Bad Boys (1995)

 

Release Date: April 7, 1995

Director: Michael Bay

Writer(s): George Callo, Michael Barrie, Jim Mulholland, Doug Richardson

Starring: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Tea Leoni

Estimated budget: $20,000,000

U.S. Box office: $65,807,024

Foreign: $75,600,000

Worldwide: $141,407,024

 

Miami-Dade detectives Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) blow a fuse when $100 million worth of heroin they recently confiscated is heisted from station headquarters. Suspecting it was an inside job, Internal Affairs gives them five days to track down the drugs before they shut down the narcotics division. Action, Crime, Thriller meets farce when Marcus is compelled to masquerade as his partner in order to gain the trust of a call girl (Tea Leoni), a key witness in their investigation.