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Bad Boys (1995)

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Average Rating: 4.9/10
Reviews Counted: 46
Fresh: 20 | Rotten: 26

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Average Rating: 3.9/10
Critic Reviews: 11
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 8

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Movie Info

Former video director Michael Bay had his first big hit with this action comedy, which also returned producers Jerry Bruckheimer and Don Simpson to the big-budget, high-violence movies that they successfully churned out in the '80s. Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) are two Miami cops who watch as 100 million dollars in heroin, from the biggest drug bust of their careers, is stolen out of the basement of police headquarters. This puts them hot on the trail of French

R, 1 hr. 58 min.

Action & Adventure

Jun 27, 2000

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

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All Critics (46) | Top Critics (11) | Fresh (21) | Rotten (28) | DVD (24)

The cops never seem to know what they're doing, but then neither do the filmmakers, though I can't imagine that casual audiences will care since there are plenty of big explosions at the end to reward them.

February 5, 2010 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comment
Chicago Reader
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Even when it's not particularly funny, their interplay is engaging, and their lively, raucous personalities keep the proceedings punchy and watchable for the slightly overlong running time.

March 26, 2009 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment
Variety
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This film isn't aiming for high-toned drama, just high-energy entertainment, which is what it delivers.

May 20, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment
New York Times
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It's all special-effects noise and nonsense.

May 12, 2001 Comment
Rolling Stone
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Given how much good Bad Boys is going to do for Martin Lawrence's feature career, it's a pity the film couldn't do any more for itself.

February 13, 2001 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | Comment
Los Angeles Times
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A good half-hour's worth of nonsense in the middle keeps Bad Boys from being little better than a break- even proposition.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | Comment
San Francisco Chronicle
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This is pretty conventional fare, but it's consistently diverting.

June 13, 2011 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | Comment
TV Guide's Movie Guide

A frantically slick and thoroughly enjoyable extravaganza.

June 13, 2011 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | Comment
Empire Magazine

That's [Michael] Bay right there - why do something simply and effectively that actually makes sense when you can do it expensively, nonsensically and in a way that's completely OTT?

August 18, 2010 Full Review Source: The Standard | Comment

Overall, the characters are not strong enough to provide any real emotional impact, and the violence and thrills are subsequently numbing.

August 3, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment
Common Sense Media

Le résultat final se veut certes vide, prévisible et terriblement artificiel. Mais bon, il s'est déjà fait bien pire, et surtout moins amusant.

February 5, 2008 Full Review Source: Panorama | Comment

Unfortunately, the movie is a couple of rewrites short of 'developed', and the thriller configurations are stale.

January 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out | Comment

Crowd-pleasing, energetic action comedy.

January 13, 2004 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | Comment
TheMovieReport.com

The movie that unleashed Michael Bay upon the world, for better and worse. Mostly better in this case.

December 11, 2003 Comment
New Times

Highly entertaining but ridiculously forgettable.

July 16, 2003 Full Review Source: CinemaBlend.com | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Bad Boys

Michael Bay's first feature film. Will Smith and Martin Lawrence have a great chemistry together. The plot is basically Lethal Weapons with a hardcore comedy style. It's nothing special, but the action and comedy keep things going.

July 25, 2011
Christopher Heim

Super Reviewer

This film was originally called Bulletproof Hearts, and was supposed to star Dana Carvey and Jon Lovitz if you can believe it. But when Dana Carvey experienced Don Simpsons' insane drug habit first hand he pulled out of the project.Then Michael Bay was attached and with more or less the same script, he turned it into

March 24, 2007
kenstachnik

Super Reviewer

    1. Marcus Burnett: Look at all this this is shit! Liquid shit!
    – Submitted by Baurushan J (4 months ago)
    1. Mike Lowrey: Hey, hey, what's this having-a-picnic shit in my car?
    – Submitted by Baurushan J (4 months ago)
    1. Marcus Burnett: You forgot your boarding pass.
    – Submitted by Christopher H (6 months ago)
    1. Mike Lowrey: Now back up, put the gun down, and get me a pack of Tropical Fruit Bubblicious.
    2. Marcus Burnett: And some Skittles.
    – Submitted by Christopher H (6 months ago)
    1. Mike Lowrey: You know you drive almost slow enough to drive Miss Daisy.
    – Submitted by Christopher H (6 months ago)

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