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Mixed or average reviews- based on 134 Ratings

  • Starring: Gabrielle Union, Martin Lawrence, Will Smith
  • Summary: Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are back -- and oh so bad -- on the streets of Miami in Bad Boys II, reuniting them with producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Michael Bay. (Sony Pictures)
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 34
  2. Negative: 13 out of 34
  1. 75
    Bay's movie is also a confident mega-production that feels it doesn't need to lean on its visual frills if it has Smith and Lawrence -- it's a natural-born buddy flick.
  2. 60
    But damn it if the film doesn't work as what it's supposed to be: a big, brainless blast o' boom at the box office.
  3. Reviewed by: Mike Clark
    38
    Appallingly mean-spirited.
  4. If you think you're tough enough, go ahead and sit through the endurance test that is Bad Boys 2, a brutal, 2 1/2-hour display of production overkill.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 42 out of 69
  2. Negative: 22 out of 69
  1. one of the funniest, most energetic buddy-action films out there, bad boys ii is certainly cliched but, dayum is it satisfying to watch, the action scenes are like controlled chaos, the cast does a solid job, and the plot is actually comprehensible... unlike most action films today... if you still nurture that part of you that likes to see ass-kickings, shootouts, explosions, crashes, hot women, etc. then you will have a hard time finding anything much better than this. Expand
  2. I love Will Smith in all his movies but this was poor at times by Martin Lawrence. Pathetic at times but I have to give it an 8 since its a Will Smith movie. Without him I would give it a 4. There was some comedy in it that was actually funny. I posted the same thing on Bad Boys because I feel as though the movies were practically the same in many ways. Expand
  3. Despite all the cool buddy cop (slow-mo) action Michael Bay throws in, a Hollywood movie is a Hollywood movie. "Bad Boys 2" is a prime example of what a real time-consuming movie should be. No more, no less. Expand
  4. This could be the worst film Michael Bay ever made. What does THAT tell you?

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