Rotten
Like our two loose cannons with badges, the movie misses its target at least as often as it hits it. Along the way, as well, it will likely batter a few brain cells into a premature grave.
Collin Levey, Wall Street Journal
Bad Boys II
If you can't stand the heat, get out of Miami.
2003 · 2h 26m · R
Action, Comedy, Crime
Directed by
Michael Bay
Overview
Detectives Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowrey of the Miami Narcotics Task Force are tasked with stopping the flow of the drug Ecstasy into Miami. They track the drugs to the whacked-out Cuban drug lord Johnny Tapia, who is also involved in a bloody war with Russian and Haitian mobsters. If that isn't bad enough, there's tension between the two detectives when Marcus discovers that playboy Mike is secretly romancing Marcus’ sister, Syd.
Director and cast
- Michael Bay Director
- Martin Lawrence as Detective Marcus Burnett
- Will Smith as Detective Mike Lowrey
- Gabrielle Union as Sydney 'Syd' Burnett
- Jordi Mollà as Hector Juan Carlos 'Johnny' Tapia
- Peter Stormare as Alexei
- Joe Pantoliano as Captain C. Howard
- Theresa Randle as Theresa
- Michael Shannon Cast
- Jon Seda Cast
- Jason Manuel Olazabal Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
23%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The producer Jerry Bruckheimer and the director Michael Bay's buddy-cop destructorama has all the editing beats of a sex film.
Bruce Diones, New Yorker
Rotten
Producer Bruckheimer and director Bay have sunk to a new low for irresponsible, inhuman violence, dragging Will Smith and Martin Lawrence along for a ghastly, deafening display of bloodshed.
David Germain, Associated Press
Rotten
Bad Boys II is the rare case in which escapism involves leaving the theater.
Scott Tobias, AV Club
Rotten
This sequel is as sour and jaded as they come.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
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