Broadcast this Thursday June 13, 2024 at 9:10 p.m. on M6, Bad Boys for Life marks the return of detectives Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence), after seventeen years of absence. Fans of the saga will be in heaven, especially since a little surprise awaits them from the start of the film…
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What you gonna do ? It has been almost twenty years since this interrogative sentence, taken from the song Bad Boys Reply by the group Inner Circle, resonates in the heads of moviegoers. This is because the rhythms of this anthem are part of the soundtrack of Bad Boys, cult action comedy from the 90s, even if the studio producing the film did not believe in its success. A concentration of muscles and guns, carried by his cop duo Will Smith – Martin Lawrence, and by his female revelation Tea Leoni. A sign of the popularity of the formula, it was even produced in series in 2019.
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In 2003, Bad Boys 2 multiplies the shootings and the corpses, always in the streets of Miami where all the films in the franchise take place, and always in front of the camera of Michael Bay, who made his big debut in the direction of feature films with the first part. The film also revealed the talent of Gabrielle Union, now an established actress in Hollywood. And then, nothing for years. After seventeen years (!) of absence, detectives Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett made their big return in 2020 with Bad Boys for Life, broadcast this Thursday June 13, 2024 at 9:10 p.m. on M6. A return eagerly awaited by fans, entrusted to two young Belgian directors, Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah. The original fans of the saga are not forgotten, however, since a little surprise awaits them from the first minutes of this third part… Indeed, at the wedding of Marcus Burnett’s daughter, it is Michael Bay himself who officiates and introduces Mike Lowrey! A short but intense appearance, in the purest style of the American director, with a moving camera and a circular tracking shot, a true signature of the filmmaker. And for good reason, it was Michael Bay himself who directed his own cameo!
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When is the next one coming out? Bad Boys, Bad Boys 4 ?
Bad Boys for Life follows Mike and Marcus in pursuit of a dangerous Mexican criminal. Effective, the recipe always works, if not surprising. And it was a hit in theaters, since the film brought in more than $420 million in worldwide revenue, for a budget estimated at $90 million. Enough to continue the adventure, with a fourth part, Bad Boys Ride or Diewhich was released in theaters this Wednesday, June 5, 2024. A film that was once threatened by the Will Smith slap affair at the Oscars, but which ended up finding its way to theaters. Bad Boys, Bad Boys, what are you gonna do?
