Bad boys for lifethe formidable relaunch
25 years after the film Bad guysMichael Bay’s first feature film starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence as Miami drug cops, Bad boys for lifethe third film of the saga, will be released in cinemas in January 2020. After the second work, Bad Boys 2released in 2003 with mixed critical and commercial results, did the two “bad boys” have what it took to get the machine moving again?
This time with two new directors at the helm, Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, Bad boys for life succeeds far beyond expectations, with the following story. While Marcus celebrates the birth of his grandson and has just announced to Mike his intention to retire, Mike is shot dead by Armando, the son of cartel leader Isabel Aretas, both of whom recently escaped from prison. Having emerged from a coma lasting several months, Mike will try to convince Marcus to return to prevent his enemies from carrying out their Machiavellian plan, and will have to return to his past as an undercover agent…
Top 3 at the global box office in 2020
When it came out in theaters, while no one particularly expected this new Bad Boys movie and its production had been delayed for a long time, due to a budget that the financiers didn’t want to be too big, it was a huge success. So it accumulates $426.5 million at the worldwide box office, including 206 million in North America alone. The reviews are overall very positive and celebrate the size movie buddy success of the film and its humor, as well as the right measure of the film: Bad boys for life it plays on its historical strengths, it doesn’t want to revolutionize anything and it works.
Result of the tenders, at the end of this year 2020 in which the pandemic will force cinemas to close their doors from the end of March, Bad boys for life it is the third global box office hit of the year and the first American film, behind the Chinese war film The 800 Brigade and the Japanese animated film The Demon Slayer: Infinity Train.
The success is all the more profitable the larger the film’s budget 90 million dollars. Profitability is therefore very important and Sony Pictures announces soon after the film’s release that a fourth film is already in development.
A new success for Bad Boys: Ride or Die ?
With the heights reached at the box office and in the hearts of fans, Bad boys for life currently holds the commercial record for the saga Bad guys and the best critical score (76% ON Rotten tomatoes). The new movie, Bad Boys: Ride or Die, can you do better? If its critic rating is currently lower on Rotten Tomatoes (64%), this fourth work currently in theaters (our opinion here) marks the lucky return of Will Smith after the story of the slap at the 2022 Oscarsand it’s already off to a great start in theaters $120 million of recipes in the world.
The performance of Bad boys for life is still much higher, but could be within reach if the new film confirms its appeal. And if Michael Bay, inspired by having once again entrusted the production to the Belgian duo, must remain the undisputed master of the Hollywood action blockbuster, Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah have confirmed that they are truly his best disciples.
Source: Cine Serie
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