Review of Bad Boys II (2003) by Maxim A — 14 Dec 2015

Michael Bay's sequel Bad Boys II miraculously works, both as a comedy and as an action movie. Funny dialogue from its leads Martin Lawrence and Will Smith, non-stop action and awesome car chases. Bay should stick with R-rated movies, because that's where he shines and delivers a funny, yet exhilarating joy ride.

There were some really funny moments. The one with Reggie taking Burnett's daughter out on a date was incredible.

Marcus Burnett: "Who the fuck are you?!''.

Reggie: ''Hi Mr. Burnett, I'm Reggie!''.

Marcus Burnett: ''Whatcha doin' here'?''.

Reggie: ''Came to take out Megan.''.

Marcus Burnett: ''WHAT?!''.

Reggie: ''I came to take out Megan.''.

Marcus Burnett: ''How old are you?''.

Reggie: ''I'm 15 Mr. Burnett.''.

Marcus Burnett: ''Muthafucka, you look 30!''.

That was awesome. Then Mike Lowrey shows up and went completely nuts (In a funny way of course).

The second scene is when Marcus and Mike go to their captain's house to show pictures of Tapia (Molla) and Marcus went completely crazy, because he took the ecstasy from the lab of dead people under examination. Martin Lawrence stole the entire scene. It was awesome. Hands down, the funniest scene after the Reggie one in my opinion.

It has its flaws to be honest, but they don't really bug me that much unlike his other movies (Armageddon, Pearl Harbor, The Island and the Transformers.

Movies). Briefly explained: The slow-mo in some scenes were improper at times, The car chase with the fatsos dropping from the truck was ambiguous and the whole movie is an advertisement of Sony products, mainly because Columbia Pictures is a unit of Sony. Video cameras, TV's, computers, headphones.........yeah, not bad, but it turns to be somewhat excessive .

Conclusion. It may have product placement (not as crucial as in The Island or the Transformers movies and, thank god there were like 10-11), at least the explosions aren't bad. The visuals are good and the mansion explosion completely went over the top. Still, an exciting movie that deserves a watch. Definitely recommend it. You'll like it!

Grade: B+.

Percentage: 77%.

Rating: 4/5.