Bad Boys II

[Mark Y]

I'm not really into big budget Hollywood action flicks, but for some reason I ended up seeing Bad Boys II recently. Two and a half hours of brain-numbing MTV-style action, probably more firepower than was seen in Iraq, and cribs from at least half a dozen other movies.

There are 'humourous' scenes in a morgue and a car chase when corpses fall onto the road only to be run over (a bit reminiscent of Hitchcock's Frenzy), a car chase that destroys a shanty town (didn't Jackie Chan do something similar?), close-ups of people being shot through the head and a comic scene in which Martin Lawrence takes Ecstasy.

All this and it's only a '15'. I was a bit shocked, to be honest. There are some good things in it, but it's too long and overblown and veers wildly in tone from comedy to violence. But I would have given it an '18' definitely ;)

[Shogunassassin7]

I think the Jackie Chan connection was from the first Police Story film, but I could be wrong.
I actually enjoyed BBII a lot more than I thought i would (couldn't stand the first one). Totally brainless, like you said, but for out & out spectacle it wins hands down. Pretty funny in bits, too. Check out the rats "gettin' jiggy wit it" (sorry) in the drug dealers mansion. heh :D

[Fei Fong Wong]

The car chase destroying the shanty town is a complete rip off of Police Story. Its virtually identical frame by frame!

[Mark Y]

Thought it was Police Story. Remember seeing it some years ago.

[Jonny Rojo]

Originally posted by Mark Y
... and a comic scene in which Martin Lawrence takes Ecstasy.



I thought that was the worst impression of someone on Ecstacy that I've ever seen. :o