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(- 1995 -)

Original Title Bad Boys Director Michael Bay Genre Action, Comedy, Thriller Released 1995-04-7 MPAA Rating Rated R for intense violent action and pervasive strong language. Rated 6.3

Plot Summary

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.

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Martin Lawrence as Marcus Burnett , Will Smith as Mike Lowrey , Téa Leoni as Julie Mott , Tchéky Karyo as Fouchet , Joe Pantoliano as Capt. Howard , Theresa Randle as Theresa Burnett , Marg Helgenberger as Alison Sinclair , Nestor Serrano as Det. Sanchez , Julio Oscar Mechoso as Det. Ruiz , Saverio Guerra as Chet The Doorman , Michael Imperioli as Jojo , Anna Levine as Francine (as Anna Thomson) , Vic Manni as Ferguson , Frank John Hughes as Casper , Mike Kirton as Andy

IMDB User Comments

Big dumb fun When a fortune of drugs is stolen from the police department Detectives Burnett and Lowrey are charged to get it back. They trace one of the packets of drugs to one of Fouchet's men who is having a party with two girls. Fouchet finds the man first and kills him and the girl, although the other, Julie gets away and flees to Lowrey for help. However Marcus must pretend to be Mike to win her trust and they must not only swap lives but also protect the witness. Action movies and buddy cop movies are never going to be confused with Shakespeare. So it's no surprise that this is noisy, senseless and full of guns and explosions. However it still manages to be fun. It has all the cliches of the shouting boss, the fast cars, the European bad guys, bickering partners etc but it's still fun! Not because it's well made but simply because it has style and energy which goes a long way. Bay manages to direct in his usual MTV style – all slow motion and pumping music but he is still good at this type of glossy action. Smith and Lawrence also go a long way to make it enjoyable. Both are fun in top speed trash talking mood and they both look cool running after speeding cars etc. Leoni is a little irritating and I much preferred her friend who got killed in terms of looks and personality – nut I guess they didn't want too many black faces in a mainstream movie. Randle is good and Pantoliano is a good boss – who is also the subject of `white' jokes which makes a nice change I guess. Karvo is a so-so baddie but really is a poor man's Alan Rickman. But any film that manages to have cameos from Imperioli and Kim Coates (!) is well worth the cast. Overall this is hardly innovative but is good fun. Plain and simple – big dumb fun.

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