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Films like Bad Boys II.

Bad Boys II (2003) reads as Neutral, breathless, extreme action / crime, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son (2011) poster
1. Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The A-Team (2010) poster
2. The A-Team2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Get Smart (2008) poster
3. Get Smart2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Miss Congeniality (2000) poster
4. Miss Congeniality2000

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Blue Streak (1999) poster
5. Blue Streak1999

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Rush Hour (1998) poster
6. Rush Hour1998

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Green Hornet (2011) poster
7. The Green Hornet2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the relentless forward drive — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Rush Hour 2 (2001) poster
8. Rush Hour 22001

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Family (2013) poster
9. The Family2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the relentless forward drive — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

2 Guns (2013) poster
10. 2 Guns2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Cop Out (2010) poster
11. Cop Out2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Beverly Hills Cop III (1994) poster
12. Beverly Hills Cop III1994

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Bad Boys II’s neighbours — where are yours?

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