Synopsis
Marcus Burnett is a henpecked family man. Mike Lowry 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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Cast
- Martin LawrenceMarcus Burnett
- Will SmithMike Lowrey
- Téa LeoniJulie Mott
- Tchéky KaryoFouchet
- Joe PantolianoCaptain Howard
- Theresa RandleTheresa Burnett
- Marg HelgenbergerAlison Sinclair
- Nestor SerranoDetective Sanchez
- Julio Oscar MechosoDetective Ruiz
- Saverio GuerraChet The Doorman
Recommandations
- 63
San Francisco Examiner
With more sophisticated writing, one suspects they could really soar: Even here, slowed by clunky, character-establishing lines and an all-devouring plot, they hit more often than they miss. - 60
Variety
Crucially, the teaming of standup favorite and "Martin" star Lawrence and "Fresh Prince" Smith clicks from the outset, with both right at home handling action and comedy on the bigscreen. 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. - 50
Chicago Sun-Times
Whom do they make these movies for? What exercise in self-deception inspires them to go to such effort and expense for what is obviously going to be a lame exercise in retreadmanship? - 50
TV Guide Magazine
Aside from the racial twist, this is pretty conventional fare, but it's consistently diverting. - 50
Los Angeles Times
Though audiences will leave theaters with an increased appreciation of this pair's talents, they will also leave pondering the perennial Hollywood question: How come so little of interest could be found for performers who are capable of so much more? - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
Benefits from Smith and Lawrence's chemistry. As long as they're on screen together, things breeze along. But when they're apart, the movie flounders. - 50
ReelViews
There's only so far a movie can go on loud music, nicely-framed shots, testosterone, and adrenaline. Bad Boys takes the often-traveled road, and leads the audience to a dead end. - 30
Washington Post
Even by the low-low standards of cheap action flicks, this one's bad, boys.
