Bad Boys 2 analysis

In the film Bad Boys 2 it starts with fast cuts that creates a frantic feeling to the situation at the beginning. Bad Boys 2 shows the ‘baddies’ from the beginning that creates dramatic irony, this is due to the audience knows something that the ‘goodies’ don’t so it makes the audience feel more knowledgeable than the heroes. The colour balance in is red and blue and the low key lighting both show the division in the good and bad sides. The camera tracks the coffin and it also gives the audience the feeling of looking in to create a sense of mystery for the situation.

Then when the police are looking at the Klu Klux Klan activities they are slowly moving forward with a beat, this shows how silent and serious the scenario is. Then, the two main characters suddenly reveal themselves and starts singing, this creates a dramatic effect of revealing them when in this dangerous and serious scenario but yet when they’re singing it is almost as if they are mocking them, this has a slight comic effect on this section of the film. When one of the characters is standing in the middle with the Klu Klux Klan around him a quick beat is put in over the top as the situation is so serious, this replicates the audience’s heartbeat and creates a feeling of suspense as you don’t know what he’s going to do next. When one the same character shoots to save his friend, the shot is done in slow motion and the camera follows the bullet as it emphasizes what is happening in the scene.