Bad Boys II Critic Reviews

Bay's movie is also a confident mega-production that feels it doesn't need to lean on its visual frills if it has Smith and Lawrence -- it's a natural-born buddy flick. Read the full review

However masterful, the first-rate stunt work, effects, action cinematography and cutting (by no less than three editors) lose impact through sheer repetition.Read the full review

Bad Boys II proves that it's possible to pack a movie with so much popcorn that it leaves the audience overdosed.Read the full review

Like our two loose cannons with badges, the movie misses its target at least as often as it hits it.Read the full review

The best moments come when Mr. Smith and Mr. Lawrence are permitted to pause from their action-hero duties and run their funny, unpredictable mouths. Read the full review

Just too much of a mediocre thing. It didn't have to be that way. Read the full review

With a body built for action and a smile made for comedy, Smith eases through his scenes -- cool but never scary, a touch hip-hop and thoroughly audience-friendly. And unlike Lawrence, he can act. Smith's ability to put over a scene, combined with his matinee charm, goes a long way to making the film's violence palatable. Read the full review

Might be considered three action sequences and four comedy routines in search of a story.Read the full review

As overblown as it is overlong, Bad Boys II is an enervating case of more is less.Read the full review