

With the Russians removed from the equation, Tapia begins a mixed business-personal relationship with Syd wherein he intends for her to launder all of the money for his operation. Mike discovers some of Josef’s remains in the kitchen where he was dismembered, smuggling a pinky finger for later identification. While he discusses his business with Alexei, Tapia has Josef butchered in his kitchen and places the remains in a tortilla bin as a threat to Alexei to sign over all of his Miami night clubs where he distributes ecstasy. Meanwhile, Tapia has had a meeting with his Russian business associates Alexei ( Stormare) and Josef ( Taktarov). They use the cover to gain access to the mansion and plant bugs throughout the premises. To gain more intel Mike and Marcus pose as pest exterminators responding to a rat infestation of Tapia’s Miami residence. Mike and Marcus then track down the surviving Haitians, and after another gun battle inside the leader’s house, they interrogate the leader and learn from one of the Haitian’s video camera that Tapia is using a local mortuary as a front for his operations. Mike and Marcus, working on a tip from an informant, had been following the Haitians when the latter made their move, leading to an extensive gun battle and car chase through Miami that resulted in significant collateral damage and loss of life as well as the angry reprimand of Mike and Marcus by Captain Howard ( Pantoliano), who was further angered to find out the DEA was running an investigation in Miami without consulting him first. The Russians, in turn, are the main distributors of ecstasy for Cuban drug lord Hector Juan Carlos “Johnny” Tapia ( Mollà).Īfter laundering a large sum of money for the Russians, Syd is intercepted by Haitian gang Zoe Pound while she is transporting the money.

While Mike is secretly dating Syd ( Union), Marcus’ younger sister, who unbeknownst to both Marcus and Mike, is working undercover for the Drug Enforcement Administration as a money launderer to a branch of the Russian mob operating in Miami’s drug trade.

These antics lead Marcus to re-evaluate whether he wants to remain partners with Mike. After a radio mishap leads to a delayed arrival of Miami Police’s Tactical Narcotics Team (TNT), Mike and Marcus end up in a shootout with the Klansmen that results in many casualties and injuries, with Marcus accidentally sustaining a gunshot wound to the buttocks from Mike. They infiltrate a Klan meeting held in the marshland outside of Miami only to discover that they are, in fact, buyers and not distributors of the ecstasy. Eight years after the events of the first film, Mike ( Smith) and Marcus ( Lawrence) are investigating the flow of ecstasy into Miami.
