Bad Boys II

"If you can't stand the heat, get out of Miami."

2003 2h 26m EN

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6.7

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23%

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METACRITIC

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6.6

IMDB

★6.7TMDB · 6,155🥫23%Rotten Tomatoes●38Metacritic★6.6IMDB · 288,014

ActionCrimeComedy

Synopsis

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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.

“If you can't stand the heat, get out of Miami.”

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Cast

Martin Lawrence
Detective Marcus Burnett
Will Smith
Detective Mike Lowrey
Jordi Mollà
Hector Juan Carlos 'Johnny' Tapia
Gabrielle Union
Syd
Peter Stormare
Alexei
Theresa Randle
Theresa
Joe Pantoliano
Captain Howard
Michael Shannon
Floyd Poteet

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Michael Bay
Writers: Ron Shelton, Jerry Stahl, Marianne Wibberley
Languages: English, Spanish
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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$130M budget — tentpole studio territory.

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ERA

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Released 23 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Bad Boys Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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CAST

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355+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Michael Bay, shot by Amir Mokri. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Trevor Rabin. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Roger Barton shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Michael Bay directs. Amir Mokri behind the camera. Trevor Rabin scores. Roger Barton cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Spanish.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1$130M budget — tentpole studio territory.
2Released 23 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.
4Part of the "Bad Boys Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5355+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
6Directed by Michael Bay, shot by Amir Mokri. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Trevor Rabin. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Roger Barton shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Martin Lawrence and Will Smith and Jordi Mollà carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "If you can't stand the heat, get out of Miami.".
11IMDB entry: tt0172156 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 29 themes, including "drug smuggling", "miami, florida", "undercover agent", "cuba".
13Released under 13 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Amir Mokri
Original score: Trevor Rabin
Editing: Roger Barton
Production design: Dominic Watkins
Costume design: Carol Ramsey
Makeup / hair: Lisa Mitchell
VFX supervisor: Mark Freund
Sound: Greg P. Russell
Stunt coordinator: Andy Gill
Runtime: 146 min · 2h 26m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $130,000,000
Box office: $273,339,556
Return: 210% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Bad Boys II (2003)
Rotten Tomatoes: 23% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 38/100
IMDB rating: 6.6/10 · 288,014 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

5 wins & 13 nominations total

Part of

Bad Boys Collection

A franchise of films about the cop duo Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett, blowing stuff up and crazy car chases. They get the job done but at an expensive cost.