It is a known fact, (in my head anyway) , that many well established movies, which when first released, managed to create a rather large fan base due to its shear entertainment value, will always try and spawn a sequel or two in the hope that it will be as good, if not better than its forerunner …
And as many sequels fall far short in that entertainment value this sequel to the 1995 hit ’Bad Boys’ had a very high mountain to climb, considering the exceptionally pleasing all round first movie back then.
So when Bay, Simpson and Bruckheiler decided to join forces in their quest once more, nearly ten years after their original meeting, with the idea of recreating the same form of action and comedy, using the same two faces as the main characters, they messed up on just one little detail… they failed to find some writers with the same calibre as Barrie, Mulholland and Richardson, (who gave us the first Bad Boys radiance in ’95). Instead, using different writers to create this almost desperate sequel.

** BRIEF PLOT…

Don’t get me wrong, it is still a fast action packed movie with many of the same characteristics from Lawrence and Smith to make people remember these guys from the first movie, seeming to try and make the audience flash back to the reckless police officers adventures back then.
But it does appear that the characters have matured too much whilst the ideas in this sequel have tried to keep them in their youthful bubbles, coming across as if watching Edward Woodward beating Jackie Chan to a pulp with a soggy cucumber.

As for the plot itself..???
This does fall short on the scale of believability and enthralment levels, (compared to the mother ship which spawned the naughty young men), being over the top in parts and totally stupid in others.
Although it is good idea in general it does look like the writers were trying to rely to much on the action shots and the special effects rather than trying to tell a more believable story, thus causing the plot to become so silly that many of the audience members would lose the plot..!!??
And with the ending coming across as being a little rushed, almost as if the writing team were on a dead line but late for a dinner date, trying to bring in a little ‘shock’ factor into the ending, but falling short, creating more ‘shocking’ than ‘shock’.

This DVD is available from www.amazon.co.uk for less than a fiver, and for that you get over two hours of so called ‘entertainment’ plus some extra features such as some deleted scenes, stunts, visual effects, music video and production diaries.
So for a fiver it is not bad value for money… I said NOT BAD… I would have been disappointed with paying any more for this.
* Sometimes rental is better than purchase…!!

As most movies have to have a soundtrack, some being used to keep the audience happy during any of the ‘crappy’ scenes this movie complies with that rule and this soundtrack can be bought from amazon for around £11.00.

• 1) Intro
• 2) Show me your soul by Lenny Kravitz and Pharrell Williams
• 3) La-La-La by Jay Z
• 4) Shake Ya tail feather by Murphy Lee Nelly
• 5) Girl I'm a Bad Boy by Dré Baby, Fat Joe
• 6) Keep Giving Your Love to Me by Beyoncé
• 7) Realest Niggas by 50 Cent, The Notorious B.I.G.
• 8) Flipside by Freeway
• 9) Gangsta Sh1t by Snoop Dogg
• 10) Pretty girl Bullsh1t by Foxy Brown and Mario Winans
• 11) Model
• 12) Love don’t love me by Justin Timberlake
• 13) Relax your mind by Loon
• 14) Didn't Mean by Mary J. Blige
• 15) God Sent You
• 16) Why
• 17) Shot you
• 18) Wanna be G’s by Mash out Posse