Bad Boys

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Miami-Dade detectives Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) blow a fuse when $100 million worth of heroin they recently confiscated is heisted from station headquarters. Suspecting it was an inside job, Internal Affairs gives them five days to track down the drugs before they shut down the narcotics division. Action meets farce when Marcus is compelled to masquerade as his partner in order to gain the trust of a call girl (Tea Leoni), a key witness in their investigation.

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Critics Consensus

Bad Boys stars Will Smith and Martin Lawrence have enjoyable chemistry; unfortunately, director Michael Bay too often drowns it out with set pieces and explosions in place of an actual story.

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Michael Rechtshaffen

Hollywood Reporter

... the pairing of Martin Lawrence and Will Smith generates a winning comic chemistry.

Apr 9, 2019

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Michael Wilmington

Chicago Tribune

Haven't we seen this all before? Four or five dozen times?

Rated: 2/4

Mar 29, 2019

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Sheila Johnston

Independent (UK)

You may rest assured that whenever a glass object hoves into view, it will be shattered in slo-mo by the end of the scene.

Mar 29, 2019

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Casey Chong

Casey's Movie Mania

Casting Martin Lawrence and Will Smith resulted in a comedy gold and their buddy-cop chemistry clicks the moment they appear on-screen, bickering and dissing each other.

Rated: 3.5/5

May 30, 2024

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Justin Brown

Medium Popcorn

I don't understand how this wasn't critically well-received when it came out but it's very entertaining.

Rated: 4/5

Jan 8, 2023

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Brandon Collins

Medium Popcorn

This movie is still hilarious with timeless jokes. The chemistry with the two black leads is unmatched. This is a classic.

Rated: 5/5

Jan 8, 2023

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Norberto A

Absolutely hilarious I love this movie 10 out of 10 comedy and serious scenes

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/18/24

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Donna B

You know what you are getting when you watch this movie. Good or bad! I thought it was good! American humour in overload, and people laughing at parts that were not even amusing! I put it down to young girls trying to laugh only to make a good impression on their dates… I don;t think it will ever be love!

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

06/16/24

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Cj P

Solid movie to kick off a great franchise. The chemistry between the two leads is impeccable and it’s so damn entertaining

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/16/24

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Laze T

Just a bloody classic and deserves nothing less then a 3 stars

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

06/16/24

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Random M

This is the first bad boys made and it will be the greatest out of all 4 of them. It takes to serious/comedians and put them in an action film. It’s two cops in Miami and they are detectives and they find a case where they fight like a married couple but great with each other. They have to keep a witness alive to get the bad guy in the shirt of it. But this makes a start of greatness franchises.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/13/24

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Dave B

The collective IQ and aesthetic appeal of Will Smith and Tea Leoni elevates a would-be slog into an enjoyable event. Too bad Tea Leoni didnt return. Will Smith, who had the opportunity to attend MIT, and Tia Leoni, whose father was a prominent lawyer in a NYC powerhouse firm, are no morally bankrupt dimwits, unlike the cast in most of Michael Bay's movies which are typically hard to watch, especially years later when the cast shows their true colors (WS has had some ups and downs, but many attribute that to his relationship with his morally bankrupt spouse, and he sometimes comes across too arrogant in movies, but thankfully not this time around).

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

06/09/24

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Synopsis

Miami-Dade detectives Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) blow a fuse when $100 million worth of heroin they recently confiscated is heisted from station headquarters. Suspecting it was an inside job, Internal Affairs gives them five days to track down the drugs before they shut down the narcotics division. Action meets farce when Marcus is compelled to masquerade as his partner in order to gain the trust of a call girl (Tea Leoni), a key witness in their investigation.

Director: Michael Bay
Producer: Don Simpson, Jerry Bruckheimer
Screenwriter: George Gallo, Michael Barrie, Jim Mulholland, Doug Richardson
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Production Co: Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Rating: R
Genre: Action, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 7, 1995, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 15, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA): $63.9M
Runtime: 1h 58m
Sound Mix: Surround, Stereo

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