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Article: FILM REVIEW: 'Bad Boys?' No, just a bad movie
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- University Wire
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- July 23, 2003
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Andrew Graham
University Wire
07-23-2003
(The Daily Vidette) (U-WIRE) NORMAL, Ill. -- Every theater in the world should issue a statement before the showing of "Bad Boys II" -- Michael Bay has gone completely overboard.
He simply wasn't satisfied with committing armed robbery by making money off stink-fests like "Armageddon" and "Pearl Harbor." He wanted to push the envelope even further, actually inflicting physical and emotional pain with his films.
Boy, did he do so with this one.
The film's plot -- and I use the term loosely -- finds narcotics detectives Mike Lowery (Will Smith) and Marcus Bennett (Martin Lawrence) in Miami Beach investigating an ecstasy smuggling ring. They encounter ...
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Article: `Bad Boys II'.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;
July 17, 2003 ;
700+ words
... ... Byline: Glenn Lovell Bad boys, bad boys What ya gonna do What ya gonna ... sequel to your hit buddy comedy "Bad Boys," it's a no-brainer ... of Cuba. Needless to say, "Bad Boys II" _ directed by Michael Bay and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer ...
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