10 Movies Too Bloated For Their Own Good

9. Bad Boys II

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Columbia Pictures

With Bad Boys II, Michael Bay essentially became a parody of himself, and hasn't looked back since.

Forget the Transformers franchise, the 2003 action sequel is the single most Michael Bay thing to have ever Michael Bayed. Unnecessarily convoluted plot? Check. Paper-thin characters? Check. Awful attempts at humor? Check. Questionable racial stereotyping? Check. Casual misogyny? Check. A running time that drags on half an hour too long? Check. All of Bay's trademarks are present and accounted for and while it would be fair to say that Bad Boys II is a bit of a mess, it is also one hell of a guilty pleasure for genre fans.

Multiple shootouts, cars being thrown at other cars, dead bodies being run over, drug trips, the destruction of an entire Cuban mansion, the leveling of a hillside shanty town and a landmine-filled trip to Guantanamo Bay are par for the course in an absolute gonzo sequel that throws everything humanly possible at the screen with precisely zero f**ks given, in what might just be the most OTT thing Michael Bay of all people has ever put on the screen. And that is saying something.

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