Bad Boys for Life
Bad Boys for Life sees Mike Lowry, played by Will Smith, and Marcus Burnett, played by Martin Lawrence, returning for one last ride. The movie is being directed by Belgian movie and television directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah. It was written by Peter Craig, known for The Town and Hunger Game: Mockingjay, and Joe Carnahan, known for Narc, Smokin’ Aces and A-Team. The film is being produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Will Smith, and Doug Belgrade. Smith and Lawrence are also cast alongside Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig, Charles Melton, Paola Nunez, Kate Del Castillo, Nicky Jam, and Joe Pantoliano.
Bad Boys for Life sees the highly- anticipated end of the Bad Boys saga that began 25 years ago. The premise of this film is that the old-school bad boys, as well as the newly formed elite AMMO team, going up against a drug cartel. The cartel, Armando Armas, is headed by a vicious leader that controls the drug trade in Miami. This film carries on the tradition of being a buddy-cop comedy with serious action mixed into it. With that, fans of the original films are set to be excited for the film.
The movie is considered to be an action/comedy/crime movie and will have the same R rating that the previous two films had. While it may not be the longest film in the saga, it stills stretches to the 2 hour mark. This makes it just a few minutes longer than the original film. With that time, the directors can weave together a story that people love as much as the first film. For those who want to see the movie, it releases to theaters January 17, 2020.