Wow I can't believe how much good stuff I have to say about bad boys for life
nothing negative it's all good yes bad boys for life is an exciting movie for
multiple reasons one it's unusual for a franchise to be revived after such a
long period of time and pick up exactly where it left off this entry is on par
with Jurassic world for recapturing the magic of the original Jurassic world
wasn't quite as good as Jurassic Park but it was close enough I think this is
even more on target as to recapturing the original magic of what everyone
loved in the first place - this movie makes no apologies about sending up bad
boys for borrowing heavily from The Fast and Furious movies heavily and you know
what I'm totally on board and then number three there is a lot of great
talent here in front of and behind the camera and let's start with the
director's ideal lrb and below below falah who come I think most notably from
snowfall on FX you know leveling up two feature films and boy do they level up
these Moroccan directors who studied filmmaking in Belgium are able to
simultaneously mimic Michael Bay's style while doing something big himself has
not been able to do and that's update that style for today's audiences
hilarious side note Michael Bay himself who directed the first two movies here
but isn't involved in the third film has a cameo in the movie I was like Michael
Bay what are you doing here this is hilarious she's such a funny he's
Michael Bay you can't deny some of the excellent films that he's made but he's
kind of turned himself into we a bit of a joke I'm afraid it's it's sad but
basically are being Falah take everything that's good about Bay's style
and plus it while leaving out the tired cliché and sexist elements that have
made Michael Bay a little bit of a joke an hour on full display in 6 under
and make that movie which still has you know some good elements but make that
movie seem dated by the way RB and Falah are attached to Beverly Hills Cop 4 at
Netflix and that movie is in very good hands now sure speaking of Michael Bay's
bad habits there is a scene in this movie where the team needs to go
undercover at a nightclub of course they do and the female members have to dress
and ridiculously sexy outfits I have nothing against a sexy outfit but as
you'll see in this film they're ridiculously sexy outfits Vanessa
Hudgens doesn't even have two doesn't even she's not even even able to wear
pants but whatever I'll forgive it why McNelly cos movies so good but
because Paolo Nunez is such an incredible find this is the Mexican
actresses Hollywood movie debut she's done a little TV here but she is
fabulous she is rocking anime she's like carrie anne moss kind of kind of that
vibe she's rocking an amazing haircut in this movie and she is just again
fabulous in every sense of the word what again what a find for Hollywood and I
hope she gets a lot more work off of this she just as soon as she came on
screen she popped and she continued to pop through the rest of the film I was
like oh please have a bigger role and she did loved it now noon as his
character heads up a cutting-edge division at the Miami Police Department
because of course she does I love this stuff which Mike Lowrey Mike Lowrey
finds himself reluctantly working with of course he nods it has a lot of
nineties elements to it but it's so good the entire team here though is
brilliantly put together sure it's 2020 diversity the kind of diversity we like
to see but it's even better is that everyone deserves to be here there's no
tokenism it's a diverse vibrant exciting group you've got Vanessa Hudgens Hunger
Games is Alexander Ludwig I was like what if I seen that guy before I had to
look it up after I saw the movie he's very good here and Riverdale's Charles
Melton in fact Ludwig and Melton were unfortunately sidelined in the other
things that we've seen them in here and they're kind of sidelined here but they
get more do that I've ever seen from either one
of them and they're both excellent oh this team is so good
longtime casting director Mary Vera new really stepped up here especially with
another find and that's UK actor Jacob Skippy oh who does a voice on Bob the
Builder as well talk about range who here is incredible yet he's from the UK
but he's incredibly convincing and compelling as the Mexican cartel prince
hunting Will Smith also kate del Castillo also steps up as his
psychopathic mother and cartel leader her intro in the movie is quite
memorable I was like are you really doing this you are love it but of course
well these actors help secure the future of the bad boys franchise its heart is
still and always will be Will Smith and Martin Lawrence who are both in top form
here the Mike Lowrey role still fits fits a Smith like the gorgeous suit his
kits his character gets to wear in the movies in fact there's one scene with
said suit and it is a gorgeous suit with DJ Khaled in a cameo I worked so hard to
make sure I pronounce that name right I think I got it wrong but DJ cock Khalid
is really funny here he's been getting a little more work in Hollywood but this
is the best I've seen him do the scene is pure gold but Lawrence is the real
treat here I mean we know Will Smith still got it but Lawrence has been out
of the game for a while and proves that he also still has it in spades his jokes
throughout the movie and it's a long movie he sneaked and he never lets up
his jokes are hilarious throughout I also have to give it give a shout-out to
Joe Pantoliano who's also still got it he and Lawrence remind you of the
difference between professional comedic actors and actors who are just trying to
be you know who just don't quite have it I mean they both really deliver
there's also again as I said it's a two hour movie there's just so much going on
you really get your money's worth two hours of not just over-the-top
action scenes but in a good way the third act showdown is incredible but
also great jokes not from judges from Lawrence although he gets the lion's
share but there's a everyone gets funny jokes
gorgeous settings they even have this wall on a garage which is stunning you
will know it when you see it as like location scout or maybe the production
designer brought it in but whoever you're doing good and then
also genuine surprise twists in the story I was very hard for me not to
spoil anything for you but I managed not to do it you're in for a treat so yes
please go see bad boys for life so we can get bad boys for which I really
really want now all right so that's my review of bad boys for life share your
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