Bad Boys (1995)

Director:

Michael Bay

Writers (WGA):

George Gallo (story)
Michael Barrie (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

7 April 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Whatcha gonna do?

Plot:

Two hip detectives protect a murder witness while investigating a case of stolen heroin.

Plot Keywords:

Drugs | Heroin | Murder | Witness | Police

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Lisa Boyle	...	Girl Decoy
Michael Taliferro	...	Carjacker
Emmanuel Xuereb	...	Eddie Dominguez
Tchéky Karyo	...	Fouchet (as Tcheky Karyo)
Marc Macaulay	...	Noah Trafficante
Ralph Gonzalez	...	Kuni
Vic Manni	...	Ferguson
Frank John Hughes	...	Casper
Mike Kirton	...	Andy
Martin Lawrence	...	Marcus Burnett
Will Smith	...	Mike Lowrey
Will Knickerbocker	...	Officer Bill O'Fee
Theresa Randle	...	Theresa Burnett
Tiffany Samuels	...	Megan Burnett
Cory Hodges	...	James Burnett

Also Known As:

Bulletproof Hearts (USA) (original script title)
Bad boys - flics de choc (Belgium: French title) (poster title) (France) (poster title) [fr]
Os Bad Boys (Brazil) (Portugal) [pt]
Плохие парни (Russia) [ru]
Çilgin ikili (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Bad Boys (Hungary) [hu]
Bad Boys (France) [fr]
Bad Boys (Austria) [de]
Bad Boys (Poland) [pl]
Bad Boys - Harte Jungs (Germany) [de]
Dos policías rebeldes (Bad Boys) (Spain) [es]
Losi momci (Serbia) [sr]
Mauvais garçons (Canada: French title) (TV title) [fr]
Niegrzeczni chlopcy (Poland) [pl]
Pahat pojat (Finland) [fi]
Slabi fantje (Slovenia) [sl]
Ta kaka paidia (Greece) [el]
Zlocesti decki (Croatia) [hr]

MPAA:

Rated R for intense violent action and pervasive strong language.

Runtime:

118 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR | SDDS

Certification:

Taiwan:R-18 | Brazil:14 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Ontario) | Japan:R | South Korea:18 | Philippines:R-18 | Singapore:NC-16 (re-rating) | Hungary:16 | Australia:MA | Finland:K-16 | Germany:18 | Ireland:18 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R | Norway:18 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:PG (cut) | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R (certificate #33591) | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Anastasia Avenue, Coral Gables, Florida, USA

Company:

Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films

Trivia:

The car driven by Fouchet during the end car chase is an old AC Superblower, basically a Shelby Cobra with a modified V8 engine. It is considered to be one of the fastest muscle cars ever created.

Goofs:

Factual errors: During the firefight outside of Julie's apartment, Marcus' gun locks open (empty), however at his car he fires again without reloading.

Quotes:

Marcus Burnett: Oh, man, that was cold.
Detective Sanchez: Yeah, so was your mama's bed.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Drillbit Taylor (2008)

Soundtrack:

Angels

The Smith/Lawrence Show

I'm not a huge fan of Michael Bay, who never has a cut longer than five seconds and seems to be in love with three different shots that he rehashes for all of his movies (The .25 second long tight close-up showing a character expressing shock, someone running in slow motion and the shot from ground level looking up at a character or a number of characters as the sky rolls slowly above him/her/them.)

What "Bad Boys" has going for it, and why it succeeds where "The Rock" and "Armageddon" failed miserably, are Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, who flat-out carry this movie. It's pretty obvious that a number of scenes (Pretty much every scene that's good for a laugh) was ad-libbed, and it's equally obvious that Smith and Lawrence had a great time filming this.

Aside from that, the movie is a strictly by-the-number buddy cop-flick with absolutely no surprises that suffers even more because of Michael Bay's seizure-inducing camera techniques. Check it out strictly for Will and Martin.