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Bad Boys II
- Review Date: December 7, 2003
- R
- Genre: Action/Adventure
- 2003
Common Sense Media says
Generic, loud and violent action; not for kids.
Parents say
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Kids say
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this movie pushes the R rating to almost the NC-17 level with very graphic violence. Corpses spill into a street, a character is chopped up and presented to his partner in parts, with blood dripping out of him, and more. There is extreme, extended peril and violence, and many deaths. Characters use extremely strong language with constant profanity, including racist terms. There are sexual references and situations, including references to impotence and rather homophobic humor. We also see some highly improbable animal sex. Characters drink, and smoke, and at one point it is supposed to be humorous when Marcus gets stoned on Ecstasy. Characters of many races show some prejudice but work together with respect and loyalty and a female character is strong, brave, and capable.
What's the story?
Martin Lawrence and Will Smith reprise their roles from 1995's Bad Boys as buddy cops who toss off wisecracks in between rounds of ammunition. They are cast against type with Martin as Marcus, the worrying family man and Smith as Mike, the go-for-it playa. This time, Marcus' sister (Gabrielle Union), a DEA agent, is in town, but hasn't told her brother that (1) she is working undercover on a dangerous investigation and (2) she is romantically involved with Mike. Meanwhile, Marcus and Mike have smashed up most of the cars in LA but have not yet made any progress on tracking down the drug dealer they are after. And many, many, many, many more cars will be smashed and many attempts at humor will crash before they do.
Is it any good?
The old-fashioned real-deal movie star charm of Will Smith can occasionally be glimpsed somewhere inside this overlong cacophony of car chases, shoot-em-ups, and explosions. It is impossible not to watch him and almost impossible not to smile while doing so. But that's about the only smile in this generic but mind-numbingly loud and violent summer action movie, more theme park stunt spectacular than story.
Director Michael Bay can shoot action sequences and stunts, though he tries a little too hard to be John Woo. He's less successful at making us care, especially when the plot veers into the truly preposterous with a massive invasion of Cuba at the end. For anyone other than hard-core action fans it just gets overwhelming and finally a little tedious. Bay also makes the fatal mistake of forgetting to include a memorable or interesting villain. Instead we get a stereotyped paranoid drug dealer who is overly attached to his mother and daughter.
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Adult
April 9, 2008
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great movie for adults.
but some nc17 parts and langage
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Parent
October 15, 2010
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Bad Boys ll
This movie is very intense and super funny, but definitely not for kids. The action is explosive and epic, while the humor is crude at times, but hard not to laugh at. There is nudity, but it is quite brief, but explicit.
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Adult
April 9, 2008
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Well I don't remember too much of this movie, but it isn't a good movie for kids AT ALL. It is entertaining for adults that like action, comedy, Will Smith or Martin Lawrence
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Kid, 10 years old
September 5, 2010
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FUNNY MOVIE BUT NOT FOR YOUNG KIDS
great movie. can get very gory at times like the chopped up body in a container thing. there are plenty of shooting with blood coming out from the wounds. theres a car chase lots of explosions. violence is just really action violence and shootings. strong sexual refrences... the two main charaters are in a tv place and go into a room with cameras that project onto the tvs and say thing like what i did to your a*s (prevously he accidently shot him in butt) they walk out and people think their g*y. on a camera theres a video of people having sex its shown neumourous times again in the one scene. at the begging theres a sex scene and you can hear a sucking noise (will be gross to younger viewers). in a mourge theres a dead woman and you can see the top half of her body (naked). the morge scene can be gross and intense a man puts his hand into a corpses body thinks hes got a bag buts its his kidney and throws it out you can see it. in the same scene the top of a mans head falls off you can see his brain. strong language plenty of f-words and s-words lots of rasist words and milder language. great funny movie. if kids want to watch it the first one is a lot milder than this but still is strong. 15+
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Kid, 12 years old
June 19, 2009
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read reviews before watching movies
this movie is deffently of 8 year old, and it would be iffy from 12-15. its got extremely bad language and action it not apropate for children under 13
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Teen, 14 years old
March 14, 2011
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good movie but sever language,violence and some sexual content better for kids who are mature and can handle it
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Adult
October 19, 2009
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hell of a good
really funny movie to watch action too truth is lots of kussing violence light nudity but awesome movie
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Teen, 14 years old
July 31, 2011
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common sense media can you change you're rating please to a 16+
bad boys bad boys watcha gonna do!!!
I love this movie saw it at least a hundred time
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| Studio: | Sony Pictures |
| Director: | Michael Bay |
| Cast: | Gabrielle Union, Martin Lawrence, Will Smith |
| Genre: | Action/Adventure |
| Run time: | 150 minutes |
| Theatrical release date: | July 17, 2003 |
| DVD release date: | December 8, 2003 |
| MPAA rating: | R |
| MPAA explanation: | strong violence and action, pervasive language, sexuality and drug content. |
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