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Bad Boys II is a 2003 action comedy film by Michael Bay. It stars Martin Lawrence, Will Smith and Joe Pantoliano. It is a sequel of the 1995 film Bad Boys
.

Synopsis

Narcotics cops Mike Lowrey (Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Lawrence) 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 (Union), Marcus's sister, who also happens to be undercover with the DEA. Syd is then captured by the kingpin and held ransom in his mansion in Cuba. Mike and Marcus along with their team prepare a plan to recover Syd from the kingpin's capture. Syd is eventually rescued by Mike and Marcus. The kingpin gets his house destroyed along with a bullet in the head.

Starring

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
Suhasa Ramesh - Vargas
Yul Vazquez - Reyes

Critical Response

Although a relative financial success, the film received less than enthusiastic reviews from the majority of distinguished film critics. Rolling Stone critic Peter Travers claimed that the film was "...the cinematic equivalent of toxic waste." Noted film critic Roger Ebert vowed that "Everybody involved in this project needs to do some community service." However, there were a few positive notices, particularly from Seattle Post-Intelligencer critic Ellen A. Kim, who wrote that the film was "...an unabashed guilty pleasure."

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. It was not a huge success due to poor development; it was given low ratings from many game web sites. Many people have said that it is far too easy and shooting deliberately away from an enemy still kills them in about two or three shots. This game received very negative reviews by magazines and it has been called one of the worst film to game flops.

Trivia

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
.
When we first see the guys in the Coast Guard Black Hawks enroute to Cuba, the radio chatter sound effects are the same ones used in Battlefied: Vietnam's US Helicopters.
The motion sensors used in Johnny Tapia's Cuban Mansion are the same ones developed and used Capt Hendrix in The Rock (1996) also directed by Michael Bay.

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