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Bad Boys
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6.8Marcus 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.
Cast
- Will Smith as Mike Lowrey
- Martin Lawrence as Marcus Burnett
- Téa Leoni as Julie Mott
- Tchéky Karyo as Fouchet
- Joe Pantoliano as Captain Howard
- Theresa Randle as Theresa Burnett
Themes
- miami, florida
- mexican standoff
- male friendship
- witness protection
- stripper
- car crash
- strip club
- internal affairs
- police corruption
- gunfight
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Michael Bay
- Screenplay by
- Michael Barrie Jim Mulholland Doug Richardson
- Story by
- George Gallo
- Produced by
- Don Simpson Jerry Bruckheimer
- Starring
- Martin Lawrence Will Smith Téa Leoni Tchéky Karyo Theresa Randle Joe Pantoliano
- Cinematography
- Howard Atherton
- Edited by
- Christian Wagner
- Music by
- Mark Mancina
- Production companies
- Columbia Pictures Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films
- Distributed by
- Sony Pictures Releasing
- Release date
- April 7, 1995 ( 1995-04-07 )
- Running time
- 119 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $19–23 million
- Box office
- $141.4 million
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Official website
BAD BOYS | Sony Pictures Entertainment
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 114
- FilmAffinity ID
- 692132
- Official website
- www.sonypictures.com/movies/badboys
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- publication date
- 1995-00-00
- title
- Bad Boys
- capital cost
- 19000000
- box office
- 141407024
- review score
- 41/100
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Bad Boys is a 1995 American action comedy film , directed by Michael Bay in his feature directorial debut, and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer. The film stars Martin Lawrence and Will Smith as Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowrey, two Miami narcotics detectives who are investigating $100 million worth of stolen packs of heroin and must also protect a woman from a drug dealer after she witnessed a key murder.
The film was released on April 7, 1995, by Sony Pictures Releasing. It received mixed reviews from critics, and was commercially successful, grossing $141.4 million against a $19–23 million budget, and spawning three sequels: Bad Boys II (2003), Bad Boys for Life (2020), and Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024).