Two hip detectives, Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) and Mike Lowery are on the case of the missing drugs got stolen in their police department. Now the narcotics division of the Miami Police Department might be shut down, if the drugs is found soon. But the drug investigation turns deadly serious, when Mike's beautiful police informant (Karen Alexander) got killed by the vicious criminal low-life (Tcheky Kayo). Which low-life and his men stolen the drugs. When an attractive woman (Téa Leoni) witness the crime, she asks Mike Lowery for help. But since the police department can't lose the witness, Marcus is forced to pretend to be Mike Lowery. Since Mike is a ladies man and Marcus is a family man. Marcus and Mike only have an few days to find the drugs before it is too late.
Directed by Michael Bay (Armageddon, The Island, The Rock) made an wildly if uneven entertaining action movie with two enjoyable performances by Lawrence and Smith. Leoni is surprisingly good as the woman, who comes unexpectedly to their life's. Typical story made stylized by director Bay, who tries to make it fresh and different from buddy cop movies and he almost succeed. Since it is the directorial debut by Bay, who has great eye for action sequences.
DVD has an sharp anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1) transfer and an strong Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. DVD has an fairly interesting commentary track by the director, an isolated music score by Mark Mancina (Speed, Training Day, Twister), an behind the scenes featurette and more. "Bad Boys" isn't an great action movie, the premise could have been much better. Originally "Bad Boys" was going to be made with Dana Carvey and Jon Lovitz! Certainly that would be a much different movie. It is made watchable, thanks to Lawrence, Smith and Leoni. It is a good if not totally successful movie from Bay. Followed by a sequel. (*** ½/*****).
Directed by Michael Bay (Armageddon, The Island, The Rock) made an wildly if uneven entertaining action movie with two enjoyable performances by Lawrence and Smith. Leoni is surprisingly good as the woman, who comes unexpectedly to their life's. Typical story made stylized by director Bay, who tries to make it fresh and different from buddy cop movies and he almost succeed. Since it is the directorial debut by Bay, who has great eye for action sequences.
DVD has an sharp anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1) transfer and an strong Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. DVD has an fairly interesting commentary track by the director, an isolated music score by Mark Mancina (Speed, Training Day, Twister), an behind the scenes featurette and more. "Bad Boys" isn't an great action movie, the premise could have been much better. Originally "Bad Boys" was going to be made with Dana Carvey and Jon Lovitz! Certainly that would be a much different movie. It is made watchable, thanks to Lawrence, Smith and Leoni. It is a good if not totally successful movie from Bay. Followed by a sequel. (*** ½/*****).