Article: FILM REVIEW: 'Bad Boys?' No, just a bad movie

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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