KineticSeoul The 90's Michael Bay movies wasn't too over the top with his directing style clichés. Maybe it's because he didn't have the budget to put in all of his shenanigan. So yeah, Bay's first few movies were fine as entertaining popcorn flick. Until his success got to his head and the guy went overboard with everything. To the point where his films started to give me headaches from all the explosions and no substance at all. At least "The Rock" has memorable scenes when it came to the action sequences. With some entertaining dialogue that didn't have that much depth to it. But it was entertaining never the less. As a matter of fact in today's standard this would have been a pretty decent straight to DVD movie. It's a generic buddy cop action movie. But what makes it work is the chemistry and the character dynamics between the two leads. Mike Lowrey(Will Smith) as the gun toting, charismatic womanizer and Marcus Burnett(Martin Lawrence) as the overly serious family man that exaggerates things. The interaction between these two during chaotic circumstances is to a certain extent amusing. 6.2/10

Predrag Hilariously enjoyable as any black comedy and full of fast paced action, "Bad Boys," as a 'slick flick,' stars Martin Lawrence as Marcus Burnett and Will Smith as Mike Lowrey playing two cops who fall on to the trail of millions of dollars of Heroin stolen by a criminal mastermind named Fouchet (Tcheky Karyo) and try to recover it as well as rescue Julie Mott (Tea Leoni) who is also involved. Personal matters appear to Marcus Burnett who is obsessed with getting "quality time" with his wife Theresa (Theresa Randle) and almost loses his marriage when he is forced to switch names and use Mike Lowrey in front of Julie. The comedy works unmistakeably well, however, the only mistakes I find in here are the heavy profanity and the violence used. But I keep saying this to myself, how can you pardon the profanity if it works well with the script? Really many actors would probably have the problem with making the jump from TV to film, especially when their primary job had been comedy, with very little drama and no action, but Will Smith and Martin Lawrence succeed brilliantly. The comedic timing between these two actors is outstanding, and both pull off the dramatic scenes very convincingly, and the action scenes are well played and laid out thanks to the adrenaline charged directing of Michael Bay and the athletic prowess of the actors. Jerry Bruckheimer's skill for picking projects and finding the right people to make them come together seems to never fail, and "Bad Boys" is no exception.Overall rating: 7 out of 10.

yankeemvp The first big hit got stars is great as your cliché Sergeant Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. Michael bay took two then sitcom stars and made one of the greatest action comedy films of all time. There is not a dull moment in this action packed hilarious buddy cop film. In one of his most entertaining roles, Will Smith plays Mike Lowrey A Miami detective trying to recover the biggest heroin seizure The city has ever seen . Luckily for them there is a witness The only problem is the timing as Martin Lawrence is forced to pretend to be his partner Mike Lowery well trying to keep their only witness safe. Joe Pantelione is great as the cliché Sergeant. With great lines and great chemistry Bad Boys is easily the best buddy cop film since lethal weapon. Although I find the second Bad Boys to be more entertaining this will always be a classic and you can see what Michael Bay can do with an R rated low budget action film. A must see for any fan of the actors filmmaker or genre.

slightlymad22 Continuing my plan to watch every Will Smith movie in order, I come to Bad Boys (1995)Plot In A Paragraph: Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) and Mike Lowry (Will Smith) two Miami detectives, must protect a witness to a murder while investigating some stolen heroin.This was the first Will Smith movie I seen in the cinema, I went with a friend, and I wanted to see Mr Holland's Opus, But a game of rock, paper, scissors determined I would see Bad Boys.People say a lot of negative things about Michael Bay, however the man did know how to direct a solid action flick. His first three movies Bad Boys, Armageddon and The Rock are all superb action movies of the highest calibre. Truthfully Bad Boys still holds up very well twenty two years later. OK, it borrows or recycles a lot from other movies, it's style over substance and some of the dialogue is more than a little hokey and lame, but that is only a minor problem when the movie is this much fun. Will Smith and Martin Lawrence (improvising a lot of scenes) are a lot of fun, and have great on screen chemistry. Tea Leoni is gorgeous, but her delivery at times is awful, though I'm not sure if it was the fault of the awful dialogue or the actress, "No, it's another murder case, you twerp!!" Stands out, as does what a noisy eater Martin Lawrence is!! I've said a few times, how much I hate noisy eaters!! Theresa Randle is fun and Joe Pantolianao steals all his scenes as Captain Howard. On a budget of $19 million, Bad Boys grossed $65 million at the domestic box office, to end 1995 the 27th highest grossing movie of the year.