Bad Boys (1995 film)

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Bad Boys
Directed by Michael Bay
Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer
Written by Michael Barrie,
Jim Mulholland,
Doug Richardson
Starring Martin Lawrence
Will Smith
Téa Leoni
Tchéky Karyo
Theresa Randle
Joe Pantoliano
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date(s) April 7, 1995
Running time 118 min.
Language English
Budget $23,000,000
IMDb profile

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.

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[edit] Plot summary

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Detective Marcus Burnett and Detective Mike Lowrey are officers in the Miami Police Department. While Lowrey is from a wealthy background and enjoys a playboy-like lifestyle, Burnett is married with three kids.

One night, $120 million of seized heroin is stolen by gangsters from a secure police vault. Which is major blow to Burnett and Lowrey, because it was the biggest drug bust of their careers. Now they are faced with an ultimatum from Internal Affairs, If they dont get the drugs back in 5 days, the narcotics division will be shut down. In the course of the investigation, it is discovered that one of the gang members, Eddie Domínguez, has absconded with some of the heroin. Dominguez is shot to death by a French drug kingpin by the name of Fouchet, who also kills escort girl Max, one of Lowrey's ex-girlfriends. The only witness to the crime is Max' roommate Julie Mott.

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, Fouchet and his gang of criminals kidnapped's Julie. Burnett, Lowrey and the Miami P.D. organize a team of commandos to stop the criminals from killing Julie and selling the drugs to a Colombian drug lord. A final battle erupts betweeen Burnett, Lowrey and the criminals. The criminals are eliminated, Julie is saved in the process and Lowrey kills Fouchet.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Cast

Actor Role
Martin Lawrence Det. Marcus Burnett
Will Smith Det. Mike Lowrey
Téa Leoni Julie Mott
Tchéky Karyo Fouchet
Joe Pantoliano Captain Howard
Theresa Randle Theresa Burnett
Marg Helgenberger Capt. Alison Sinclair

[edit] 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.
  • The house which is 'staked out' (purple shutters at the windows) is the Miami home of Bee Gee, Robin Gibb.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links


Films directed by Michael Bay
Bad Boys • The Rock • Armageddon • Pearl Harbor • Bad Boys II • The Island • Transformers
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