Bad Boys II
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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 (and neurotic) Cuban kingpin named Johnny Tapia (Jordi Molla), 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's cover is blown and she is captured by Tapia and held for ransom in his mansion in Cuba. Mike and Marcus along with their team prepare a plan to recover Syd from Tapia's capture. Syd is eventually rescued by Mike and Marcus. Tapia's mansion is destroyed during the battle between his henchmen, the police and the Cuban military and after a long car chase which ends at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, is shot in the head and killed by Marcus.
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." The film was also criticized by some critics and viewers for its over-the-top violence and gore.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.[link]
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 's US Helicopters.
- Director Michael Bay makes a brief cameo in the film as the driver of the run-down compact car the main characters attempt to comandeer before deciding on a 'nicer' vehicle nearby.
- The motion sensors used in Johnny Tapia's Cuban Mansion are the same ones developed and used by Capt Hendrix in The Rock (1996) also directed by Michael Bay.
- The taking of Johnny Tapia's Cuban Mansion (and the mansion itself) is heavily based on the resolution of the Japanese embassy hostage crisis in Peru, specifically the tunnels, the assault and, humorously, the bomb taking out most of the guards while they were playing football (soccer).
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