Bad Boys II (2003)

Director:

Michael Bay

Writers (WGA):

George Gallo (characters)
Marianne Wibberley (story) ...

Release Date:

18 July 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller

Plot:

Two loose-cannon narcotics cops investigate the flow of Ecstacy into Florida.

Plot Keywords:

Ecstasy | Money | Cuba | Undercover | Dea

Awards:

3 wins & 10 nominations

Cast

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
Michael Shannon	...	Floyd Poteet
Jon Seda	...	Roberto
Yul Vazquez	...	Detective Mateo Reyes (as Yul Vázquez)
Jason Manuel Olazabal	...	Detective Marco Vargas (as Jason Manuel Olazábal)
Otto Sanchez	...	Carlos
Henry Rollins	...	TNT Leader
Antoni Corone	...	DEA Tony Dodd
Gary Nickens	...	TNT Fanuti

Also Known As:

Bad Around the World (USA) (working title)
Bad Boys 2 (USA) (alternative spelling)
Good Cops: Bad Boys II (Malaysia: English title)
Çilgin ikili iI (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Bad Boys II (France) [fr]
Bad Boys: 2 Bad (Japan: English title) [en]
Dos policías rebeldes II (Spain) [es]
Losi momci 2 (Serbia) [sr]
Mauvais garçons II (Canada: French title) [fr]
Ta kaka paidia II (Greece) [el]
Zlocesti decki 2 (Croatia) [hr]

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence and action, pervasive language, sexuality and drug content.

Runtime:

147 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Portuguese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS (8 channels)

Certification:

Taiwan:R-12 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Malaysia:18SG | Japan:R-15 | Singapore:M18 (re-rating) (cut) | Singapore:R(A) (cut) | Philippines:R-18 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Brazil:16 | Denmark:15 | Finland:K-15 (re-rating) | Finland:K-18 (original rating) | France:-12 | Germany:16 (cut) | Germany:18 | Hong Kong:IIB | Ireland:15 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:15 | Peru:18 | Portugal:M/16 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Zurich) | Switzerland:16 (canton of the Grisons) | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #39539) | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

The MacArthur Causeway, the main route to South Beach in Miami, was shut down for several days for filming. This caused literally thousands of people to have to go miles out of their way to get to and from Miami Beach in early August 2002.

Goofs:

Continuity: Before and during the time that they drive through the Manson with the Yellow Hummer there is a sun roof clearly visible, but shortly after there is clearly a console and no sun roof.

Quotes:

Capt. Howard: 22 cars and a boat, totalled? How did hell you sink a boat?

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Hot Fuzz (2007)

Soundtrack:

Xtreme Machine

A great summer action flick

This movie was a hell of a lot of fun to watch. The action sequences were really well done, and there was tons of them. It was a lot more violent than the first one as I noticed. I thought the scene with all the cadavers was really unnecessary. It was kind of gross. And the chemistry between Will Smith and Martin Lawrence is great. The arguments really reflect from the first one. I was really enjoying the tense scenes where the cars were flying off the truck. A great movie. 8 out of 10.