Bad Boys

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Bad Boys

R

1995

1h 58m

Action

Comedy

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Miami-Dade detectives Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) blow a fuse when $100 million worth of heroin they recently confiscated is heisted from station headquarters. Suspecting it was an inside job, Internal Affairs gives them five days to track down the drugs before they shut down the narcotics division. Action meets farce when Marcus is compelled to masquerade as his partner in order to gain the trust of a call girl (Tea Leoni), a key witness in their investigation.

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Critics Consensus

Bad Boys stars Will Smith and Martin Lawrence have enjoyable chemistry; unfortunately, director Michael Bay too often drowns it out with set pieces and explosions in place of an actual story.

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Radheyan Simonpillai

Guardian

Instead of drowning out his stars with this maximalism, Bay’s style instead puts them on a pedestal. That feels especially ground-breaking since this was the rare studio action movie at the time starring not one but two Black leads.

Sep 27, 2025

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Watched again now, Smith’s performance is weirdly subdued, as if all the emphasis is really on the established comic talent Lawrence, and Smith is his straight man.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 22, 2025

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Michael Rechtshaffen

The Hollywood Reporter

... the pairing of Martin Lawrence and Will Smith generates a winning comic chemistry.

Apr 9, 2019

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John Serba

Decider

Those wondering if Bad Boys has aged well should know that it’s as feculent as ever.

Jul 8, 2024

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Casey Chong

Casey's Movie Mania

Casting Martin Lawrence and Will Smith resulted in a comedy gold and their buddy-cop chemistry clicks the moment they appear on-screen, bickering and dissing each other.

Rated: 3.5/5

May 30, 2024

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Justin Brown

Medium Popcorn

I don't understand how this wasn't critically well-received when it came out but it's very entertaining.

Rated: 4/5

Jan 8, 2023

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Daniel L

Awesome buddy cop action movie. Classic Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. Great mix of action, drama and comedy. Highly recommended.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/30/25

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Pedro Henrique C

Bad Boys (1995) is an adrenaline-pumping film with its ups and downs. The cast delivers good chemistry and likability. However, the humor in this adventure is very forced.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

08/15/25

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Aleksander B

It was funny in many moments, great action too, but I don't know, it kinda gets lost here and there. I can't say it's a bad movie, 'cause it isn't, but I would say, it can't get you enough pumped to, soo it was kinda boring.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

07/18/25

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Stephen C

Ages 17 and older!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $63,900,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/21/25

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Faiz D

Good actions, but other than that, there's nothing in the film

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

05/13/25

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Matthew D

This action/comedy features decent action, but not decent enough to make up for the tedious attempts at comedy.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

04/25/25

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Synopsis

Miami-Dade detectives Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) blow a fuse when $100 million worth of heroin they recently confiscated is heisted from station headquarters. Suspecting it was an inside job, Internal Affairs gives them five days to track down the drugs before they shut down the narcotics division. Action meets farce when Marcus is compelled to masquerade as his partner in order to gain the trust of a call girl (Tea Leoni), a key witness in their investigation.

Director: Michael Bay
Producer: Don Simpson, Jerry Bruckheimer
Screenwriter: George Gallo, Michael Barrie, Jim Mulholland, Doug Richardson
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Production Co: Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Rating: R
Genre: Action, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 7, 1995, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 15, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA): $63.9M
Runtime: 1h 58m
Sound Mix: Surround, Stereo

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