Bad Boys : Ride or Die

Year of release : 2024

 

Run time : 1h55min

 

Genre : Action / Comedy

 

Cast : Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Jacob Scipio, Alexander Ludwig, Vanessa Hudgens, Eric Dane, Ioan Gruffudd, Joe Pantoliano

 

 

This is the fourth installment of the Bad Boys franchise, started in 1995!

 

The movie starts 4 years after the events which took place in Bad Boys For Life. Mike is marrying his therapist, Christine.

Marcus has a heart attack during the ceremony, and while under, he has a vision of his late captain, who tells him it's not his time.

Marcus takes that to heart,and after he wakes up, he stands on the rooftop of the hospital,convinced he can't die.

 

Right after, it's reported their late captain had ties with drug cartels. Mike and Marcus refuse to believe what everybody says about him, and decide to investigate. They ask the help of Mike's ex,Rita,and her new boyfriend, who's running for mayor,if I'm not mistaken, Adam Lockwood.

 

When the villains are trying to access the captain's computer, a pre-recorded video is sent to Mike and Marcus, warning them of the corruption in their department.

 

They decode the phrase the captain says,and end up talking to their former hacker,who is an artist now. He reveals he hid the captain's message for them in his art.

They find the QR code, and unlock the next video message from him.

 

The assassins follow them at the art gallery and fire at them.

 

The investigation leads them to Armando, Mike's son, who is in prison, who tells them their captain was not corrupt,and knows who is the one responsible ,but he only knows his face.

They transport Armando to Miami,but their plane is hijacked by the assassins who are trying to crash it.

 

The 3 manage to survive, and the assassins put a bounty on their heads.

Everyone is after them, the police,the criminal gangs, and the captain's daughter, who wants vengeance on Armando for k!lling her father.

 

I actually walked into this movie not expecting much (don't know why, because I loved the previous movies, I have the first 2 on original video tape), but I loved it. The movie was action packed, it had all, action, comedy..there's some pretty great fighting scenes involving Armando,just like in the previous one, and not only. And, I laughed quite a few times at the things the leads were saying.

 

I loved the way the movie was directed,it actually reminded me of the style of the Bad Boys movies.

 

The visual effects were good.

 

The actors were great. Jacob Scipio and Alexander Ludwig,two of my favorites,are beautiful and sexy.

Michael Bay makes a cameo.

The two leads feel like they switched roles, as Mike was the reckless one, but in this one he's the one with his head on his shoulders, and emotional, while Marcus is the crazy one, on a high, thinking he can't die.

 

The soundtrack was great.

 

The movie is out in cinemas world wide.

 

Rating : It's so money!