"Lawrence's Marcus Burnett and Smith's Mike Lowrey are cruising around Miami in a Porsche 911, doing a sitcom bit as they bicker over French fries and cupholders, before a pair of car thieves catch them by surprise and hold them up at gunpoint. When Smith's Mike warns that they're cops, one of the car jackers dismisses him Well, I'm a stand-up comedian, and I suck as if speaking for an audience unconvinced that these two comic personalities could plausibly exist in their new roles."
"For any kid like myself weaned on Martin and Fresh Prince for whom the latter especially would dictate our fashion sense and goofball sensibilities that moment landed like an exhilarating coming-of-age. Our household icon just graduated to badass movie-star status, even growing his baby mustache into a goatee, while basking in the golden hues director Michael Bay, in his feature-film debut, would bathe him in."
Bad Boys pairs Martin Lawrence's Marcus Burnett and Will Smith's Mike Lowrey as Miami narcotics detectives who trade sitcom-style banter while chasing stolen heroin. The film opens with their arrival in a Porsche, a comic bickering bit interrupted by a carjacking that allows the pair to convert goofy repartee into convincing, testosterone-laced action. Michael Bay bathes Smith in golden hues and stages memorable slow-motion sequences, including a sprint with an open shirt. The movie leans on clichés and formulaic action tropes but functioned as a coming-of-age moment for younger viewers and a star-making turn for Smith.
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