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No. 51 Bad Boys II (2003) 16 of 100

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Here’s another early, and brief, Shannon entry, coming just after his sterling work on ‘Kangaroo Jack’. It’s a massive production and having seen the film years ago I couldn’t have told you that he was in it. He is though, and does OK trying to get noticed amongst the explosions and body mutilations. Despite being nearly 2.5 hours in length there is not a lot of plot to speak of and the film is essentially a load of action sequences taped together with the flimsiest of stories. Martin Lawrence and Will Smith are the titular Bad (at acting) Boys who were childhood friends and are now cops in Miami. Smith has a trust fund which means he can drive around in a Ferrari and wear loads of bling. Lawrence is a family man and although meant to be hard up he has a pretty sweet crib on the seafront. He has a demanding family including a horny sister who is banging Smith on the side. We open with a drugs boat coming in with loads of ecstasy. We see the drugs being manufactured in Holland before go...