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Bad Boys for Life

2020

Bilall Fallah, Adil El Arbi

Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens, Kate del Castillo ...

5.4

8,895

Action. Thriller. Comedy In this third stallmment of Bad Boys franchise the Bad Boys Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) are back together for one last ride. Almost 17 years after taking down a Cuban drug lord, Marcus leads a peaceful family life. But horrors of the past haunt his partner Mike, who must do whatever it takes to protect himself and take down a drug cartel, and finally they team up with Miami police department and its ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"It’s a bumpy ride for sure, but Smith and Lawrence haven’t lost their irresistible mojo and 'Bad Boys For Life' plays like a blast of retro ’90s action. It’s like they never left (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"Decisively the best of the trio; it actually has a heart, or what passes for one in a gigantic, slam-bang industrial enterprise like this."
		Johnny Oleksinski New York Post	"Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are hilarious (...) Think of 'Bad Boys for Life' as a Pennsylvania highway store: full of explosives and fun (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Jordan Hoffman The Guardian	"[While it] has a completely asinine story, generic action, predictable plot beats, moronic dialogue and truly reprehensible politics, I still had a good time (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Brian Truitt USA Today	"A retro affair tailor-made for those who adored the action movies of the 1990s (...) [A] delightful spectacle (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Owen Gleiberman Variety	"A lavishly conventional cop movie (...) That it works at all is a testament to how even an entertainment rooted in this much formula extravagance can now seem comfortingly old-fashioned."
		Leah Greenblatt Entertainment Weekly	"Though the movie is always at its best when it lets the chemistry between its two costars breathe; when it doesn’t, it’s mostly interchangeable with any other fast, furious thriller that passes through the multiplex"
		David Ehrlich IndieWire	"A fun, explosive, and even thoughtful action movie that updates Jerry Bruckheimer bombast for the modern age of multiplex cinema.
		Chris Hewitt Empire	"This is comfortably the best entry in the series to date. Which isn’t bad (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Tim Grierson Screendaily	"Any attempt at gravitas is quickly drowned out by the franchise’s usual over-reliance on explosions and macho posturing (...) A by-the-numbers sequel"
		Matt Goldberg Collider	"If this is the last 'Bad Boys' movie with Smith and Lawrence (...) then the series goes out on a high note but leaning into what works while still adapting to the current action landscape."
		Jason Bailey The Playlist	"Fun but forgettable (...) [The] opening title card reads 'Directed by Adil and Bilal,' like it’s a homemade fan-fiction sequel by a couple of teenagers, and well, maybe that’s accurate"
		Brian Lowry CNN	"The movie is frankly at its best in the quieter moments (...) that give the two leads a chance to play off each other"
		Scott Mendelson Forbes	"'Bad Boys For Life' is filled with strong character work and quality big-budget action set pieces (...) Everyone is on their A-game"
		Bilge Ebiri Vulture	"Overall, 'Bad Boys for Life' is probably a wash, but it ends so well that I now find myself not entirely opposed to the idea of a fourth Bad Boys entry. Whatcha gonna do?"
		Matt Singer Screen Crush	"As an extremely casual 'Bad Boys' fan, I have never for one second cared whether they made a third film. Now that it’s here, I find myself genuinely shocked to announce I kind of want a fourth."
		Robert Abele The Wrap	"It’s an improvement over 'Bad Boys II,' but this late-in-the-game sequel still traffics in slick, loud carnage"
		Rosie Knight IGN	"If you've missed big, bombastic, bloody action movies shot with style that lean into their R-rating and rely on cast chemistry rather than solid story then you'll probably love 'Bad Boys For Life'"
		Jake Cole Slant	"The filmmakers do nothing to shake the franchise from its repellent roots, merely replicating Bay’s stylistic tics at a more sluggish pace (…) Rating: ½ (out of 4)"
		Chris Evangelista SlashFilm	"[The] interplay between Smith and Lawrence is ever-present, and endlessly entertaining (...) It’s the unexpected amount of heart that ends up making 'Bad Boys for Life' a pleasant surprise"
		Ignatiy Vishnevetsky AV Club	"Lawrence and Smith manage to recreate some of their screen chemistry—though not enough to make anyone want to go on another bumpy ride."
		Sandy Schaefer Screen Rant	"A surprisingly entertaining sequel (no more, but no less) that partially evolves the 'Bad Boys' brand (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Clarisse Loughrey The Independent	"What’s surprising is that – despite the general air of pointlessness – the film still finds plenty of ways to entertain (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Robbie Collin Telegraph	"A quarter-century on from its inception, 'Bad Boys' has become something which would have once seemed inconceivable: quite sweet (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Joanna Berry Digital Spy	"With a fourth movie rumoured (...) And on the basis of this fun movie, that wouldn't be a bad thing at all (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Don Kaye Den of Geek	"Life is just too short to keep spending chunks of it with this empty if occasionally crowdpleasing series (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"
		Brian Lloyd entertainment.ie	"As strange as it is to say, 'Bad Boys For Life' is a solidly made action movie that delivers on the promise (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"
		Donald Clarke Irish Times	"The funny bits are funny. The serious bits are even funnier (...) A noisy, inconsequential violent romp (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"

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