Name	Bad Boys II
Caption	Theatrical release poster
Director	Michael Bay
Producer	Jerry Bruckheimer
Writer	Ron SheltonJerry Stahl
Story	Marianne WibberleyCormac WibberleyRon Shelton
Starring	Will SmithMartin LawrenceJordi MollàGabrielle UnionPeter StormareTheresa RandleJoe PantolianoIvelin Giro
Music	Trevor RabinHarry Gregson-Williams
Cinematography	Amir Mokri
Editing	Mark GoldblattThomas A. MuldoonRoger Barton
Distributor	Columbia Pictures
Released
Runtime	147 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$130 million
Gross	$273,339,556 (worldwide)
Preceded by	Bad Boys (1995)

Bad Boys II is a 2003 action-adventure-thriller film directed by Michael Bay, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and starring Martin Lawrence and Will Smith. It is a sequel to the 1995 film Bad Boys. The film is about two police detective investigating the flow of ecstasy into Miami. The film received mostly negative review from critics, but performed well at the box office, grossing $273,339,556 worldwide.

Plot

Eight years after the events of the first film, Detective Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) and Detective Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) are investigating the flow of ecstasy into Miami. Their surveillance of boats coming in from Cuba leads them to a KKK meeting/drug drop in a swamp, Mike accidentally shoots Marcus in the buttocks which leads Marcus to further question if he still wants to partner with Mike.

Meanwhile, a neurotic Cuban kingpin named Johnny Tapia (Jordi Mollà), who supplies Miami's drug traffic, tells his men to change the boat's schedules once again. Two members of the Russian Mob, Alexei and Josef, receive drugs from Tapia to run their nightclub businesses, but end up giving nearly half of their profits to Tapia. Alexei and Josef go to negotiate with Tapia to recoup some of their profits, but this ends in Josef's murder by Tapia's men and Alexei's forced surrender of his Russian nightclubs after his wife and son are threatened by Tapia.

Meanwhile, the relationship between Mike and Marcus' sister, Syd, who also happens to be undercover with the DEA as a money laundering agent for the Russians, continues to develop from an earlier rendezvous in New York. During her first assignment, a Haitian gang attempts to hijack the transport and kill Syd. An intense fire fight and car chase ensues between the gang members and the Miami Police/DEA and devastates the local area. Marcus and Mike learn of Syd's actual work, which makes Marcus unhappy.

Marcus and Mike go to confront the Haitian gang leader, which results in a firefight and the leader revealing that his information about the transport came from his friend's camcorder. After viewing the footage, Marcus and Mike find out that the Spanish Palms Mortuary, a business owned by Tapia's Mother, is possibly being used as a front. Disguised as pest terminators, they penetrate Tapia's mansion and find out that Tapia is using dead bodies in the mortuary to smuggle his drugs and money to Cuba. Syd, still undercover with the DEA, has successfully charmed Tapia but is found out, captured and taken to Cuba. During the escape, Alexei, out to avenge Josef's murder, defeats most of Tapia's guards but is shot and killed by police in a standoff.

Mike and Marcus, along with their voluntary SWAT team, prepare a plan to rescue Syd from Tapia. A long gunfight ensues and eventually the Cuban military arrive. As Tapia's newly built house is destroyed with his mother and daughter inside, Mike, Marcus and Syd manage to escape, pursued by the infuriated Tapia. After a lengthy pursuit, they end up at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay. As Marcus and Syd plead with the US soldiers (who refuse to intervene as they are still on Cuban soil), a gunfight erupts between Tapia and Mike. Marcus gets the opportunity to fire his last bullet and shoots Tapia in the head, killing him instantly. Tapia's body falls on a mine and his corpse explodes.

Later, at the Burnett house, Mike has bought Marcus a new pool, and Marcus finally makes peace with Mike dating Syd. He even tears up the transfer papers he was going to put in, which would have ended their partnership. However, the pool breaks again, washing the two into the river, as they sing the "Bad Boys" theme song.

