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Detective Marcus Burnett ([[Martin Lawrence]]) and Detective Mike Lowrey ([[Will Smith]]) are officers in the Miami police force. While Lowrey is from a wealthy background and enjoys a playboy-like lifestyle, Burnett is married with three kids.
Detective Marcus Burnett ([[Martin Lawrence]]) and Detective Mike Lowrey ([[Will Smith]]) are officers in the Miami police force. While Lowrey is from a wealthy background and enjoys a playboy-like lifestyle, Burnett is married with three kids.


One night millions of dollars of seized [[heroin]] is re-seized by gangsters from a secure police vault. In the course of the investigation, it is discovered that one of the gang, Eddie Dominguez ([[Emmanuel Xuereb]]), has absconded with some of the heroin. Dominguez is shot in the head by the French drug kingpin Fouchet ([[Tchéky Karyo]]), who also kills escort girl Max ([[Karen Alexander (actress)|Karen Alexander]]), one of Lowrey's ex-girlfriends. The only witness to the crime is Max' roommate Julie Mott ([[Tea Leoni]]).
One night millions of dollars of seized [[cocaine]] is re-seized by gangsters from a secure police vault. In the course of the investigation, it is discovered that one of the gang, Eddie Dominguez ([[Emmanuel Xuereb]]), has absconded with some of the heroin. Dominguez is shot in the head by the French drug kingpin Fouchet ([[Tchéky Karyo]]), who also kills escort girl Max ([[Karen Alexander (actress)|Karen Alexander]]), one of Lowrey's ex-girlfriends. The only witness to the crime is Max' roommate Julie Mott ([[Tea Leoni]]).


Julie will only testify to Lowrey, who is temporarily absent, so Burnett is forced to impersonate him in order to get her to co-operate. In order to continue the deception Burnett moves Julie into Lowrey's apartment, where he himself has to move into while Lowrey moves in with Burnett's family and claims to be Burnett in Julie's presence while Burnett claims to be Lowrey.
Julie will only testify to Lowrey, who is temporarily absent, so Burnett is forced to impersonate him in order to get her to co-operate. In order to continue the deception Burnett moves Julie into Lowrey's apartment, where he himself has to move into while Lowrey moves in with Burnett's family and claims to be Burnett in Julie's presence while Burnett claims to be Lowrey.

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Bad Boys
Directed byMichael Bay
Written byMichael Barrie,
Jim Mulholland,
Doug Richardson
Produced byJerry Bruckheimer
StarringMartin Lawrence
Will Smith
Téa Leoni
Tchéky Karyo
Theresa Randle
and
Joe Pantoliano
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release dates
April 7, 1995
Running time
118 min.
LanguageEnglish
Budget$23,000,000

Bad Boys is a 1995 action comedy film, directed by Michael Bay and starring Martin Lawrence and Will Smith. The film also spawned a 2003 sequel, Bad Boys II.

Plot summary

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Detective Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) and Detective Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) are officers in the Miami police force. While Lowrey is from a wealthy background and enjoys a playboy-like lifestyle, Burnett is married with three kids.

One night millions of dollars of seized cocaine is re-seized by gangsters from a secure police vault. In the course of the investigation, it is discovered that one of the gang, Eddie Dominguez (Emmanuel Xuereb), has absconded with some of the heroin. Dominguez is shot in the head by the French drug kingpin Fouchet (Tchéky Karyo), who also kills escort girl Max (Karen Alexander), one of Lowrey's ex-girlfriends. The only witness to the crime is Max' roommate Julie Mott (Tea Leoni).

Julie will only testify to Lowrey, who is temporarily absent, so Burnett is forced to impersonate him in order to get her to co-operate. In order to continue the deception Burnett moves Julie into Lowrey's apartment, where he himself has to move into while Lowrey moves in with Burnett's family and claims to be Burnett in Julie's presence while Burnett claims to be Lowrey.

Meanwhile they still have to catch the "bad boys." (Their singing of the song "Bad Boys" re-inspired interest in it.) Template:Endspoilers

Cast

Trivia

  • Director Michael Bay didn't like the script and often engaged Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in discussions about how the dialogue and scenes could improve. He often allowed them to improvise while the cameras were rolling. He secretly told Will to call Lawrence a bitch before the car scene. The whole "two bitches in the sea" was improvised, as was Martin's comment when Téa Leoni called him gay.
  • The Porsche 911 used in the opening scene of the film was lent to the production by its director, Michael Bay, who was already a successful director of TV commercials.
  • The car driven by Fouchet during the end car chase is an old AC Superblower, basically a Shelby Cobra with a modified V8 engine. It is considered to be one of the fastest muscle cars ever created.
  • When the Cobra crashes, the body splits and tears, showing it to be made of fiberglass, proving it is not an original Shelby Cobra (they had metal bodies).
  • The Internal Affairs Agent's part was originally written for a man to play.
  • The building used for the police headquarters is actually the county courthouse for Dade County.
  • According to Jon Lovitz, Bad Boys was originally written with Lovitz and Dana Carvey in mind for the leading roles.

Reaction and commercial success

The $23 million movie became a success as it grossed $65.8 million in the United States and $75 million overseas. With a total of almost $141 million in ticket sales worldwide, Bad Boys generated a huge profit for producer Jerry Bruckheimer and Columbia Pictures, and it also led to more big time movies for then-newcomers Will Smith, Martin Lawrence and director Michael Bay.

Reviews from moviegoers were generally positive and many of them felt that the movie finally injected new interest and reinvigorated the buddy cop genre. Some fans of the movie even compared Bad Boys to Lethal Weapon in the sense that both films had two male leads who are at odds with each other while trying to solve cases together. Between the two, Bad Boys is viewed to be a faster movie than Lethal Weapon (which relied on intrigue and suspense).

Because of the popularities of Smith, Lawrence and Bay, Bad Boys continues to enjoy heavy playtime on cable television networks as well as continued presence in video stores worldwide.

Soundtrack

The Bad Boys Official Soundtrack was released in March of 1995 on the Sony label. The film soundtrack was primarily hip-hop and R&B influenced, with the soundtrack album reflecting said influence. Tracks are listed in order:

The album was well received by fans of the rap/R&B genres, but disappointed fans of Mark Mancina's movie score, as only one of up to fifteen tracks composed for the film by Mancina was featured on the album. Also, the industrial rock tracks, which featured primarily in the "Club Hell" scene, are also missing from the album. These include "Nothing" by Stabbing Westward, "Angels" by Dink, and "Sweet Little Lass" by DAG. KMFDM's "Juke-Joint Jezebel" was the only song from the genre to be released with the album, which disappointed fans of both hip-hop and industrial, as the former had no interest in the track, and the latter did not believe one track to be worth the purchase.

See also

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