

(Poor Hudgens' character has none, except for a bleach-blonde cornrow hairstyle.) Smith at least proves he's a pro by selling a few of his one-liners and soul-searching speeches, but even he can't keep the phrase "for life" from sounding like a punishment. The rest of the characters are so thinly drawn that they're lucky if they get a single character trait. The long-delayed threequel brings back Will Smith and Martin. His comic timing is off, too: His profanity-laden zingers have lost their sharpness. Detective Marcus Burnett confesses to his partner Mike Lowrey. Bad Boys for Life was one of the biggest movies of 2020 and in a twist worthy of the year, it actually turned out to be quite good too. It's often exhausting trying to follow the haywire chronological and spatial logic of the action in Bad Boys for Life, as characters move through space and time at different rates, depending on what the plot needs.Īs for the "boys," they're now in their 50s, and Lawrence in particular looks like he's in physical pain most of the time, as if he can barely move. Critics Consensus: Loaded up with action and a double helping of leading-man charisma, Bad Boys for Life reinvigorates this long-dormant franchise by playing. Watch Bad Boys for Life (HBO) The Bad Boys, Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence), are back for one last ride in the highly. Produced by Papamitrou (as Nick Papz) and Swede. the logic of a scene doesn't matter as much as how big it is. Written by Meek Mill (as Robert Rihmeek Williams), Papamitrou (as Nikolas Papamitrou), Roberto Curti, Farruko (as Carlos Efrén Reyes Rosado), Franklin Jovani Martínez (as Franklin Martinez) and Marcos Gerardo Perez. Belgian filmmakers Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah take over for original director Michael Bay but continue with his chaotic style - i.e. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weeklyĬoming nearly two decades after the last entry, this third buddy-cop continues with the series' same kind of cluttered, noisy filmmaking, but now it's accompanied by a sense of pained weariness. The main story is based on revenge, and there are mixed-to-problematic messages about consequence-free violence. The Bad Boys Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) are back together for one last ride in the highly anticipated Bad Boys for Life. Characters drink on social occasions and at celebrations, and a supporting character uses cocaine.

Women in a club are ogled/objectified, and there's some crude sex-related talk, mostly played for laughs.

Constant strong language includes countless uses of "s-t" and "f-k," as well as other words (including a use of the "N" word). Expect lots of over-the-top action violence, with guns and shooting (including a high-powered sniper rifle), blood spurts, dead bodies, fighting, hitting with blunt objects, stabbing, explosions/fire, car chases and crashes, and more. This one takes place 17 years after Bad Boys II, and it's just as noisy and busy as the others.
BAD BOYS FOR LIFE MOVIE
Parents need to know that Bad Boys for Life is the third movie in the Bad Boys series, which stars Will Smith and Martin Lawrence as violent, bickering Miami narcotics detectives.
