It’s 1995, and
Will Smith is making waves as both a rapper and an actor. He gets paired with
Martin Lawrence in a movie that will forever remain in the hearts of ‘90s kids.
When the movie starts, we see Will Smith playing the rich, single guy and
Martin Lawrence as the married, middle-income character. It feels like they
couldn’t have been better cast for their roles.
That feeling is
reinforced when they have to switch roles in the movie, and it’s hard to pass
Lawrence off as the cool, rich, single player. Bad Boys is everything
and more when it comes to acting, passion, comedy, and unforgettable lines that
will stick in your head for years to come.
Bad Boys is
an action-comedy buddy cop movie that keeps giving. It starts with an
introduction to the dream team of crime-solving.
This Michael Bay film stars Lawrence as Marcus Burnett and Smith as Mike
Lowrey. Their job is to investigate $100 million worth of Mafia-seized heroin
that was stolen from evidence. It’s clearly an inside job, and internal affairs
is threatening to shut down the entire department unless they recover the
drugs.
Now, Julie
contacts the police station hoping to speak to Mike, but Marcus picks up the
phone instead. He pretends to be Mike to gain Julie’s trust, and from there,
the fun begins.
The movie wasn’t
a critical success but was a huge financial hit, leading to the production of a
sequel, Bad Boys II (2003), which, to me, was a total waste of film
reel.
This movie had some downsides. At times, it feels like you’re watching Lethal
Weapon or Beverly Hills Cop, and the action scenes—typical of Michael
Bay—have too much firepower and sometimes drag on for too long.
Both Lawrence
and Smith were starring in their own hit TV shows (Martin and The
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, respectively) while filming Bad Boys. Ironically,
Smith ended up becoming the bigger star afterward, while Lawrence faded a bit.
Smith and Bay’s high salaries are part of the reason it’s taken so long
for Bad Boys for Life to hit the big screen, but that’s been
resolved. The new Bad Boys movie is set to release in 2020.
Their salaries are also why production has been delayed, and there have been
schedule changes to ensure Sony can recoup the finances involved in making this
movie.
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