Without a lot of high-octane action movies in the marketplace, Bad Boys For Life should do well until the arrival of Smith’s Suicide Squad co-star Margot Robbie’s spinoff film Birds Of Prey.Ĭranky Marcus (Lawrence) and cocky Mike (Smith) remain best friends, but Marcus is ready to retire from law enforcement after the birth of his first grandchild, while Mike can’t imagine a life outside of being a cop.
Smith has had massive hits of late with everything from Suicide Squad ($747 million worldwide) to the new Aladdin ($1.1 billion), but it will be interesting to see how much pent-up interest there is for this franchise beyond nostalgic die-hards. Sony opens Bad Boys For Life in the UK and US on January 17, hoping that audiences have been craving more action-comedy hijinks since 2003’s Bad Boys II. As for stars Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, they don’t seem rejuvenated by this reunion, mostly re-creating the forced back-and-forth quipping that wasn’t even fresh back when they were younger men.Ī by-the-numbers sequel, which, like its protagonists, desperately wants to reclaim past glories that are far, far out of reach. Taking the reins from Michael Bay, directing duo Adil & Bilall supply loads of energised style, but without the panache or shamelessness of their predecessor. A quarter of a century after the first instalment, can these bad boys grow up and embrace middle age? Aiming for a slightly more serious tone than the first two films, Bad Boys For Life addresses mortality, regret and getting older - although any attempt at gravitas is quickly drowned out by the franchise’s usual over-reliance on explosions and macho posturing.
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