Bad Boys is a 1995 action comedy film, directed by Michael Bay and starring Martin Lawrence and Will Smith. The film also spawned a 2003 sequel, Bad Boys II.

Detective Marcus Burnett and Detective Mike Lowrey are officers in the Miami Police Department. While Lowrey is from a wealthy background and enjoys a playboy-like lifestyle, Burnett is married with three kids.

One night, $100 million of seized heroin is stolen by gangsters from a secure police vault. This was a major blow to Burnett and Lowrey, because it was the biggest drug bust of their careers. Now they are faced with an ultimatum from Internal Affairs—if they do not get the drugs back in five days, the narcotics division will be shut down. In the course of the investigation, it is discovered that one of the gang members, Eddie Domínguez, has absconded with some of the heroin. Dominguez is shot to death by a French drug kingpin by the name of Fouchet, who also kills escort girl Max, one of Lowrey's ex-girlfriends. The only witness to the crime is Max' roommate Julie Mott.

Julie will only testify to Lowrey, who is temporarily absent, so Burnett is forced to impersonate him in order to get her to co-operate. In order to continue the deception Burnett moves Julie into Lowrey's apartment, where he himself has to move into while Lowrey moves in with Burnett's family and claims to be Burnett in Julie's presence while Burnett claims to be Lowrey.

Meanwhile, Fouchet and his gang of criminals kidnapped Julie. Burnett, Lowrey and the Miami P.D. organize a team of commandos to stop the criminals from killing Julie and selling the drugs to a Colombian drug lord. A final battle erupts betweeen Burnett, Lowrey and the criminals. The criminals are eliminated, Julie is saved in the process and Lowrey kills Fouchet.

The $23 million movie became a success as it grossed $65.8 million in the United States and $75 million overseas. With a total of almost $141 million in ticket sales worldwide, Bad Boys generated a huge profit for producer Jerry Bruckheimer and Columbia Pictures, and it also led to more big time movies for then-newcomers Will Smith, Martin Lawrence and director Michael Bay.

Reviews from moviegoers were generally positive and many of them felt that the movie finally injected new interest and reinvigorated the buddy cop genre. Some fans of the movie even compared Bad Boys to Lethal Weapon in the sense that both films had two male leads who are at odds with each other while trying to solve cases together. Between the two, Bad Boys is viewed to be a faster movie than Lethal Weapon (which relied on intrigue and suspense).

Because of the popularities of Smith, Lawrence and Bay, Bad Boys continues to enjoy heavy playtime on cable television networks as well as continued presence in video stores worldwide.

Soundtrack:

The Bad Boys Official Soundtrack was released in March of 1995 on the Sony label. The film soundtrack was primarily hip-hop and R&B influenced, with the soundtrack album reflecting said influence. Tracks are listed in order:

1. Shy Guy - Diana King
2. So Many Ways (Bad Boys Version) - Warren G
3. Five O, Five O (Here They Come) - 69 Boyz
4. Boom Boom Boom - Juster
5. Me Against the World - 2Pac
6. Someone to Love - Jon B. featuring Babyface
7. I've Got a Little Something for You - MN8
8. Never Find Someone Like You - Keith Martin
9. Call the Police - Ini Kamoze
10. B Side - Da Brat featuring The Notorious B.I.G.
11. Work Me Slow - Xscape
12. Clouds of Smoke - Call O' Da Wild
13. Juke-Joint Jezebel - KMFDM
14. Bad Boys' Reply - Inner Circle featuring TEK
15. Theme from Bad Boys - Mark Mancina

The album was well received by fans of the rap/R&B genres, but disappointed fans of Mark Mancina's movie score, as only one of up to fifteen tracks composed for the film by Mancina was featured on the album. Also, the industrial rock tracks, which featured primarily in the "Club Hell" scene, are also missing from the album. These include "Nothing" by Stabbing Westward, "Angels" by Dink, and "Sweet Little Lass" by DAG. KMFDM's "Juke-Joint Jezebel" was the only song from the genre to be released with the album, which disappointed fans of both hip-hop and industrial, as the former had no interest in the track, and the latter did not believe one track to be worth the purchase.