Eight years after the events of the first film, Miami Police Department (MPD) narcotics division detectives Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowrey are investigating the flow of highly-potent ecstasy into the city. Their surveillance of boats coming in from Cuba leads them to a Ku Klux Klan meeting and drug drop in a swamp docks outside Miami.
The subsequent raid on the Klan members proves to be a disaster; malfunctioning radios delay back-up, causing a firefight when Mike accidentally shoots Marcus in the buttocks, while the Klan members are revealed to be mere small-time buyers and not the distributors of the ecstasy. The incident leaves Marcus to further question if he still wants to partner with Mike, while Mike fears that Marcus may discover his new relationship with Marcus’ sister, Syd.
Unbeknownst to Mike and Marcus, Syd is an undercover operative with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), as a money laundering agent for Russian gangsters; the Russian gangsters are in fact the distributors of the ecstasy on behalf of neurotic Cuban drug lord Johnny Tapia. During her first assignment in Miami, a violent Haitian gang attempts to hijack the money transport between the Russians and Tapia, putting Syd in danger.
Mike and Marcus inadvertently stumble into the action, and an intense firefight and car chase ensues between the gang members and the MPD/DEA, devastating the local area and enraging Police Captain Conrad Howard. Marcus and Mike learn of Syd’s actual work, which makes Marcus unhappy, while Capt. Howard demands they find the supplier of ecstasy.
Bad Boys II is an American action comedy film directed by Michael Bay, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and starring Martin Lawrence and Will Smith. The film is a sequel to the 1995 film Bad Boys. The film is about detectives Burnett and Lowrey investigating the flow of ecstasy into Miami. The film grossed $273,339,556 worldwide.
Directed by: Michael Bay
Starring: Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, Gabrielle Union, Jordi Mollà, Theresa Randle, Joe Pantoliano, Peter Stormare
Screenplay by: Ron Shelton, Jerry Stahl
Production Design by: Dominic Watkins
Cinematography by: Amir M. Mokri
Costume Design by: Carol Ramsey, Deborah Lynn Scott
Set Decoration by: Jennifer Williams
Art Direction by: J. Mark Harrington, David Lazan, Brad Ricker
Music by: Trevor Rabin
MPAA rating: R for strong violence and action, pervasive language, sexuality and drug content.
Studio: Columbia Pictures
Release Date: July 18, 2003
