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Review

Bad Boys II 2003

Directed by Michael Bay · 146 mins · 2,089 views

3.7 Letterboxd 3.30(245,088)
Ratings S M J S S P S S L J

Synopsis

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.

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Reviews (85)

  1. S
    SilentDawn 8 月 22, 2026

    90 Cinema peaked in 2003 when Michael Shannon, playing a KKK member in Bad Boys II, yells “we’ve got our rights!” and Will Smith’s Mike Lowery responds with “why don’t you exercise your right to shut the fuck up?”

    1,595 9
  2. M
    matt lynch 8 月 22, 2026

    “You two motherfuckers need Jesus!” Bay of pigs.

    604 1
  3. J
    Josh Lewis 8 月 22, 2026

    “This is some sick shit.” “Yup, it’s about to get sicker.” The ugliest, most American movie ever. Happy 4th of July. Full discussion on episode 103 of my podcast SLEAZOIDS.

    436 3
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    sydney 8 月 22, 2026

    there’s a part of me that believes in hope, love, and the endless beauty of the universe, that marvels at the wonders humanity is able to create, that knows despite everything there is something in us worth saving. and there’s a part of me that fucking hates everyone, that sometimes wants to throw up my hands in anger and defeat and sit in a lawn chair and watch the world nuke itself. the only time those two parts overlap and merge into one coherent thought is when i watch this movie

    736 6
  5. S
    sydney 8 月 22, 2026

    beyond the confines of star ratings, beyond reviewing, possibly even beyond the boundaries of earth itself – this movie doesn’t shoot you in the face so much as it opens up a wormhole from which a 2.5 hour blast of fire and profanity engulfs the entirety of humanity. michael shannon as a racist hick, henry rollins as a cop, and an exploding KKK gathering appear in the first 15 minutes. there is a scene of two rats having sex and moments later several dismembered limbs are stuffed in a bucket that oozes blood. this film is 2.5 hours. in this world car crashes, gunplay, violence, jokes, music, clothing, use of light and color, set pieces and filming techniques become infinitely…

    2,121 32
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    Patrick Willems 8 月 22, 2026

    Maybe the nastiest, most hateful mainstream film ever released.

    1,558 10
  7. S
    Sethsreviews 8 月 22, 2026

    Michael Bay at his uncompromising, relentless best—an unsettling look at modern-day American institutions and corruption disguised as a classic buddy-cop comedy—which also works perfectly thanks to Will Smith and Martin Lawrence’s electrifying chemistry as well as some characteristically frightening one-liners. From beginning to end, it’s extremely aggressive and combative. Loud, dominating, politically charged, and fucking crazy. Fantastic film. Bay’s Bad Boys films are by far my favourites of his, particularly this one. Unapologetically indulgent and literally full of instances where you don’t know whether to laugh or stare on in terror since the similarities to real-life circumstances are so stark.

    441 11
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    SilentDawn 8 月 22, 2026

    ??/100 Michael Bay unhinged, but since he’s always loose, then what do we call this titan of horror, fucked-up ideals, “comedy”, and rollicking rollercoaster mechanics? A masterwork I guess. Also a cinematic prism if there ever was one, only in the sense that it’s completely free from decency but aware of its material and utterly confident in every frame. It distorts the very images that are being sent towards us, as if an unrefined and addled experience will distract from the actual *content* of the film, but it’s not like Bay gives a fuck what we think anyway. Not a second of its rat-fucking, KKK energy is inherently enjoyable, but the eerie fascination that I continue to have with it will never fade. Cinema as an assaultive journey of perpetual sunsets and slow-motion sliminess. Let’s beam it into the stars. Maybe the martians can figure it out.

    425 7
  9. L
    Logan Kenny 8 月 22, 2026

    the most american movie ever made

    521 2
  10. J
    Josh Lewis 8 月 22, 2026

    “We’re Americans, okay?” This one opens with the insecure, immature, hyper-violent macho duo as undercover Klansmen (Will Smith framed in a slo-mo, low-angle hero shot dual-wielding in front of a burning cross) and ends with them literally invading Cuba, heroically performing an extrajudicial massacre with the CIA and using a giant yellow Hummer to detonate a poor housing community. Probably the most ideologically incoherent and repulsively maximalist depiction of American exceptionalism/imperialism ever crafted, and because of that also probably the most honest one. A movie that hates you and itself. The rats fuck like us. Full discussion on episode 103 of my podcast SLEAZOIDS.

    1,055 5
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    Matt Singer 8 月 22, 2026

    Y’know, I’ve given it a lot of thought. And after multiple viewings over 14 years, I’ve come to the conclusion that these guys aren’t very good cops.

