Movie Review: "Bad Boys" (1995)Director Michael Bay, coming out of directing Los-Angeles-based music video production, takes on an original script optioned by Jerry Bruckheimer/Don Simpson Films for a fair mid-range independent production budget of 19-Million-U.S. Dollars; engaging fast-beating television stars Michael Lawrence and Will Smith, soon after to become one of Hollywood's major-influential actors as this exceptional action-comedy delivers with cinematic force, stylish wits and a fair bit of humor, motion picture entertainment with excellent playing supports actress Tea Leoni and Tcheky Karyo as quarter-barrel pistol pulling character of Fouchet, when 110-plus minutes are not wasted to enjoy an hard-boiled Hollywood movie with beats, sounds and just the decent amount of moral courtesy to round-up viewing satisfactions, when car chases, gun fights and full-frontal close-up character confrontations are relentlessly portrayed due to Michael Bay's hungry newcomer directions.Copyright 2018 Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC

Bad Boys has everything an action/comedy fan can ask for, it has humour, action and thrills. The performances and directing are perfect and the humour is at the right times. The sequel is good, but it's nowhere near as good as this one, the plot in Bad Boys 1 is strong, stable, clichéd, but very entertaining, the plot in the sequel is pretty weak, there's humour, but it isn't as funny as some of the lines in Bad Boys 1. A particular scene from Bad Boys 1 that is hilarious is when the witness asks one of the cops if he is gay, that scene needs to be watched to be understood fully.Looking forward to the upcoming third and fourth movies.

In the 1980's and 1990's there have been numerous buddy-cop films that were in the long run very entertaining. Stuff like "48 Hours", Lethal Weapon", "Beverly Hills Cop" and more. Sure they're filled with excitement and intrigue leaving you fulfilled, but over the years, the tiresome formula has also spawned several rip-offs that were quite cheap. In 1995 "Bad Boys" was added to this list of cheap knock-offs with the direction that looks too MTV-like and has recycled plots from those action comedies that I have aforementioned. This movie is flooded with action sequences and the real reason behind that is to hide the fact that the storyline lacks any credibility behind it. The director (Michael Bay) thought the audience are only going to watch this movie to see explosions, bullets, and lots of dead bodies and not care in the least for logic and cohesiveness in the story. The inactive moments serve no purpose as were are left wondering if any of these pieces fit. Sure the pacing is very fast but at times it tends to just spin out of control. I mean if you lose control with the action scenes, you lose the story of the script and "Bad Boys" falls victim in that area. When it came time for brainstorming, the writers (Michael Barrie, Jim Mulholland and Doug Richardson) had the simplistic idea (drug heist in Miami located in a police safe) and just have a way to wrap things up (like we know what will happen to the villains). Then we have like always the odd couple pairing of Marcus Bennett (Martin Lawrence) and Michael Lowery (Will Smith) who in spite of their hostility towards one another have mutual respect behind it all and a female witness (Tea Leoni) who's role is quite pivotal even if she messes up here and there at times. Sure there's nothing new to offer here, but it's the only thing about the movie that saves it from being entirely contrived. The poor script has very little thought and it truly brought this movie down quite substantially. In one very nonsensical scene Marcus and Michael are forced to swap identities when they are with the murder witness Julie Mott (Leoni). The comical elements serve no real purpose and it comes to the point of even caring about it at all. In fact sitcoms like "Three's Company" has managed to pull it off much better. I'll say that Lawrence and Smith are a likable duo. There's a great chemistry between the two of them goes beyond the humour factor. It's just that even their dialogue is just rehashed from other movies that executed them far better here. The supporting players are also victims to the formulaic tripe like the witty sidekick, the loyal wife (Theresa Randle), the corrupt criminal mastermind (Tcheky Karyo) and the always angry superior captain (Joe Pantoliano). If there was a positive thing about this movie was it was energetic and had a lot of style. The cinematography by Howard Atherton was very vibrant in colour and detail. The score by Mark Mancini compliments quite nice in terms of the chase scenes and the fights. But even the technical traits couldn't really save this film very much which in the end leaves "Bad Boys" an average film at most with lots of details that could've been handled with more care.

Bad Boys is a film directed by Michael Bay, and stars Will Smith and Martin Lawrence as two buddy cops. The film revolves around a drug heist from the vaults of a police station, and encompasses a related double murder, that needs to be solved by Mike Lowrey (Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Lawrence). Fortunately for our buddies, one witness, Julie Mott (played by Tea Leoni) survived and will only assist Lowrey in his investigation, for fear of retribution from the criminal gang responsible for the heist and murders.This is a typical '90's action film, with buddy cop comedy, gun fights and explosions, and incomprehensible "switched identities" confusion. This film is pretty muddled where the plot is concerned, to say the least. The acting is typical Smith/Lawrence. They are funny and the buddy drama is well done, but it is difficult to take the two seriously, as they are often pursuing a punch line over any criminals. The heroes feel invincible, as they drop one liner after one liner during gunfights and car chases. This isn't always a bad thing, but leaves the viewer craving more of that, and less of the muddled Lowrey/Burnett swapping, or the wife who mistakes the switch for a cover-up affair with Leoni's character. Leoni herself was pretty good, but her character had little to do throughout the film, besides being the maguffin of the film.As you can see above, my opinion on Bad Boys is mixed. It's fun, and good for a laugh or two. The action is solid, if clichéd and a bit dated, but this is no complaint. The story, however, is a befuddled mess. The side characters are useless, and Lowrey and Burnett's buddy cop routine is strained during much of the film, due to incomprehensible identity swapping. The film is fun at times, and trying at others. It's worth a watch because it's fun, but for very little else.