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Rating: 7.5 stars

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AMC muvico amc a-list sequel buddy cop miami mexico city revenge assassination gang mexican cartel motorcycle shootout police wedding

All movies seen on 01/21/2020

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Bad Boys for Life (2020)

Directed by Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah

Action | Crime | Thriller

Overview

Marcus and Mike are forced to confront new threats, career changes, and midlife crises as they join the newly created elite team AMMO of the Miami police department to take down the ruthless Armando Armas, the vicious leader of a Miami drug cartel.

Rated R | Length 124 minutes

Actors

Will Smith | Martin Lawrence | Paola Nuñez | Vanessa Hudgens | Alexander Ludwig | Charles Melton | Kate del Castillo | Nicky Jam | Joe Pantoliano | Theresa Randle | Jacob Scipio | Michael Bay | DJ Khaled | Happy Anderson | Bianca Bethune | Dennis Greene | Lisa Ann Hadley | Gissette E. Valentin | Rose Bianco | Edelia Merida | Jasmin Lawrence | Shacai O'Neal | Carlos Guerrero | Massi Furlan | Chick Bernhard | Jennifer Badger | Jeff J.J. Authors | Keith Wheeler | Brandi Cohen | Jay Amor | Yessenia Hernandez | Anthony Molinari | Ivo Nandi | David Shae | Eduardo Rosario | Rory Markham | Brad Sanders | Damien Butler | Bilall Fallah | Norma Alvarez | Adil El Arbi | Christina Christensen | Nahima Bicelis | Erroll Castrillo | Kial Butler | Sharon Pfeiffer | Porshia C. Joseph | Ellison Kendrick | Davis Aguila | Athena Akers | Adrian De Armas | Laura Ault | Misty Autery | James William Ballard | Austin Bollinger | Mario 'Vocol' Booker | Thomas Brag | Troy Brenna | Sergio Briones | Landon Brooks | Ruben E.A. Brown | Lauren Buglioli | Ricardo Burgos | Santos Caraballo | Matthew Carter | Joe Crosson | Ellen Marguerite Cullivan | José Alfredo Fernandez | Darin Ferraro | Fred Galle | Joseph Giambrone | Derrick Gilbert | Jenin Gonzalez | Wil Gonzalez | Steve Heinz | Elvia Hill | Cal Johnson | Julia Kay | Melissa Kennemore | Tony Kim | D.L. Lewis | Josue Louis-Charles | Hans Marrero | Ryan L. Price | Scott Rapp | Ashae Reagan | Felicia M. Reyes | Manuel Rivera | London Seabreeze | Pedro Tavarez Jr. | Emily Towles | Jamil C. Winston | Keiko Bell

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

I hope they retroactively change the title when the next installment is released.

Welp I fucking love this movie. Will collect my thoughts later but this movie worked on so many levels for me.

Later:

One odd thing is that they jacked up the timeline for no good reason other than I guess they thought it wouldn’t matter? The events of the past according to a line a dialogue don’t add up to the original film re: how long Marcus and Mike have been partners. Really weird decision. Curious to hear the backstory on that (maybe on the eventual commentary track?).

I think I enjoy this movie the most of the three films. It doesn’t have Michael Bay’s hyper editing or leering camera, which I appreciated so you can see some of the action play out better and the women aren’t shot like pinups. However this movie also lacks the crispy freshness of the first movie and much of the snappy banter / chemistry from the previous two films. Wish they hadn’t waited so long to make a follow-up. The age in the characters shows particularly w/Martin Lawrence. That said, both he and Will Smith show up and are fully committed to these characters. This movie also looks great even w/o Bay’s typical gloss. I love love love the addition of the new characters. Paola Nuñez is sizzling and I dig Vanessa Hudgens in her role. 

I guess what I enjoy the most from this movie is the story beats that play out just like I’d want them to. Yes, they are predictable/obvious but I love that shit in these kinds of movies. And this movie is full of them that had me in tears during the final big setpiece, which is excellent (and looks like a sequence straight out of Uncharted). Seriously, I was exhausted by the end and my eyes were tired. We had a minimal crowd for a 3:15pm Tuesday screening and you could still hear the laughs and cheers from around the theater. Really made me regret not seeing this opening night/weekend w/a big crowd of BB faithfuls. It would’ve been a blast. Also the Dolby treatment between the D Vision and Atmos was outstanding. The seats were just shaking w/the tremendous audio. I’m tempted to see it again if I can get either Dolby or IMAX.

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