| | | Whatcha gonna do?
Features: Aspect Ratio 1.95:1, DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), English, French, Spanish, Subtitled
From director Michael Bay (The Rock, Armageddon) and the production team of Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer (Beverly Hills Cop, Top Gun) comes a thrill ride of explosive action from beginning to end.Will Smith and Martin Lawrence team up as partners in crime, crime-fighting that is, in this action-packed flick about a couple of good guys who are real Bad Boys! One hundred million dollars worth of confiscated heroin has just been jacked from police custody. Once the career bust of Detective Mike Lowery (Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Lawrence), the missing drugs now threaten to shutdown the narcotics division of the Miami Police Department. When the drug investigation turns deadly, the murderers kidnap the only witness, a beautful police informant (Tea Leoni) and close friend of the boys, which makes things get personal! Fast cars, a gorgeous woman and non-stop action make Bad Boys a guaranteed good time!
"For comedy and thrills, Lawrence and Smith are a dream team." Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
"Spectacular!" The Wall Street Journal
"Laughs and explosions." Gary Thompson, Philadelphia Daily News
"...great fun when the bantering buddies are in hot pursuit of the bad guys. Lawrence and Smith click..." Rita Kempley, The Washington Post
"...the teaming of [Lawrence and Smith] clicks from the outset, with both right at home handling action and comedy on the bigscreen." Todd McCarthy, Variety
Editor's Note
Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) is a happily married family man. Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) is a smooth-talking bachelor. Both are cops in the narcotics division of the Miami police department. When $100 million dollars worth of seized heroin is stolen from their police station, the mismatched duo are forced to switch identities to placate the only witness (Tea Leoni) who can lead them to the drug lord responsible and save their jobs before the FBI closes them down. This explosion-heavy, chase-filled, gun-smoking action comedy is directed by Michael Bay (ARMAGEDDON, PEARL HARBOR) and features comedic odd-couple-style bantering between the aptly paired Smith and Lawrence.
| Features | Motion Menus | | High bit rate digital transfer process that optimizes video quality | | Talent Files | | Michael Bay Commentary | | "Damage Control" Uses Angles To Examine Special Effects Explosions | | All New Documentary "The Boom And The Bang Of Bad Boys" | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Thai | | Scene Selection | | Digitally Mastered Audio & Anamorphic Video | | Widescreen Presentation |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Columbia Tri-Star |
| Release Date: 5/13/2003 |
| Running Time: 118 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1995 | | Catalog ID: 00775 | | UPC: 00043396007758 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai, Chinese | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
MTV Award (1996) | | | Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Nominee, Best On-Screen Duo | | | Bad Boys, Nominee, Best Action Sequence | |
Grammy (1996) | | | Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds ("Someone to Love"), Nominee, Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television |
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| | Professional Reviews | USA Today
"...The maestros of mayhem still stage destruction like a Wagner opera..." 04/07/1995 p.3DVariety
"...[Lawrence and Smith's] interplay is engaging, and their lively, raucous personalities keep the proceedings punchy..." 04/03/1995 Sight and Sound
"...Enjoyably and successfully all-encompassing..." 07/01/1995 p.40-1 Los Angeles Times
"...[Martin is] a potent comic force on the big screen..." 04/07/1995 p.F1 Total Film
"...[A] stylish, action-packed buddy movie..." 10/01/1999 p.106 Total Film
"...A slick, hyper, pyrotechnic-filled thriller with some snappy comedy interplay..." 04/01/2001 p.105 Washington Post 5 of 10
Bad Boys can be great fun when the bantering buddies are in hot pursuit of the bad guys. Lawrence and Smith click, so get ready for the next sequel. Hey, whatcha gonna do? - Rita Kempley
ReelViews 6 of 10
48 Hours, Beverly Hills Cop, and Lethal Weapon were all, to some extent, reasonably entertaining action films. The unavoidable result of their success has been a long string of sequels and rip-offs. The latest is Bad Boys, an overlong sample of MTV-style direction that "borrows" heavily from these (and numerous other) flicks, and, in the process, elevates them to the comparable level of Citizen Kane...The action sequences -- and there are a lot of them -- are apparently designed to camouflage the lack of a credible story. I suppose someone guessed that if the audience was too busy following bullets, bodies, and explosions, they wouldn't have time to wonder about things like logic and coherence. Unfortunately, the movie contains occasional moments of inactivity and, during those, the first thing that comes to mind is: What's the point? After asking the question a few times, it becomes clear that not only are things moving fast, but they're completely out of control. Consider what happens to a downhill skier or race car in this situation, and you get an idea of what Bad Boys has to offer...Smith and Lawrence are likable, and they have a certain modest chemistry that surfaces during the so-called "humorous" banter, but everything about their characters is a regurgitation of previously recycled material. (Does that make it re-recycled?)...The most complimentary thing I can say about Bad Boys is that it has style and energy. The cinematography is frequently inventive, and Mark Mancini's Speed-like score is the perfect accompaniment for chases and fights. Unfortunately, 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. - James Berardinelli
Chicago Sun-Times 6 of 10
"Bad Boys" tries with all the energy at its command to redeem an exhausted story with sheer technique. This movie is so good-looking it deserves a decent screenplay, instead of one more lope down memory lane. The movie gives us a Miami filled with midnight glitz, shot with the flair of a fashion photographer - backlit monochrome tilt shots and all. It has relentless editing, slick action sequences, and blows up stuff real good...But what is it about? Two cops. Buddies. Partners. Narcs...Whose evidence from a $100 million heroin bust is stolen. Who get in trouble with the chief, who yells at them. And with a chick from Internal Affairs, who takes them off the case. And who pick up a sexy, wise-cracking sidekick along the way. Oh, and one of the cops is a sexy bachelor and the other one is a family man. The plot is like a jigsaw puzzle with pieces supplied by "48 HRS," "Internal Affairs," "Beverly Hills Cop" and "Lethal Weapon." The movie is a production of Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, who actually made several of the movies they've ripped off, including "Beverly Hills Cop" parts one and two, so maybe they're recycling...The movie stars Martin Lawrence and Will Smith, both comic actors, both talented, both allowed to talk way too much in the course of this film. The dialogue runs on endlessly; consider, for example, the basic scene where the commanding officer reads out the two cops. He goes on, and on, and on, screaming at them. Later he screams some more...There are also a lot of curious interludes in which Lawrence and Smith do verbal riffs, interrupting each other, stream of consciousness, finishing each other's sentences or not bothering to complete thoughts at all, to show a kind of easy familiarity, I guess. We are glad they know each other so well. We wish we knew them well enough to figure out what they think they're saying. - Roger Ebert
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