Cast

Martin Lawrence as Detective Marcus Burnett

Will Smith as Detective Mike Lowrey

Gabrielle Union as Sydney "Syd" Burnett

Jordi Mollà as Hector Juan Carlos "Johnny" Tapia

Otto Sanchez as Carlos

Jon Seda as Roberto

Peter Stormare as Alexei

Oleg Taktarov as Josef Kuninskavich

Michael Shannon as Floyd Poteet

Theresa Randle as Theresa Burnett

Joe Pantoliano as Captain C. Howard

Jason Manuel Olazabal as Det. Marco Vargas

Yul Vazquez as Det. Mateo Reyes

Treva Etienne as "Icepick"

Kiko Ellsworth as "Blondie Dread"

Timothy Adams as DEA van agent

Henry Rollins as TNT Leader

Ivelin Giro as Mike's Police Psychologist

Dennis Greene as Reggie

Megan Fox as Bikini Kid in Under Waterfall (uncredited)

Brian Anthony Wilson as Tapia Muscle Crew Member (uncredited)

Director Michael Bay makes a brief cameo in the film as the driver of the run-down compact car the main

Reception

Critical response

The film received mostly negative reviews. The film was the subject of some vicious criticism for its length, brutality, bloated plot, arguably misogynistic depiction of women and violent sense of humor. Based on 153 reviews collected by the film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 24% of critics gave Bad Boys II a positive review, with an average rating of 4.1/10.

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film one out of a possible four stars, especially offended by one scene involving a teenage boy and the use of the word "nigga", citing, "The needless cruelty of this scene took me out of the movie and into the minds of its makers. What were they thinking? Have they so lost touch with human nature that they think audiences will like this scene?" On an episode of At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper, film critic Richard Roeper named it 1st place on his list of the worst films of 2003, he placed notorious bomb Gigli at number 3.

Among the more positive reviews Seattle Post-Intelligencer critic Ellen A. Kim wrote that the film was "mindlessly fun... If you like this type of movie, that is." The film was also praised by a few critics and viewers for its deftly handled action sequences and visual effects.

Box office

The film was a financial success. It made $138,608,444 in North America and $134,731,112 in other territories, totaling $273,339,556 worldwide — almost twice the gross of the original film.

Accolades

At the MTV Movie Awards 2004 the film was nominated for "Best Action Sequence" for the inter-coastal freeway pursuit, but lost to . Will Smith and Martin Lawrence won the award for "Best On-Screen Team."

In other media

Soundtrack

Video game

A video game version of the film, known as in North America, was released in 2004 on the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube and Windows. Originally planned for release in late 2003 (to tie in with the film's DVD release), the game was pushed back several months. The game failed to deliver any sort of sales or critical acclaim due to poor development; it was given low ratings from many game websites.

Sequel

So far it has been confirmed that Columbia Pictures has hired Peter Craig to write the script for a Bad Boys III. Michael Bay stated that he may direct Bad Boys III after Transformers 3 which is set to be in cinemas 2011. Bay has pointed out that the greatest obstacle to the potential sequel would be the cost, as he and Will Smith command some of the highest salaries in the film industry.

References

External links

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Name	Will Smith
Caption	Smith in May 2010
Birth name	Willard Christopher Smith, Jr.
Birth date	September 25, 1968
Birth place	Wynnefield, West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Other names	The Fresh Prince
Occupation	Actor, rapper, film producer, record producer, television producer
Years active	1985–present
Spouse
Website	http://www.willsmith.com/

Willard Christopher "Will" Smith, Jr. (born September 25, 1968) According to Smith, "My mother, who worked for the School Board of Philadelphia, had a friend who was the admissions officer at MIT. I had pretty high SAT scores and they needed black kids, so I probably could have gotten in. But I had no intention of going to college."

Breakthrough (1996–2000)

