Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 146 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
Detectives Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowrey of the Miami Narcotics Task Force are tasked with stopping the flow of the drug Ecstasy into Miami. They track the drugs to the whacked-out Cuban drug lord Johnny Tapia, who is also involved in a bloody war with Russian and Haitian mobsters. If that isn't bad enough, there's tension between the two detectives when Marcus discovers that playboy Mike is secretly romancing Marcus’ sister, Syd.
- drug smuggling
- miami
- florida
- undercover agent
- cuba
- ku klux klan
- kidnapping
- money laundering
- mexican standoff
- ecstasy
- male friendship
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Martin Lawrence
Detective Marcus Burnett
Will Smith
Detective Mike Lowrey
Jordi Mollà
Hector Juan Carlos 'Johnny' Tapia
Gabrielle Union
Syd
- Peter Stormare — Alexei
- Theresa Randle — Theresa
- Joe Pantoliano — Captain Howard
- Michael Shannon — Floyd Poteet
- Jon Seda — Roberto
- Yul Vazquez — Detective Mateo Reyes
- Jason Manuel Olazabal — Detective Marco Vargas
- Otto Sanchez — Carlos
- Henry Rollins — TNT Leader
- Antoni Corone — DEA Tony Dodd
- Gary Nickens — TNT Fanuti
- Directed
- Michael Bay
Production
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 · 6,094 ratings
- Studio
- Columbia Pictures, Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1995Bad Boys
Where it starts.
Bad Boys II
2003 · You’re here
Bad Boys for Life
2020
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
2024
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