Review: Bad Boys II (**)

BAD BOYS II
A film review by Steve Rhodes

Copyright 2003 Steve Rhodes

RATING (0 TO ****): **


Boom. Boom. Bang. Bang. Crash. Crash. With millions of bombs and
bullets, thousands of demolished cars and hundreds of dead bodies, welcome
to the latest Jerry Bruckheimer production.



BAD BOYS II is the sequel to 1995's ... now what was that name? Although
downright exhilarating in a small dose, this buddy action picture, again
pairing Martin Lawrence as Marcus Burnett and Will Smith as Mike Lowrey,
becomes an endurance contest for the audience. Some of the jokes may be
funny and the chemistry cute, but most of the movie is like getting stuck on
an amusement park ride when the operator goes on a very long lunch break and
forgets about you.



With fast camera work and editors paid by the cut, the movie's greatest fear
is that it may lose its viewer if it ever slows down for a microsecond.
They've got one-hundred-and-fifty-million dollars to spend, so the picture
has to have major mayhem in every scene.



In addition to its few humorous moments, as Miami officers Burnett and
Lowrey chase the villains, the only other thing the movie has to offer is
Gabrielle Union as Burnett's younger sister and a competing DEA agent.
Union isn't a convincing action hero, but she does bring a sexy swagger to
her role that takes your mind off of the death and dismemberment on the
screen. Please, no BAD BOYS III.



BAD BOYS II runs 2:27. It is rated R for "strong violence and action,
pervasive language, sexuality and drug content" and would be acceptable for
most teenagers.



My son Jeffrey, age 14, gave it *** 1/2. One of Jerry Bruckheimer's biggest
fans, he thought the movie was as good as or even better than BAD BOYS. He
loved the action and said that he laughed much more this time.



The film is playing in nationwide release now in the United States. In the
Silicon Valley, it is showing at the AMC and the Century theaters.



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