| Bad Boys | |
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| Directed by | Michael Bay |
| Screenplay by | |
| Story by | George Gallo |
| Produced by | |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Howard Atherton |
| Edited by | Christian Wagner |
| Music by | Mark Mancina |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Releasing |
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Running time | 119 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $19–23 million[2][3] |
| Box office | $141.4 million[2] |
Bad Boys is a 1995 American action comedy film directed by Michael Bay in his feature directorial debut and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer. The film stars Martin Lawrence and Will Smith as Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowrey, two Miami narcotics detectives who are investigating $100 million worth of stolen packs of heroin and must also protect a woman from an international drug dealer after she witnessed a key murder.
The film was released on April 7, 1995 by Columbia Pictures. It received mixed reviews from critics, but was commercially successful, grossing $141 million worldwide, and spawned three sequels: Bad Boys II (2003), Bad Boys for Life (2020), and Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024).
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