11/10/2022 0 Comments Bad boys ii![]() This is a 1980's action film, full of excess everything - language, violence, drugs, guns, women. Strangely, however, for a film so steeped in 2000-style, we haven't seen a flick like this for decades. The drug-smuggling plot is ever only there to provide some structure to the chaos, allowing Lawrence and Smith ample opportunities to be both wildly humorous and massively destructive. Simply put, Bad Boys II is a straight line of an action movie, barreling ahead from the high-octane opening to the explosive final moments. There aren't a whole lot of twists and turns here, or terribly clever plot devices, either. Tragedy, after all, is rarely receptive to spectacle.īut with the re-teaming of Will Smith and Martin Lawrence as Bad Boys for the new millennium, Michael Bay once again proves himself the master of the straightforward action film. ![]() It works, and works well, unless, of course, it's being blended with historical drama, as in the rather abysmal case of Pearl Harbor. And it's a good gift, despite what the scatterbrained film snobs might think. ![]() Michael Bay is a gifted man, one of the few directors blessed with the ability to make an action movie that looks great, plays fast and is neither lacking in nor top-heavy with style. Bad Boys II reignites the flame of perfectly balanced style, pushing the Hard-R rating to its glorious limits, while building beat upon beat of hyper-intensive action. ![]()
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