Bad Boys
Bad Boys
R | 07 April 1995 (USA)
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Marcus Burnett is a henpecked family man. Mike Lowrey is a footloose and fancy free ladies' man. Both Miami policemen, they have 72 hours to reclaim a consignment of drugs stolen from under their station's nose. To complicate matters, in order to get the assistance of the sole witness to a murder, they have to pretend to be each other.

Reviews
WillSushyMedia This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.
Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.
Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.
Edwin The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.
Mihai Toma A team of two narcotics investigators must take in custody a key witness after an immense quantity of drugs has been stolen right from the police. Together, they must solve the case in order to keep their jobs but their difficult and different characters will play an important role in the investigation, especially with a witness which has no sense of security or respect for other people's property.It's an action packed movie which brings excitement with almost every scene it depicts but its biggest upside is by far the quality of entertainment and laughter it provides. This is how a comedy should be made. This is how you keep the viewers pointed to the screen, by providing them a good plot and a couple of complex characters which manage to make you laugh out loud with almost everything they do. It doesn't have the best story or the best implementation, but it has two brilliant actors which will definitely raise your mood.
KineticSeoul The 90's Michael Bay movies wasn't too over the top with his directing style clichés. Maybe it's because he didn't have the budget to put in all of his shenanigan. So yeah, Bay's first few movies were fine as entertaining popcorn flick. Until his success got to his head and the guy went overboard with everything. To the point where his films started to give me headaches from all the explosions and no substance at all. At least "The Rock" has memorable scenes when it came to the action sequences. With some entertaining dialogue that didn't have that much depth to it. But it was entertaining never the less. As a matter of fact in today's standard this would have been a pretty decent straight to DVD movie. It's a generic buddy cop action movie. But what makes it work is the chemistry and the character dynamics between the two leads. Mike Lowrey(Will Smith) as the gun toting, charismatic womanizer and Marcus Burnett(Martin Lawrence) as the overly serious family man that exaggerates things. The interaction between these two during chaotic circumstances is to a certain extent amusing. 6.2/10
Mr-Fusion Man, this thing is trope city. Sexy Miami, material witness, buddy cops and their irate Captain, drug wholesalers . . . "Bad Boys" offers nothing new, but the archetypes work so well here that it's easy to overlook. Joe Pantoliano is genuinely funny when he's losing his cool, and the movie really rides on the chemistry between Martin Lawrence and Will Smith. It's a bickering spouse partnership, and what could've been a stale formula outing turns into a great mismatched cop movie.But it's also a movie that's totally within Michael Bay's wheelhouse; some sort of loud high-gloss MTV genre flick. He hasn't been this entertaining since.7/10
Mopkin TheHopkin Bad Boys is a film directed by Michael Bay, and stars Will Smith and Martin Lawrence as two buddy cops. The film revolves around a drug heist from the vaults of a police station, and encompasses a related double murder, that needs to be solved by Mike Lowrey (Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Lawrence). Fortunately for our buddies, one witness, Julie Mott (played by Tea Leoni) survived and will only assist Lowrey in his investigation, for fear of retribution from the criminal gang responsible for the heist and murders.This is a typical '90's action film, with buddy cop comedy, gun fights and explosions, and incomprehensible "switched identities" confusion. This film is pretty muddled where the plot is concerned, to say the least. The acting is typical Smith/Lawrence. They are funny and the buddy drama is well done, but it is difficult to take the two seriously, as they are often pursuing a punch line over any criminals. The heroes feel invincible, as they drop one liner after one liner during gunfights and car chases. This isn't always a bad thing, but leaves the viewer craving more of that, and less of the muddled Lowrey/Burnett swapping, or the wife who mistakes the switch for a cover-up affair with Leoni's character. Leoni herself was pretty good, but her character had little to do throughout the film, besides being the maguffin of the film.As you can see above, my opinion on Bad Boys is mixed. It's fun, and good for a laugh or two. The action is solid, if clichéd and a bit dated, but this is no complaint. The story, however, is a befuddled mess. The side characters are useless, and Lowrey and Burnett's buddy cop routine is strained during much of the film, due to incomprehensible identity swapping. The film is fun at times, and trying at others. It's worth a watch because it's fun, but for very little else.