Bad Boys

"Whatcha gonna do?"

1995 1h 59m EN

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6.8

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★6.8TMDB · 7,191

ActionThrillerCrimeComedy

Synopsis

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Marcus Burnett is a henpecked family man. Mike Lowrey is a footloose and fancy free ladies' man. Both Miami policemen, they 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.

“Whatcha gonna do?”

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Cast

Will Smith
Mike Lowrey
Martin Lawrence
Marcus Burnett
Téa Leoni
Julie Mott
Tchéky Karyo
Fouchet
Joe Pantoliano
Captain Howard
Theresa Randle
Theresa Burnett
Marg Helgenberger
Alison Sinclair
Nestor Serrano
Detective Sanchez

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Michael Bay
Writers: Jim Mulholland, George Gallo, Michael Barrie
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 7.4× over at the box office.

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2 / 8

ERA

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31 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Bad Boys Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Michael Bay, shot by Howard Atherton. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Mark Mancina. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Christian Wagner shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Will Smith and Martin Lawrence and Téa Leoni carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Whatcha gonna do?".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Michael Bay directs. Howard Atherton behind the camera. Mark Mancina scores. Christian Wagner cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Made its money back 7.4× over at the box office.
231 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Bad Boys Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Michael Bay, shot by Howard Atherton. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Mark Mancina. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Christian Wagner shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Will Smith and Martin Lawrence and Téa Leoni carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Whatcha gonna do?".
9IMDB entry: tt0112442 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 24 themes, including "miami, florida", "mexican standoff", "male friendship", "witness protection".

The technical file

Cinematography: Howard Atherton
Original score: Mark Mancina
Editing: Christian Wagner
Production design: John Vallone
Costume design: Bobbie Read
Makeup / hair: Jeni Lee Dinkel
Sound: Alessandro Checcacci
Stunt coordinator: Kenny Bates
Runtime: 119 min · 1h 59m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $19,000,000
Box office: $141,407,024
Return: 744% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Bad Boys (1995)

Part of

Bad Boys Collection

A franchise of films about the cop duo Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett, blowing stuff up and crazy car chases. They get the job done but at an expensive cost.

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Gimly2017-11-28
★ 5/10
Fans of a pre-Terminator Bay are gonna love it, and I can see where it succeeds, but personally Bad Boys makes me kinda uncomfortable. Final rating:★★½ - Not quite for me, but I definitely get the appeal.
GenerationofSwine2023-01-11
★ 10/10
IDK, I really was never a big Bay fan, but I always sort of liked Will Smith, and Lawrence I only really knew from Def Comedy Jam so I was sort of 50/50 going in... ... but it was 90s Will Smith, when he was nothing but fun, so I went to go see it anyway. And the brilliant thing is that it stands alone as a decent action/comedy, so all said and done it was already a pretty good film that hearkened back to the 80s buddy cop movies everyone loves. But then it manages to peck, and mock, and spoof Miami Vice in pretty subtle ways through the film and it manages to do it without being a blatant Scary Movie style stupid spoof. It does it in a way that it can get it's digs in and still stand on it's own as a film, so as far as I'm concerned that makes it pretty north of brilliant.
Andre Gonzales2023-04-22
★ 10/10
Really funny, and action packed. One of my favorite movies of all time.