Bad Boys (1995 film)
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| Directed by | Michael Bay |
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| Story by | George Gallo |
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| Music by | Mark Mancina |
| Cinematography | Howard Atherton |
| Edited by | Christian Wagner |
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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119 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $23 million |
| Box office | $141.4 million |
Bad Boys is a 1995 American buddy cop action-comedy film directed by Michael Bay, produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer and starring Martin Lawrence and Will Smith as two narcotic Miami detectives Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowrey. The first in the Bad Boys franchise, the film was followed by a sequel, Bad Boys II (2003).
Miami detectives Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) and Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) investigate $100 million of Mafia seized heroin, which has been stolen from a secure police vault the previous night. Internal Affairs suspects that it was an inside job with corrupted police officers and threatens to shut down the entire department unless they recover the drugs within five days. Lowrey asks one of his informants and ex-girlfriend Maxine "Max" Logan (Karen Alexander) to look for people who are newly rich and therefore suspects. She gets herself and her best friend Julie Mott (Téa Leoni) hired as escorts by Eddie Domínguez (Emmanuel Xuereb), a former crooked cop and part of the coup. When his French drug kingpin boss Fouchet (Tchéky Karyo) and his henchmen Casper, Ferguson and Noah Trafficante arrive, Fouchet executes Max and then has Ferguson kill Dominguez. After witnessing the murder, Julie escapes over the roof.
Although having not met Lowrey because of Max's relationship with him, Julie will only rely on Lowrey, who is away. Captain Conrad Howard (Joe Pantoliano) forces Burnett to impersonate Lowrey to get Julie to cooperate. After meeting for the first time, Burnett and Julie escape from Julie's apartment to head to Lowrey's after Burnett kills Raji, one of Fouchet's cronies. In Julie's presence, Burnett poses as Lowrey while Lowrey poses as Burnett. Julie identifies Noah as one of Max's killers while looking through mugshots. The two cops and then Julie head off to Club Hell, one of Noah's known hangouts. Though the criminals spot them first, Burnett knocks Casper unconscious during a bathroom fight and thwarts Julie's attempt to kill Fouchet, while Lowrey kills Noah during a car chase. Burnett, Lowrey and Julie then manage to escape the incident, which is caught on camera by a news helicopter and later seen by Burnett's family.
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