BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE Review: More of the Same, Just Different
After the Slap Heard (and Seen) Around the World, Will Smith, fresh off an Oscar win for King Richard, found himself in desperate need of image and reputational rehab. The answer, as always, was clear: Return to the long-running series that catapulted a then 27-year-old Smith into mega-stardom. (No, not Independence Day. Smith starred in Independence Day a year later and the already forgotten sequel, Independence Day: Resurgence, from several years back, didn’t include Smith, who opted out). The series in question, the Michael Bay-directed Bad Boys, opened almost 30 years ago. A sequel followed eight years later, then nothing for 17 years until Bad Boys For Life became one of the few box-office hits of the pandemic’s early days. Fast forward past the... [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
After the Slap Heard (and Seen) Around the World, Will Smith, fresh off an Oscar win for King Richard, found himself in desperate need of image and reputational rehab. The answer, as always, was clear: Return to the long-running series that catapulted a then 27-year-old Smith into mega-stardom. (No, not Independence Day. Smith starred in Independence Day a year later and the already forgotten sequel, Independence Day: Resurgence, from several years back, didn’t include Smith, who opted out). The series in question, the Michael Bay-directed Bad Boys, opened almost 30 years ago. A sequel followed eight years later, then nothing for 17 years until Bad Boys For Life became one of the few box-office hits of the pandemic’s early days. Fast forward past the...
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