5.7 Score

1995 • 1h 59min • R • Action, Thriller, Comedy, Crime

Bad Boys

"Whatcha gonna do?"

Marcus 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.

IMDb 6.8

RT 42%

MC 41

Director

Michael Bay

Writers

Michael Barrie

Jim Mulholland

Doug Richardson

Composer

Mark Mancina

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Will Smith

Mike Lowrey

Martin Lawrence

Marcus Burnett

Téa Leoni

Julie Mott

Tchéky Karyo

Fouchet

Joe Pantoliano

Captain Howard

Theresa Randle

Theresa Burnett

Marg Helgenberger

Alison Sinclair

Nestor Serrano

Detective Sanchez

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Téa Leoni Julie Mott

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Nestor Serrano Detective Sanchez

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Saverio Guerra Chet The Doorman

Anna Thomson Francine

Kevin Corrigan Elliot

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