If you are looking for a great older movie from Netflix or AmazonPrime here is a suggestion:
The boys are back in this sequel to the 1995 summer sleeper hit directed by
Michael Bay, and they are bringing even more explosions and
over the top action with them. If you like your movies turned up to 11, this
one is for you.
As Bad Boys II opens, we find partners Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) and Mike Lowery (Will Smith) assigned to the Miami narcotics task force eight years after the events of the original movie. We find them getting ready to spring a trap on some Klu Klux Klan members looking to buy high-potency ecstasy that is coming in from Cuba. When the boys move in for the kill, however, of course nothing goes as it should, and some malfunctioning radios cause a delay in their backup arriving. In the ensuing firefight, Lowery shoots Burnett in the buttocks, and it is pretty clear that this hit will pick up right where the last one left off.
Threatening to take this careening thrill ride off the rails, however, is the presence of Burnett's sister Syd. Her developing relationship with Lowery drives a wedge between the two partners, and begins to impact their work and friendship. However, she has a surprise for both of them.
Bad Boys II brings back together two of the highest paid entertainers in Hollywood in Michael Bay and Will Smith to the franchise that launched them to superstardom. Fans know what they are going to get with these two stars, and in this case they are not disappointed.
Smith and Lawrence were at their best when totally at odds in the first movie, and for the most part, their buddy antics once again go down pretty smooth. The chemistry between these two seemingly polar opposites is believable, and saves this movie from imploding in on itself. Smith and Lawrence brought home the 2004 MTV Movie Awards prize for Best On-Screen Team for their efforts in Bad Boys II.
As far as movies directed by Michael Bay, this one does not disappoint. The action is fast and furious, garnering a nomination at the 2004 MTV movie awards for Best Action Sequence. The movie rips from one scene to the other, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. This movie is the perfect summer mindless action movie, with little thought needed to realize it delivers exactly what was promised - a crackling action movie with little regard for much else.
`While some might complain that this movie runs a little long, coming in just shy of two and a half hours, as long as viewers go in to the movie knowing what to expect - and frankly, how could you not - it is a pretty entertaining 147 minutes. Smith and Lawrence have a rare chemistry between the two of them that really make this movie click. With Michael Bay behind the scenes pulling the special effects strings, Bad Boys II is a knock-down, drag out action movie that pulls few punches.
Critics may pile on with their offended senses, but this movie delivers a lot of what audiences are craving. Is it gratuitously violent in some parts? Yes. Are some of the action scenes way over the top? You bet. Was spending millions on a Cuban mansion just to blow it up too much? Probably. But this is what we have come to expect from our summer blockbusters, and Michael Bay in particular.
Michael Bay's camera work in this film is filled with kinetic energy. You can say what you want about what he puts out, but you know a Bay film when you see it. Bay shut down freeways for days to get the shots he wanted, and at points the action grabs you so tightly you begin to suspect it is the actual star of the movie.
While some directors come at the audience with thinly veiled commentaries on American culture, Bay hits you over the head with it. From a brief shot of rats having relations as a comment on the animalistic nature of it all, to what might be a foreign policy jab in the wanton destruction of a Cuban village, you walk away thinking you may have read too much in to it. And to be honest, you probably have. That is not what summer movies are about however, and Bay's formula is one for huge box office if nothing else.
When all else fails in this movie, and there are a few such moments, Michael Bay resorts to what he does best. Real deal explosions mixed with equal parts macho humor, not stirred but violently shaken until little remains.
This is big budget blockbuster action at its most furious, and as long as you are able to suspend quite a bit of your sense of reality (and isn't that what the movies are about), you will love hanging on for this insane thrill ride through Miami.
As Bad Boys II opens, we find partners Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) and Mike Lowery (Will Smith) assigned to the Miami narcotics task force eight years after the events of the original movie. We find them getting ready to spring a trap on some Klu Klux Klan members looking to buy high-potency ecstasy that is coming in from Cuba. When the boys move in for the kill, however, of course nothing goes as it should, and some malfunctioning radios cause a delay in their backup arriving. In the ensuing firefight, Lowery shoots Burnett in the buttocks, and it is pretty clear that this hit will pick up right where the last one left off.
Threatening to take this careening thrill ride off the rails, however, is the presence of Burnett's sister Syd. Her developing relationship with Lowery drives a wedge between the two partners, and begins to impact their work and friendship. However, she has a surprise for both of them.
Bad Boys II brings back together two of the highest paid entertainers in Hollywood in Michael Bay and Will Smith to the franchise that launched them to superstardom. Fans know what they are going to get with these two stars, and in this case they are not disappointed.
Smith and Lawrence were at their best when totally at odds in the first movie, and for the most part, their buddy antics once again go down pretty smooth. The chemistry between these two seemingly polar opposites is believable, and saves this movie from imploding in on itself. Smith and Lawrence brought home the 2004 MTV Movie Awards prize for Best On-Screen Team for their efforts in Bad Boys II.
As far as movies directed by Michael Bay, this one does not disappoint. The action is fast and furious, garnering a nomination at the 2004 MTV movie awards for Best Action Sequence. The movie rips from one scene to the other, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. This movie is the perfect summer mindless action movie, with little thought needed to realize it delivers exactly what was promised - a crackling action movie with little regard for much else.
`While some might complain that this movie runs a little long, coming in just shy of two and a half hours, as long as viewers go in to the movie knowing what to expect - and frankly, how could you not - it is a pretty entertaining 147 minutes. Smith and Lawrence have a rare chemistry between the two of them that really make this movie click. With Michael Bay behind the scenes pulling the special effects strings, Bad Boys II is a knock-down, drag out action movie that pulls few punches.
Critics may pile on with their offended senses, but this movie delivers a lot of what audiences are craving. Is it gratuitously violent in some parts? Yes. Are some of the action scenes way over the top? You bet. Was spending millions on a Cuban mansion just to blow it up too much? Probably. But this is what we have come to expect from our summer blockbusters, and Michael Bay in particular.
Michael Bay's camera work in this film is filled with kinetic energy. You can say what you want about what he puts out, but you know a Bay film when you see it. Bay shut down freeways for days to get the shots he wanted, and at points the action grabs you so tightly you begin to suspect it is the actual star of the movie.
While some directors come at the audience with thinly veiled commentaries on American culture, Bay hits you over the head with it. From a brief shot of rats having relations as a comment on the animalistic nature of it all, to what might be a foreign policy jab in the wanton destruction of a Cuban village, you walk away thinking you may have read too much in to it. And to be honest, you probably have. That is not what summer movies are about however, and Bay's formula is one for huge box office if nothing else.
When all else fails in this movie, and there are a few such moments, Michael Bay resorts to what he does best. Real deal explosions mixed with equal parts macho humor, not stirred but violently shaken until little remains.
This is big budget blockbuster action at its most furious, and as long as you are able to suspend quite a bit of your sense of reality (and isn't that what the movies are about), you will love hanging on for this insane thrill ride through Miami.
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