In 1996, Smith starred as part of an ensemble cast in Roland Emmerich's Independence Day. The film was a massive blockbuster, becoming the second highest grossing film in history at the time and establishing Smith as a prime box office draw.MTV Movie Award for Best Song From a Movie |- | 1998 | Enemy of the State | Robert Clayton Dean | Nominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture |- | rowspan="2" | 1999 | Torrance Rises | | Cameo |- | Wild Wild West | Captain James "Jim" West | |- | rowspan="2" | 2000 | Welcome to Hollywood | Himself | |- | The Legend of Bagger Vance | Bagger Vance | Nominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture |- | 2001 | Ali | Muhammad Ali | MTV Movie Award for Best PerformanceNominated—Academy Award for Best ActorNominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best ActorNominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture DramaNominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture |- | rowspan="2" | 2002 | Men in Black II | James Darrell Edwards / Agent J | BET Award for Best ActorNominated—Black Reel Award for Best Actor |- | Girlfriend by B2K | Himself | Music video |- | rowspan="2" | 2003 | Bad Boys II | Detective Mike Lowrey | Nominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture |- | All of Us | Johnny | TV, 3 episodes (2003–2004);Creator/Executive Producer |- | rowspan="6" | 2004 | A Closer Walk | Narrator | Documentary |- | Jersey Girl | Himself | Uncredited Cameo |- | American Chopper | Himself | TV, Cameo |- | I, Robot | Detective Del Spooner | ProducerNominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture |- | The Seat Filler | | Executive Producer;Independent Film |- | Shark Tale | Oscar | Voice |- | rowspan="2" | 2005 | There's a God on the Mic | | Documentary |- | Hitch | Alex "Hitch" Hitchens | ProducerNominated—BET Award for Best ActorNominated—Black Movie Award for Best ActorNominated—Black Reel Award for Best ActorNominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture |- | 2006 | The Pursuit of Happyness | Chris Gardner | ProducerNominated—Academy Award for Best ActorNominated—Black Reel Award for Best ActorNominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best ActorNominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best ActorNominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture DramaNominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion PictureNominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role |- | 2007 | I Am Legend | Dr. Robert Neville | ProducerMTV Movie Award for Best PerformanceSaturn Award for Best ActorNominated—BET Award for Best ActorNominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture |- | rowspan="4" | 2008 | Hancock | John Hancock | ProducerNominated – Saturn Award for Best Actor |- | Lakeview Terrace | | Producer |- | The Secret Life of Bees | | Producer |- | Seven Pounds | Ben Thomas | Producer |- | rowspan="2" | 2010 | ''The Karate Kid | | Producer |- | Unfinished Business |- | 1992 | Where the Day Takes You | rowspan="3" | N/A | $390,152 | $390,152 |- | rowspan="2" | 1993 | Made in America | $44,942,695 | $104,942,695 |- | Six Degrees of Separation | $6,284,090 | $6,284,090 |- | 1995 | Bad Boys | $23m | $65,647,413 | $141,247,413 |- | 1996 | Independence Day | $75m | $306,169,255 | $817,400,878 |- | 1997 | Men in Black | rowspan="2" | $90m | $250,690,539 | $587,790,539 |- | 1998 | Enemy of the State | $111,549,836 | $250,649,836 |- | 1999 | Wild Wild West | $170m | $113,805,681 | $222,105,681 |- | 2000 | The Legend of Bagger Vance | $80m | $30,695,227 | $39,235,486 |- | 2001 | Ali | $107m | $58,183,966 | $84,383,966 |- | 2002 | Men in Black II | $140m | $190,418,803 | $441,818,803 |- | 2003 | Bad Boys II | $60m | $138,540,870 | $272,940,870 |- | rowspan="2" | 2004 | I, Robot | $120m | $144,801,023 | $348,601,023 |- | Shark Tale | $75m | $161,192,000 | $367,192,000 |- | 2005 | Hitch | $70m | $177,784,257 | $366,784,257 |- | 2006 | The Pursuit of Happyness | $55m | $162,586,036 | $306,086,036 |- | 2007 | I Am Legend | rowspan="2" | $150m | $256,393,010 | $585,055,701 |- | rowspan="2" | 2008 | Hancock | $227,946,274 | $624,346,274 |- | Seven Pounds | $55m | $69,369,933 | $166,617,328 |}

References

Further reading

External links

Official site

in 2002

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Name	Martin Lawrence
Birth name	Martin Fitzgerald Lawrence
Birth date	April 16, 1965
Birth place	Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
Medium	Stand-up comedyTelevisionFilm
Nationality	German-American
Active	1987–present
Genre	Observational comedyPhysical comedyImprovisational comedyBlack comedy
Subject	Human sexualityAfrican-American cultureRacismRace relationsSelf-deprecation
Influences	Eddie MurphyRichard PryorBill CosbyRedd FoxxCedric the Entertainer
Influenced	Dave ChappelleKevin HartChris TuckerTracy Morgan
Spouse	Patricia Southall (1995-1996); 1 child
Domesticpartner	Lark Voorhies (1993)
Children	Jasmine Lawrence (1996)
Notable work	Martin Payne on MartinHouse PartyBad BoysBig Momma's HouseOpen Season

Martin Fitzgerald Lawrence He was given his first name after civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. and his middle name after U.S. President John F. Kennedy. After his parents divorced when he was eight, While living in Maryland, he attended Thomas G. Pullen School of Creative and Performing Arts (Landover, Maryland), Fairmont Heights High School (Fairmount Heights, Maryland), Eleanor Roosevelt High School and also Friendly High School in Fort Washington, Maryland, becoming a Mid-Atlantic Golden Gloves boxing contender.

