Rating of
3/4
I guess there's still life left in the franchise
Indyfreak - wrote on 07/21/20
Easily the best installment in the Bad Boys film series, BB4LIFE rises above its slick but stupid predecessors by actually trying to have a heart and be meaningful. It helps that the friendship between Smith and Lawrence finally has some semblance of genuine brotherhood instead of just a shared boorishness in faux machismo.
The action scenes are not quite as over-the-top as the last two films but they're arguably more brutal given the film's darker tone. Both the leads seem more vulnerable than ever before, thus there's real tension. It helps that the villains are far more sinister and psychotic than in the other films.
For a delayed sequel for a dormant franchise that wasn't anywhere as good as often touted, BB4LIFE has no business being as good as it winds up being.
