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Bad boys - Michael Bay, Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, Téa Leoni

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Movie propaganda

Whatcha gonna do?

Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) is a happily married family man. Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) is a foot-loose and fancy free ladies' man. Both are Miami narcotics cops who have 72 hours to reclaim a large amount of heroin that was stolen from their police station. In order to get the assistance of the sole witness, Julie Mott (Téa Leoni), they have to pretend to be each other. When Mike can't be found, Marcus must pretend to be him to fool their only witness into co-operating with them. When Mike is found he has no choice but to go along and pretend to be Marcus. The situation is getting even worse when Marcus' wife and the witness Julie realise what's going on. Julie is angry at Mike and Marcus for what they did so she runs away and gets kidnapped by the bad guys who want her dead. Marcus and Mike now have an even bigger problem than before, they must reclaim the drugs and do everything they can to save their witness.

Persons of interest

Martin Lawrence .... Marcus Burnett
Will Smith .... Mike Lowrey
Téa Leoni .... Julie Mott
Tchéky Karyo .... Fouchet
Joe Pantoliano .... Captain Howard
Theresa Randle .... Theresa Burnett
Marg Helgenberger .... Alison Sinclair
Nestor Serrano .... Detective Sanchez
Julio Oscar Mechoso .... Detective Ruiz
Michael Imperioli .... Jojo
George Gallo .... Storywriter
Michael Barrie .... Screenwriter
Jim Mulholland .... Screenwriter
Doug Richardson .... Screenwriter
Michael Bay .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

Studios and distributors:

Sony Pictures Releasing

Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

Uh-huh.

Two smart aleck African-American police investigators with different personalities team up to save the freaky Friday and can only do so by trading places.

Bad boys is all you'd expect from a cop film that's headlined by Martin and Will. Action, wisecracks, shooting, bleeding, cussing, egos. The action is good, the wisecracks are funny, the shooting is exciting, the bleeding is nyucky, the cussing is mother-fucking good and the egos are well fed - You da man! Where the flick falls down is by trying to add romance between Mike and Julie. This is an action film, folks, no-one cares if anyone falls in love, as long as they shoot someone. Just ask James Bond.

Meanwhile, if you want to switch your brain off and bask in the glow of your own subnormality, Bad boys is the prefect flick with which to do it.

Media intelligence (DVD)

Audio: Dolby digital 5.1
Disc: single side, dual layer
Languages: English, French, German
Picture disc
Picture: Widescreen (16:9 enhanced)
Special Features:

Commentary: Michael Bay
Documentary: Putting the boom and bang in "Bad boys" (24 minutes)
Featurette: Multi-angle special effects
Isolated soundtrack
Music videos: 3
Photo gallery
Talent profiles
Trailer

Subtitles: Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Turkish