Career

Lawrence moved to Los Angeles and found his way to the legendary Kings Wood comedy club. Shortly after appearing at the Wood, he won a performance spot on Star Search, a popular show in the United States. He did well on the show and made it to the final round before ultimately losing. However, executives at Columbia TriStar Television saw Martin's performance and offered him the role of "Maurice" on the television sitcom What's Happening Now!!; this was his first acting job. Upon cancellation of that show, Lawrence found bit parts in various films and television roles. His breakthrough role was as Cee in the Spike Lee film Do the Right Thing. Other roles followed in films such as the House Party series and the Eddie Murphy vehicle Boomerang. During this period, entertainment mogul Russell Simmons selected him to host the groundbreaking series Def Comedy Jam on HBO. Def Comedy Jam gave many comedians (including Chris Tucker, Dave Chappelle, Bernie Mac and Cedric the Entertainer) mainstream exposure.

During his stint with Def Comedy Jam, Lawrence appeared in his own hit series, Martin, which aired on Fox TV. The show ran from 1992 to 1997 and was an enormous success. "Martin" was the flagship of Fox's Thursday-night line-up, which drew millions of viewers away from NBC's "Must See TV" line-up. He hosted Saturday Night Live on February 19, 1994, where he made crude remarks about women's genitalia and personal hygiene; the monologue was completely edited out of NBC reruns and syndicated versions, and Lawrence was banned from the show for life. "Martin"'s ratings continued to skyrocket so much that Fox became more of a contender against NBC and came closer to being considered among the top television networks.

Lawrence's Martin co-star, Tisha Campbell-Martin, filed a lawsuit against Lawrence and the show's producers for sexual harassment and verbal and physical assaults. HBO Studios settled the lawsuit so the show's final season could be completed. Campbell-Martin agreed to complete the season on the condition that she not appear in any scenes in the last two episodes with Lawrence. Many of his films were blockbusters at the box office, including Boomerang (1992), (also with him again in "Life") Bad Boys (1995), Blue Streak (1999), Big Momma's House (2000) and Bad Boys 2 (2003). He also starred in critical and box office failures including Black Knight (2001) and National Security (2002). Regardless, his salary steadily increased to over $10 million per film role. He continues to work in film, with such films as Big Momma's House 2, which opened #1 at the North American box office and grossed almost $28 million its first weekend, He was also arrested at Burbank Airport for carrying a loaded gun in his suitcase. In March 1997, Lawrence was arrested again after assaulting a man in a Hollywood nightclub.

During August 1999, Lawrence slipped into a three-day coma after collapsing from heat exhaustion while jogging in 100-degree heat while wearing several layers of heavy clothing. He recovered in the hospital after nearly dying from a body temperature of 107 °F (41.7 °C), his breathing assisted by a respirator.

Lawrence married longtime girlfriend Shamicka Gibbs on July 10, 2010 at Lawrence's Beverly Hills home. The couple's daughters, Lyana and Ameria (then aged 9 and 7), served as flower girls, as did Jasmine. Actors Eddie Murphy and Denzel Washington were among the 120 wedding guests; including Shanice who serenaded the couple by singing the Minnie Riperton's classic Lovin' You.

Filmography

Television

What's Happening Now!! (cast member from 1987–1988) - Maurice

A Little Bit Strange (1989) (unsold pilot)

Hammer, Slammer, & Slade (1990) (unsold pilot)

Private Times (1991) (unsold pilot)

Martin (1992–1997) - Martin Payne

Def Comedy Jam (host from 1992–1993)

Love That Girl! (executive producer)

Albums

Awards and nominations

Blockbuster Entertainment Award

*nominated with Eddie Murphy for Favorite Comedy Team (2000) for the movie Life

*nominated for Favorite Actor (2001) for the movie Big Momma's House

NAACP Image Award

*won Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (1995) for the series Martin

*won Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (1996) for the series Martin

*nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (1997) for the series Martin

Kids' Choice Award

*nominated for Favorite Television Actor (1995) for the series Martin

*nominated for Favorite Television Actor (1996) for the series Martin

*nominated for Favorite Movie Actor (2001) for the movie Big Momma's House

MTV Movie Award

*nominated with Will Smith for Best On-Screen Duo (1996) for the movie Bad Boys

*nominated for the movie Big Momma's House

*nominated with Will Smith for Best On-Screen Team (2003) for the movie Bad Boys II

ShoWest - Male Star of Tomorrow (1995)

Teen Choice Award - nominated for Wipeout Scene of the Summer (2000) for the movie Big Momma's House

BET Comedy Award - won Icon Comedy Award (2005)

References

External links

interview, 2005, BlackNews

interview, 7/03, BlackFilm

interview: January 25, 2006 on the Tavis Smiley show

Martin Lawrence HBO Stand-Up Special Videos

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