Bad Boys Bad Boys

Whatcha gonna do?

Marcus Burnett is a hen-pecked family man. Mike Lowry is a foot-loose and fancy free ladies' man. Both are Miami policemen, and both 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.

Martin Lawrence Will Smith Téa Leoni Tchéky Karyo Joe Pantoliano Marg Helgenberger Michael Imperioli Theresa Randle Anna Levine Nestor Serrano Kevin Corrigan Julio Oscar Mechoso Saverio Guerra Vic Manni Frank John Hughes Mike Kirton Emmanuel Xuereb Ralph Gonzalez Lisa Boyle Marc Macaulay

Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films

thriller comedy crime drama action adventure

118 mins   More details at IMDb / TMDb

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  • HSOK

    Review by HSOK ★★

    Two hours of yelling that could barely hold my attention.

  • Andrew Nemets

    Review by Andrew Nemets ★★★½

    And some skittles.

  • Aaron T. Rex

    Review by Aaron T. Rex ★★★½ 4

    Not as good as I remembered it being. Tea Leoni did some serious damage to this movie.

  • Liam Underwood

    Review by Liam Underwood ★★★½

    I can't even remember how long ago it was that I purchased this box set (which also contains the sequel) but it's been sitting under the television in the 'To Watch' pile for far too long so I figured it was due time for a little revisit. Bad Boys is a no-brainer buddy cop film directed by Michael Bay, who gets quite a lot of unfair criticism. The realm of cinema is wide and all-encompassing with plenty of room for Bay to do his thing and blow shit up. This film contains plenty of action and I found it quite a fun watch, mostly because of the chemistry between Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. I'd quite happily watch pretty much…

  • Jordan Richardson

    Review by Jordan Richardson ★★★

    Bay's debut subjects the world to a more entertaining vision of the fast-edits and smash-it-up style that is now far, far too commonplace.

  • matt lynch

    Review by matt lynch ★★ 2

    you can feel Bay struggling to make a real movie out of this.

  • willmoviefan97

    Review by willmoviefan97 ★★★★ 4

    One of the very few really good Michael Bay movies. Will Smith and Martin Lawrence have fantastic chemistry together, as you fully believe their life-long friends and partners, and the back and forth between them is a lot of fun. The dialogue is often very funny, and unlike a lot of Michael Bay movies, the humor is actually funny, and never feels forced, neither does the tone feel inconsistent, or unbalanced. And while the characters are cliched, they're likeable, and you always find yourself rooting for Smith and Lawrence's characters, especially thanks to both actors having lots of charisma. The action sequences are a lot of fun, and well done, and this was when Bay didn't use much shaky cam, or overuse slow mo. The soundtrack is great as well. Either my favorite or second favorite Bay movie.

  • oswald hobbes

    Review by oswald hobbes ★★★ 1

    Can't decide whether to get a new cat and name it Mike Lowery, or just start calling the big cat Mike Lowery because fuck The Wire[1], this is real police.

    [1] No, don't actually fuck The Wire[2]. My big cat is named McNulty.
    [2] Especially if you have that big boxed set with all the seasons - Amazon user reviews indicate that the packaging is pretty flimsy and probably[3] wouldn't hold up to any kind of jamming action that any serious jamoisseur would consider even remotely satisfying.
    [3] Never explicitly stated in any of the user reviews, oddly enough.

  • Josh Spiegel

    Review by Josh Spiegel ★★

    An unpleasant, sleazy relic of the 1980s. Blech.