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Noisy and unrealistic action but the movie is still funny
Bad Boys 2 is a macho and brainless action/comedy and although there's things I don't like about it, I can't say I hated it. It still has some good laughs to it even if the action is cartoonish and not very realistic. I mean the car chases seem like a tornadoe is going by throwing cars at Will Smith and Martin Lawence as they chase the bad guys. Plus one part where Will Smith and Martin Lawence bully a 15 yr old kid that is gonna date Lawence's daughter is just mean. They're proud of themselves afterwards and it's just pathetic. That's the only scene that was supposed to be funny that I didn't like. Will Smith proved with Ali that he can act so I don't know why he even did this movie honestly. He should be getting better offers than this. I just hope he doesn't accept a script to Wild Wild West 2 next.

Anyway the movie is still funny mostly because of Martin Lawence though. Will Smith is in good action star form although I wish the script would let him actually shut-up. Smith and Lawence argue so much that it feels like there's 2 Chris Tucker's from the Rush Hour movies. If you can get through all their arguing and all the noise from the action, you still might get a good laugh though. Oh plus you have to be prepared for Martin Lawence and Will Smith singing the Bad Boys song from Cops because they both have lousy voices.....lol.

action-packed
I had the privilege, and yes i mean privilege, of watching bad boys II for the first time today. i didnt go to see it in the theater, dismissing it as another sequel that somehow missed the mark. much to my suprise, this movie is better than the first. it is action packed, has a great storyline, and as you would expect from martin lawerence and will smith, it is also hilarious. It also features the best-kept acting secret, jordi molla. he has mainly starred in non-american films, but has recently came into the american market in this movie and with a superb performance in "blow" with johnny depp and penelope cruz. bad boys II isnt just another sequel, it is a comedic thrill ride from start to finish that is well worth the price of the DVD. I recommend it to anyone aged 16 up, there is a lot of graphic violence and language, but overall, a great movie.

Good, but not nearly as good as the first one.
The first Bad Boys is one of my all-time favorites, and I was been dying to see this sequel since the moment I heard it was coming out. Maybe I built my expectations up too much, but the sequel is not nearly as good as the original.

Whereas Bad Boys I was a comedy with elements action , Bad Boys II is a bona-fide action flick, with some sporadic comedy thrown in. And the action is actually outstanding: fast, intense and relentless: the shootouts are great, the car chases are amazing, the explosions are... well, explosive. The cinematography is superb: unusual angles, slow motion shots, 360-shots, shots from the characters' perspectives etc. But the movie just is not as funny as the first one. What I loved the most about Bad Boys I, was the incessant, careless and flippant banter between Mike (Will Smith) and Marcus (Martin Lawrence) - there is barely any of that in the sequel. And it is really too bad, because the chemistry between Will Smith and Martin Lawrence is still there, it's just they weren't given that many opportunities to capitalize on it. They do all the action stuff just fine, but what a waste of their talents and chemistry it is - if I wanted mindless action for the sake of action, Van Diesel would do. There a couple of hysterical scenes, and they only leave you feeling teased and unsatisfied.

Many viewers will also find objectionable the amount of gratuitous gore in this movie, and gory it is indeed! Mike and Marcus stick their hands inside naked cadavers, body parts and limbs are flying, blood is flowing - not for the squeamish. Some of my friends, who I saw the movie with, cringed and looked away more than once. But what bothered me infinitely more than the gore is that the movie blatantly ignores the fact that Mike's and Marcus's determined pursuit after the bad guys results in scores and scores of innocent bystanders' deaths. They organize a private Armageddon on a freeway and later in a scene that I found absolutely appalling, plow in a shiny Hummer through an extremely poor Cuban village, literally driving through dozens of shacks. Little children being run over inside their houses - who gives a flying Philadelphia f***, right?

As far as acting goes, Will Smith still holds down the fort - he is spitting lines and bullets, hilarious, cool and charming at the same time. Martin Lawrence, on the other hand, with his constant high-pitched bitching and whining becomes somewhat annoying toward the end.

Overall, as long as you don't mind the gore, don't concern yourself too much with ethics and don't expect too much comedy -I Bad Boys II is definitely worth watching.

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