Bad Boys 1995, Rated R Columbia/Tristar Home Video

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Starring Will Smith, Martin Lawrence.

Jerry Bruckheimer and Don Simpson, the producers of Bad Boys, can. Let's repeat after them, c-o-o-k-i-e c-u-t-t-e-r, that's great! This movie isn't bad, no, but I'm just macho movied out. Every explosion, every action sequence, and every car chase just wants to out do the previous one, until we end up with an entire airplane hanger blowing up during the film's finale. Every other word between Will Smith and Martin Lawrence is @$#% or *&^!, or some other variety of. They are always arguing, although they profess that they do love each other, which includes several times while other not so nice men have been pointing loaded weapons at them.

To me, this isn't funny anymore. Sure, maybe back in the mid '80's when it first happened, two buddy cops arguing amongst themselves while the bad guys threatened them with AK-47s seemed funny, but after the twentieth time, I'm bored. Unfortunately, that's the problem this film has. Yeah, the action's good, and Martin and Will do have some kind of chemistry, but everything has been done, acted, said, or seen before in previous movies, including several earlier Bruckheimer/Simpson films.

The credits roll and you're left starring at two cops, now considered heroes, that have seemingly caused something like two hundred million dollars in damages to city property trying to stop one man from completing a drug deal.

Bad Boys is merely one more money making vehicle for Bruckheimer and Simpson. This is good for one viewing, but after that, it grows tiresome. If you liked The Rock or Con Air, chances are good you'll like this one, but if you're looking for some new action check out some of John Woo's early movies, you'll probably be more entertained.