    780 4
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    CappinSwift 8 月 21, 2026

    Amazing comedy and action! love all the bad boys movies. We ride together – We die together

  13. L
    Laurine212 8 月 21, 2026

    En fait il y a plus d’ explosion que de film

  14. J
    Jack Donehue 8 月 21, 2026

    bad boys but two

  15. A
    Aarush 8 月 20, 2026

    Why dont you execute the right to shut the fuck up

  16. D
    DONN 8 月 20, 2026

    mid drôle

  17. B
    Belluci Reapee 8 月 20, 2026

    Chitty chitty bang bang vro !!!!

  18. P
    PonsitoSito 8 月 20, 2026

    Lo mismo que la uno pero con mas explosiones, lo que la hace inmediatamente superior

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    Loulou_Mcduck 8 月 20, 2026

    Bon je l’ai préféré au premier mais c’est long bordel

  20. M
    mo_yabb 8 月 20, 2026

    Whoosah

    1
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    Kyloben1001 8 月 20, 2026

    Action felt a lot grander from this one it went more leaning Michael Bay car chase instead of grounded gritty work I feel like it’s a little funnier than the first idk it’s very close they’re both quite funny with the chemistry of the main two However again it lacks a lot in the story, it fails to give me a plot that’s interesting or captivating in literally any way like I barely know what these guys are doing half…

  22. C
    Colin 8 月 20, 2026

    Not enough explosions

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    kassumassu 8 月 20, 2026

    reggie sai nii vahe screen time aga ta ikka mu lemmik, marcus oli vaga tubli selles filmis isegi kui crashoute oli lowk liiga oalju mikega vaieldes seda molemalt poolest. ecstasy stseen oli vaga hea

  24. H
    heathpetitzizi 8 月 20, 2026

    Ou trouve t’il le budget pour enculer tout les bâtiment les voiture ect ???? Tellement mieux que le premier

  25. C
    cla 8 月 20, 2026

    Better than the first? MUCH better! But the first is always everyone’s favorite.

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    mrhombretrofeo 8 月 20, 2026

    Más bad boys Más acción pero esta vez en miami peliculón

  27. M
    Max 8 月 20, 2026

    ¡Esta mierda es cine! Primero que todo se debe decir que respecto a la anterior entrega, esta bajo un poco su nivel de comedia, pero maldita sea, subió el de acción a tope. Segundo, el villano fue un goofy; no obstante la trama al rededor de él fue interesante. Incluso considero que la historia mejoró bastante en comparación a la anterior, ya que llegaron a tocar temas más serios como sacrificarse por un amigo. Asimismo, pese a lo ya susodicho…

  28. H
    Holly 8 月 20, 2026

    poor reggie

    1
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    morgancassidy0 8 月 20, 2026

    ugh i love this one & these dudes

  30. J
    Justin Shen 8 月 20, 2026

    Holy shit

    1
  31. V
    Valpalmalec 8 月 20, 2026

    Not as good as the first. You can’t tell me them two did not fuck at some point

  32. A
    Akainu 8 月 20, 2026

    Película payasa, ridicula, que buena que es.

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    firous 8 月 20, 2026

    Filmaço, a ação desse filme deixa qualquer pessoa exitada, que dupla insana

  34. S
    Stampe 8 月 20, 2026

    Michael Bay’s camera never met a slow-motion shot it didn’t love.

  35. M
    Mathis Nguyen 8 月 19, 2026

    da

  36. F
    FeglusBuns 8 月 19, 2026

    Can really see that Michael Bay levelled up his action scene game here. However, there are two major things holding this back from being a great movie. 1. The first act and 2. The runtime. Not much to say about the first act, the writing felt sloppy, the Smith-Lawrence dynamic just wasn’t right, especially with the stupid car ad-libs and every scene looked like they just turned every light they had available on full bright and decided that looked good.…

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    pepetteeee 8 月 19, 2026

    Des voitures cassées, des fusillades. Le truc en plus c’est de rouler sur des cadavres et les cubains finalement ? Pourquoi je découvre ces films seulement maintenant ?

  38. M
    Mason 8 月 19, 2026

    I need my friends and family to come up with as creative of a name for me as blondie dread the Haitian pirate. I knew black people communicated with horns, glad the movie portrayed real black culture – Eva.

