Bad
Boys II (2003) - "Michael Bay and
Jerry Bruckheimer team up again for another feelgood action flick with the best looking
rotary action this side of Black Hawk Down. Some
of the highlights include a three-helicopter speedboat chase with two US Coast Guard MH-68
Stingray choppers (customised versions of the Agusta A109 Power), or USCG HH-65A Dolphin (?)
- from the HITRON-10 squadron (Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron 10) and a more
civilised police model (an Aerospatiale AS-355E Twin Star). When the speedboat passes a bridge,
the helicopter pilots must decide quickly whether they want to go over or under the bridge. Another
commendable sequence involves our team of semi-rogue DEA agents and Miami cops rappelling
out of a Coast Guard HH-60J Jayhawk onto a barge on their way to Cuba for the final action
sequence which, unfortunately, does not involve any helicopters."
- WINNIE LEUNG / TODD GOETZ / IAN VINCENT FRAIN
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Overall, I think Bad Boys II is a pretty dreadful movie - with an insipid script
and risible comedy from shallow 'characters' in an utterly predictable plot - but it
does nonetheless serve viewers as a blockbuster action flick, with plenty of spectacular
destruction (the road bridge chase tries to outdo
The Matrix Reloaded
for vehicular carnage), and the rotorcraft are filmed in the director's usual techno-fetishistic
manner. It's a shame all these helicopters don't actually do very much, or contribute to the
story, but they perform aerial eye-candy duties well.
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