Bad Boys (2003)
Bad Boys II is a 2003 action-comedy 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 detectives investigating the flow of ecstasy into Miami. Despite mainly negative reviews from professional critics, the film performed well at the box office, grossing $273,339,556 worldwide.
Directed by | Michael Bay |
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Produced by | Jerry Bruckheimer |
Written by | Ron Shelton Jerry Stahl |
Story by | Marianne Wibberley Cormac Wibberley Ron Shelton |
Starring | Martin Lawrence Will Smith Jordi MollĂ Gabrielle Union Peter Stormare Theresa Randle Joe Pantoliano Ivelin Giro Dee Bradley Baker |
Music by | Trevor Rabin Harry Gregson-Williams |
Cinematography | Amir Mokri |
Editing by | Mark Goldblatt Thomas A. Muldoon Roger Barton |
Studio | Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date(s) | July 18, 2003 |
Running time | 148 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $130 million |
Box office | $273,339,556 (worldwide) |
Narcotics cops Mike Lowrey and Marcus Bennett head up a task force
investigating the flow of ecstasy into Miami. Their search leads to a
dangerous kingpin, whose plan to control the city's drug traffic has
touched off an underground war. Meanwhile, things get sexy between Mike
and Syd, Marcus's sister.
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Anonymous
Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett, who are part of the Miami PD's Tactical
Narcotics Team (TNT), still don't always get along, and now they're
keeping secrets from each other. Mike's secret is that he's been seeing
Marcus' sister, Sydney "Syd" Burnett, a reported paper pusher for the
DEA's New York office. Marcus's secret is that he has asked for a
transfer, because he wants to spend more time with his family, and less
time with Mike. That's all set aside when their boss, Captain Howard,
assigns them to stop the flow of record amounts of ecstasy into the
city. This puts Mike and Marcus on the trail of the most dangerous enemy
that they have ever faced...Cuban drug kingpin Hector Juan Carlos
"Johnny" Tapia, who wants to take control of the entire ecstasy trade in
the USA, and is working with local dealers and club owners such as
Russian mafia boss Alexei. Every time the Miami PD has ever arrested
Tapia, Tapia has sued the Miami PD for false arrest, and won millions of
dollars. This has caused the department to back off and not go after
Tapia. Well, everyone has backed off except for Mike and Marcus, who
have never faced Tapia before. Now, it seems that Tapia is using a
mortuary as a cover for his operations, smuggling ecstacy hidden inside
dead bodies, while sending his money to Cuba in hidden compartments in
the coffins. While Mike and Marcus try to bring Tapia down, they also
deal with the discovery that Syd is actually working undercover for the
DEA to bring down a money laundering operation run by Alexei, and as
part of her undercover job, Syd is in deep with Tapia. When Haitian
gangsters try to steal Tapia's money and kill Syd, the two
investigations cross paths. Syd's cover is later blown, and she is
kidnapped by Tapia, who takes her to his compound in Cuba. With the
unofficial help of people from the CIA, the Miami PD, and anti-Castro
forces in Cuba, Mike and Marcus head out to rescue Syd, and bring Tapia
down. How far will Tapia go to keep his drug empire? And how far will
Marcus and Mike go to rescue Syd?
Written by
Todd Baldridge
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