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Bad Boys

Whatcha gonna do?

1995 · 1h 59m · R Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Directed by Michael Bay

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Overview

Marcus Burnett is a henpecked family man. Mike Lowrey is a footloose and fancy free ladies' man. Both Miami policemen, they have 72 hours to reclaim a consignment of drugs stolen from under their station's nose. To complicate matters, in order to get the assistance of the sole witness to a murder, they have to pretend to be each other.

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All reviews
46%
Tomatometer
Rotten

The cops never seem to know what they're doing, but then neither do the filmmakers, though I can't imagine that casual audiences will care since there are plenty of big explosions at the end to reward them.

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh

Even when it's not particularly funny, their interplay is engaging, and their lively, raucous personalities keep the proceedings punchy and watchable for the slightly overlong running time.

Todd McCarthy, Variety
Fresh

This film isn't aiming for high-toned drama, just high-energy entertainment, which is what it delivers.

Caryn James, New York Times
Rotten

It's all special-effects noise and nonsense.

Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Rotten

Given how much good Bad Boys is going to do for Martin Lawrence's feature career, it's a pity the film couldn't do any more for itself.

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

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