Bad Boys Review

Title: Bad Boys
Release Date: April 7th, 1995
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Plot: [as per imdb.com] Marcus Burnett is a hen-pecked family man. Mike Lowry is a foot-loose and fancy free ladies' man. Both are Miami policemen, and both 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.
Rating: 8/10
Reasoning: This movie is without a doubt, one of Will Smith's finest. The on-screen relationship between Martin Lawrence and Will Smith is spectacular, with both actors basically playing off the other. The premise is rather well done, and keeps you on your toes as to what might happen to the guys next. Though I might've preferred more of a cop movie, rather than T.N.T, this fits just as well. Especially with Lawrence's character actually getting queasy with the sight of a dead body.

The main problem with the movie, which is why it got an 8 instead of a 9 or a 10 is Tea Leoni's acting. Though she has been in previously rather good movies (Fun with Dick and Jane), her character was extremely shrill, annoying, and basically an idiot. If she hadn't been the witness who could lead them to Fouchet, I would've smacked her in the face a bunch of times. I understand the predicament the character was in: she just witnessed her best friend get shot at an ex-cop's house, but she didn't have to get as carried away as she did in the movie. There's a fine line between scared and shrill, and she definitely went way past it.

But despite Tea Leoni's acting, this movie is still worth the watch, and you definitely get a feel for best friend relationship between Smith's and Lawrence's characters. A must see if you're also either a Will Smith fan or a Martin Lawrence fan.