Bad Boys

Bad Boys is a 1995 action comedy film, directed by Michael Bay and starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. The film also spawned a 2003 sequel, Bad Boys II.

The $23 million movie became a hit as it grossed $65.8 million in the United States and $75 million overseas. With a total of almost $141 million in ticket sales worldwide, Bad Boys generated a huge profit for producer Jerry Bruckheimer and Columbia Pictures, and it also led to more big time movies for then-newcomers Will Smith, Martin Lawrence and director Michael Bay.

Reviews from moviegoers were generally positive and many of them felt that the movie finally injected new interest and reinvigorated the buddy cop genre. Some fans of the movie even compared Bad Boys to Lethal Weapon in the sense that both films had two male leads who are at odds with each other while trying to solve cases together. Between the two, Bad Boys is viewed to be a faster movie than Lethal Weapon (which relied on intrigue and suspense).

Because of the popularities of Smith, Lawrence and Bay, Bad Boys continues to enjoy heavy playtime on cable television networks as well as continued presence in video stores worldwide.

Trivia

• Director Michael Bay didn't like the script and often engaged Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in discussions about how the dialogue and scenes could improve. He often allowed them to improvise while the camera were rolling. He secretly told Will to call Lawrence a bitch before the car-scene. The whole "two bitches in the sea" was improvised, as was Martin's comment when Téa Leoni called him gay.
  
  
• The Porsche 911 used in the opening scene of the film was lent to the production by its director, Michael Bay, who was already a successful director of TV commercials.
  
  
• The car driven by Fouchet during the end car chase is an old AC Superblower, basically a Shelby Cobra with a modified V8 engine. It is considered to be one of the fastest muscle cars ever created.
  

• When the Cobra crashes, the body splits and tears, showing it to be made of fiberglass, proving it is not an original Shelby Cobra (they had metal bodies).
  
  
• The Internal Affairs Agent's part was originally written for a man to play.
  
  
• The building used for the police headquarters is actually the county courthouse for Dade County.
  
  
• According to Jon Lovitz, Bad Boys (1995) was originally written with Lovitz and Dana Carvey in mind for the leading roles.