  39. C
    chloecacola 8 月 19, 2026

    Wooosaaah

  40. S
    Shashwat 8 月 19, 2026

    atleast this one goes balls to the wall with its action. honestly wasn’t paying enough attention to review this properly

    1
  41. B
    Berntoast 8 月 19, 2026

    “Marsupial.” -Marcus I’m disappointed John Salley’s character didn’t want tickets to a Pistons game instead of the Lakers. I get he finished his career there, but he was in his prime in Detroit. — Watched with Erin and Ben

  42. R
    Rara_baaaaas 8 月 19, 2026

    J’avais pas fini le premier mais alors la il est encore plus nul quoi.

  43. S
    Sebastian 8 月 19, 2026

    Bad boys, bad boys, Watcha gonna do, When they come for u

  44. I
    imamoviefan27 8 月 19, 2026

    really fun

    1
  45. S
    st4rr3 | 🌀🐰 8 月 19, 2026

    Will Smith nel suo prime

  46. E
    elizabethbarin5 8 月 19, 2026

    Felt too long and too short. A movie which is both everything and nothing

  47. S
    steph 8 月 19, 2026

    absolute classic

  48. D
    depiih 8 月 19, 2026

    baixei o gta vice city e o san andreas

  49. G
    gustavoprado11 8 月 19, 2026

    What you gonna do 🚓🚓

  50. Z
    Zayd_23 8 月 19, 2026

    So funny LMAO

  51. A
    Ahmed Alfarwan 8 月 19, 2026

    7/10

  52. P
    pho_811 8 月 18, 2026

    🥞

  53. K
    kakouuu 8 月 18, 2026

    J’aime trop leur duo en plus will smith s’habille grave bien

    1 1
  54. Y
    ytfbatumn 8 月 18, 2026

    As sick as everyone has always said it is

  55. C
    Chris McKinnon-Smith 8 月 18, 2026

    One of the best sequels made & better than the 1st.

  56. T
    TheYılmazFamily 8 月 18, 2026

    İlk filmi gibi izlendiğinde keyif alırsınız ama bence serinin en iyisi sırasıyla 3>4>2>1

  57. M
    marcv9 8 月 18, 2026

    Muy estupida pero como siempre muy divertida

  58. B
    Barburiiii 8 月 18, 2026

    I wonder how no one got run over in all the car chases

  59. R
    rianemo 8 月 18, 2026

    bunch of hollering and fine poc

    1
  60. Z
    zo 8 月 18, 2026

    meu deus q filme KKKKK tipo eh literalmente os cara fazendo merda por 2h30 e eu aceitando tudo pq a ação eh absurda e o will smith e o martin lawrence tem uma química mt boa, eu morro de rir c esse filme e cresci vendo c meu pai e ate hj nois cai na gargalhada junto, da nostalgia p cacete eu amo demais essa franquia

  61. S
    SinematikHero 8 月 18, 2026

    Bence ilk filmden daha güzel ama çok uzun be kanka

  62. A
    AhmedAlfarwan 8 月 18, 2026

    7/10

  63. C
    Chance Boudreaux 8 月 18, 2026

    Absolutely love the set pieces in this, such a pity it’s so long and bloated in the middle. Needs a good 30 mins cut out. And not all, but a lot of the humour doesn’t work. It’s those set pieces that always bring me back for a rewatch. So much creativity, Bays doing things not seen before like a bullet simply going through glass jars and bottles in slow motion to the camera spinning around 360 degrees nonstop in a…

    6
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    Woooble 8 月 17, 2026

    Un autre VRAI classique !!!

  65. G
    Guilherme Pasti 8 月 17, 2026

    Michael Bay em modo excesso puro: carro caindo de cegonha na contramão, câmera girando por trás do Will Smith, duas horas e vinte de barulho sem razão narrativa nenhuma. Odioso e divertido em partes iguais.

  66. Y
    Yetcha 8 月 17, 2026

    Ce film fait mal à la tête et aux yeux. Tout va vite, trop vite, ça crie ça hurle ça tire ça change de plan toutes les 2 secondes, c’est exténuant et usant. C’est Michael Bay quoi. Souvent considéré comme un canon du genre, je reste totalement circonspect et ne suis pas du tout touché. Je vais aller prendre une aspirine, bon courage

  67. J
    JGlas22 8 月 17, 2026

    its alright just feels excessively long

  68. D
    depressaogamer 8 月 17, 2026

    bom

  69. R
    rewatchqueen_11 8 月 17, 2026

    this just feels so american

  70. I
    idkwtdbsfo 8 月 17, 2026

    tam bi baba filmiydi kaanla izledik salt aksiyon ve salak salak diyaloglar tam beynini kenara koy izle incelemesini yapcak hiçbi şey yok sardı

  71. A
    Andrew 8 月 17, 2026

    Long as hell but I still love it

  72. E
    ethant77 8 月 17, 2026

    Panic continuing my august streak

    1 1
  73. Y
    yoooyoo4709 8 月 17, 2026

    The 360° shot was cool….the rest of the movie was dumb asf….just explosions and sh*t

  74. M
    mikejoelmark 8 月 17, 2026

    This is what I expected from this franchise. Some of the bits go on too long though.

