Bad boys for life7/21/2023 ![]() ![]() They could have gone all-out and anglicised them to “Adam & Bill”… U-S-A, U-S-A! But I digress.Īpparently, Mikey Bay commands too much money these days for the budget to pay him and to outlay for some Big Willy styles. And whilst on the topic of these two new directors, in the opening titles they are referred to as “Adil & Bilall” because we wouldn’t want to offend the general public with some foreign names. The fact that these two haven’t put their own stamp onto it, Bad Boys For Life just ends up feeling like a cheap clone. This latest film is directed by a pair of Belgian directors who attempt some copycat shots (the “Miami” sign, the Will Smith “suit flex”, and the low-angle rotating of the camera whilst Will and Martin stand up). That visual flair that Bay brought to the first two movies, that “Bad Boys” look is nowhere to be seen. Whatever I may think of the man, it cannot be ignored that Bad Boys For Life is missing that music-video slash fashion-shoot aesthetic. The main reason for this detached feeling is the lack of Michael Bay he makes a cameo appearance in this flick but he’s not directing. These types of late-in-the-day, inferior sequels all end up looking like filmic mid-life crises with the leads trying to recapture their heyday and yes, Bad Boys For Life is in this same category. Very similar to Die Hard 4 or Terminator 3, Bad Boys 3 is a very different and disappointing film made by people who had nothing to do with the originals. To prove that review-aggregation sites don’t work, Rotten Tomatoes are currently stating that this third movie titled Bad Boys For Life, is better than the first two, in fact it’s almost double the score! □ This is quite obviously bullshit.Ģ5 years after the first and 17 years after the second installment, we now have a third but when a sequel takes this long to arrive, everything’s changed the actors, the characters, the story, the writers, the directors… the world. The first two Bad Boys are grossly underrated at sites like Rotten Tomatoes but even those naysayers have to recognise that these two films are classics within the buddy-cop sub-genre. With two black leads, some explosive action and laugh-out-loud comedy, the original Bad Boys was a game-changer for Hollywood back in 1995 and it made stars out of two actors who were known more for their TV work at the time. ![]() ![]() Now before I go on, yes, Bad Boys I & II is up there along with Lethal Weapon 1- 3, Stakeout, Point Break, Hot Fuzz, and Dead Heat as some of the best buddy-cop movies ever made (the greatest is the often mentioned Midnight Run but that isn’t strictly a “buddy-cop” film since the duo aren’t cops). Well, unfortunately for fans of Bad Boys, this has also happened to your favourite franchise. Remember when Beverly Hills Cop got to part III and everything became trashy and unfunny? The movie was disappointing on many levels, especially since it looked and felt nothing like the first two. By What Went Wrong Or Right With.? on Janu ![]()
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