ride. The movie DOES take a page from Pearl Harbor though in that JUST when you think the movie is about to end a new plot development opens up and continues for another half hour. The movie may very well have been better to have cut just a half hour earlier but the action in the last half hour, while feeling tacked on, was just as solid as anything else.

THE DVD EXTRAS

Well, not only do you get a stacked movie, but you also get a STACKED set of extras. So much, in fact, that they needed to put it on a whole extra disk.

Among the goodies we get are:

1. 8 theatrical trailers

2. Seven deleted scenes

3. Six sequence breakdowns

4. 19 production diary featurettes

5. A Jay-Z video

Waaay too much to get into but if you're an extras fiend you've got a whole extra disk of it to go through.

THE VERDICT

This is your prototype modern day action flick: pounding soundtrack, TONS of guns, TONS of cars and some pretty wicked street humor to go along with it. Whether you buy it or rent, it's a solid film to watch and a solid addition to your collection if you're into it.

GRADES

The Movie: 5 stars
The Extras: 5 stars
Overall: 5 stars

Highly Recommended

this movie is action-packed; i've watched the movie 17 times already, there's cursing, drugs, brief nudity, best action-packed scenes ever caught on film and one of the most hillarious movies i have ever seen. the dvd's packed, trailers, deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes featurettes, and music video. this is one of the better films jerry bruckheimer and michael bay have ever made! i've seen all their movies they worked on together, but this towers them all. i highly recommend this movie to any bay/bruckheimer fan.

Once again the bad boys are at it. Martin is still just as funny, and Will just as sexy. Needless to say, they still solve the crime. Entertaining film worth your time to watch.

This is definitely one of the best sequel I've ever seen of any series. It had so much action. It will keep you on the edge of your seat through out the length of movie. A must see for those action movie lovers.

I'm a fan of Micheal Bay. I took up for him when the critics slammed Pearl Harbor (one of my favorite WWII era films). I loved the film Armegeddon. Even Texas Chainsaw Massacre's re-make had its own appeal, as far as horror films go.

The original Bad Boys was his first film, an entertaining romp which showed Bay's potential. Along comes its sequel, and- OUCH! Every bad thing that the critics have said is well, true. I hate to say it, but Bay has produced a true "Stinker."