  75. B
    ByronicGyro 8 月 17, 2026

    I miss dumb summer blockbusters

  76. A
    AwesomeDMT 8 月 16, 2026

    I always want to like this movie more than I do and I don’t know if sitting down for a more committed and attentive watch would improve or hurt the experience. It’s so long, so dumb, and so bombastic, which is to say, it’s so Bay. I respect Bay for going all out on this in maybe his most unrestrained film, but I’m not sure I have the strength to properly enjoy it.

  77. H
    Haley 8 月 16, 2026

    The funniest part of this movie is Sky vodka doing a product placement front and center of an overdose scene

  78. C
    Carter Scharnhorst 8 月 16, 2026

    Who da is at da doe?

  79. B
    Ben Wrend 8 月 15, 2026

    Review of Bad Boys 2 Another movie down from the Bad Boys Franchise that I didn’t know existed till a week ago. Martin Lawrence and Will Smith are one of the most funniest duo ever especially in this film it is hilarious how they always seem to bicker at each other. Michael Bay directed this film which of course means explosion like crazy and I’ll say there were a lot of them between the two Bad Boy movies Ive watched.…

  80. T
    Tangiruull 8 月 14, 2026

    Esse filme até que é bom, filme policial, com mt perseguição, violência e explosão, até que é legal, mas eu acho um pouco confuso e o trama bagunçado, não sei se é eu ou o filme mesmo.

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    jstyn 8 月 12, 2026

    75/100 “I’ve got a Police Commissioner so far up my ass, if he spits it’s coming out of my mouth.” Right there with the first one for me. Still an enjoyable time but I’m giving the edge to the original just because of it being the first movie.

    4
  82. B
    browe04 3 月 17, 2026

    83/100

  83. F
    Faline_111 2 月 4, 2026

    No dejaron ni las explosiones 😳

  84. O
    Oscar 4 月 12, 2025

    YOU AINT SEEN BAD BOYS II?

  85. E
    Emir 5 月 1, 2013

    otobandaki araba taşıyıcı sahnesi ve miami sokaklarındaki saf michael bay aksiyonu inanılmazdı

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M Martin Lawrence Detective Marcus Burnett
W Will Smith Detective Mike Lowrey
J Jordi Mollà Hector Juan Carlos 'Johnny' Tapia
G Gabrielle Union Syd
P Peter Stormare Alexei
T Theresa Randle Theresa
J Joe Pantoliano Captain Howard
M Michael Shannon Floyd Poteet
J Jon Seda Roberto
Y Yul Vazquez Detective Mateo Reyes
J Jason Manuel Olazabal Detective Marco Vargas
O Otto Sanchez Carlos
H Henry Rollins TNT Leader
A Antoni Corone DEA Tony Dodd
G Gary Nickens TNT Fanuti
R Rey Hernandez TNT Zank
C Charlie Johnson Jr. TNT Lockman
P Paul Villaverde TNT Dexter
J John Salley Fletcher
R Reynaldo Gallegos Tito Vargas
Director Michael Bay
Writer Ron Shelton, Jerry Stahl
Producer Jerry Bruckheimer, Matthew Cohan, Don Ferrarone, Pat Sandston
Executive Producer Chad Oman, Mike Stenson, Barry H. Waldman
Editor Roger Barton, Mark Goldblatt, Tom Muldoon
Original Music Trevor Rabin
Sound Greg P. Russell, Douglas J. Schulman, Robert L. Sephton, Suhail Kafity, Scott Blynder, Kevin O'Connell, George Watters II, Christine Danelski, Kimberly Harris, Teri E. Dorman, David A. Arnold, John T. Cucci, James Ashwill, Sean Landeros
Special Effects Jim Schwalm, Danny Cangemi, Justin Bertges
Stunts Jennifer Badger, Chick Bernhard, Steve Kelso, Andy Gill, Pete Antico, Lena Fennema, Henry Kingi Jr., Debbie Evans, Jeannie Epper
Synopsis
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
Michael Bay
Writer
Ron Shelton, Jerry Stahl
Studio
Columbia Pictures, Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Country
USA
Language
English, Spanish
Year
2003
Runtime
146 mins

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