Whatcha gonna do? Watch all three “Bad Boys” movies, that’s what. What a long, strange road it’s been for Mike Lowery and Marcus Burnett, two Miami detectives who trade barbs, look cool in slow-motion and kill piles and piles of bad guys. They also kill a bunch of innocent poor people with a humvee in “Bad Boys II,” because ACTION!
In 1995, director Michael Bay wasn’t yet known for his Bayhem, and so the original “Bad Boys” is a somewhat subdued affair until the final 20 minutes. That won’t stop the Will Smith and Martin Lawrence from engaging in a full hour of excruciating mistaken identity-comedy focused on keeping murder witness Tea Leoni safe. You know Tea Leoni… that lady who plays Madame Secretary on “Madame Secre……zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
After wrestling with the relative charm of the original, Old Millennials Tyler and Angela shift their focus to “Bad Boys II” from 2003, a movie that’s as insane and excessive as it is dreadful. Stinky dead bodies, racial stereotypes and homophobia for days here folks, plus one admittedly snazzy car chase.
Then it’s on to the new “Bad Boys for Life.” Michael Bay skipped this go around, and the movie is… passable! We dive into some spoilers here, but basically if you’ve seen a “Fast & Furious” movie in the last five years, then you can probably guess this movie’s twists and turns.
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It’s our “Bad Boys” extravaganza with deep, thoughtful discussion and criticism. Actually, we spend a lot of time gushing about the MVP of the franchise Joe “Joey Pants” Pantoliano, talking about how to properly say “MIKE LOWERY” and get into a questionable debate about Tea Leoni’s teeth. But hey, we also quadruple down on our sustained love for Edgar Wright’s “Hot Fuzz and celebrate the Oscar success of “Parasite,” so don’t turn on us, hashtagFilmTwitter!
Also discussed in this episode:
- Birds of Prey (2020)
- The Gentleman (2020)
- Star Trek: Picard Season 1
- Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Season 3 (2020)
- McMillions miniseries (2020)
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