Bad Boys II

Bad Boys II
Bad Boys II
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Michael Bay
Screenplay by	Ron Shelton; Jerry Stahl;
Story by	Cormac Wibberley; Marianne Wibberley; Ron Shelton;
Based on	Characters; by George Gallo
Produced by	Jerry Bruckheimer
Starring	Martin Lawrence; Will Smith; Jordi Mollà; Gabrielle Union; Peter Stormare; Theresa Randle; Joe Pantoliano;
Cinematography	Amir Mokri
Edited by	Mark Goldblatt; Thomas A. Muldoon; Roger Barton;
Music by	Trevor Rabin
Production; companies	Columbia Pictures; Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films;
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Releasing
Release date	July 18, 2003;
Running time	147 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$130 million
Box office	$273.3 million

Bad Boys II is a 2003 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Michael Bay, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and sequel to the 1995 film Bad Boys, in addition to the second film in the Bad Boys film series. Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, Theresa Randle and Joe Pantoliano reprise their roles from the previous film. New cast members include Jordi Mollà, Gabrielle Union and Peter Stormare. The film follows detectives Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowrey investigating the flow of illegal drugs going into Miami.

Bad Boys II was released on July 18, 2003. It received generally negative reviews from critics, with the Rotten Tomatoes critics' consensus describing it as "two and a half hours of explosions and witless banter";^[3] however, it performed fairly well commercially, grossing $273 million worldwide, making the tenth-highest-grossing film of 2003. A third film, Bad Boys for Life, was released in January 2020, while the fourth film, Bad Boys: Ride or Die, is set to be released in June 2024.

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[2] "BAD BOYS II (15)". British Board of Film Classification. July 28, 2004. Archived from the original on June 8, 2019. Retrieved January 13, 2016.

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[4] "Bad Boys II (2003)". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on May 18, 2019. Retrieved February 24, 2020.

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