![]() ![]() ![]() “Around the world, the kids are the same in their dress and in their lifestyle. “It’s about the youth acting erratically,” Ian Lewis said in a 1994 Billboard interview. If anything, “Bad Boys” was supposed to be a cautionary tale for young people who were going down the wrong path. The brainchild of brothers Ian and Roger Lewis, Inner Circle included “Bad Boys” on their 1987 album One Way, never intending it to become a pro-cop anthem. The group formed in 1968 in Jamaica, recording a series of albums that failed to make a dent on the charts. Inner Circle were hardly a new band when Langley stumbled upon them - but they weren’t exactly household names, either. “I heard the song and I said, ‘That’s it. That’s when a field producer found an album from the group Inner Circle. “It seemed to announce, this is not your regular cop show with a Hill Street Blues kind of theme.” He and his team scoured CDs looking for the right track. “Back in 1988, I was a Bob Marley fan - still am - and I thought it would be very interesting to counterpoint law enforcement with reggae,” Cops creator John Langley told Entertainment Weekly in 2017 about selecting “Bad Boys” as his show’s theme song. The show’s cheap production values and tawdry subject matter - the breathless announcer opened each episode informing the viewer, “ Cops is filmed on location as it happens ” - made it perfect trash TV, and the mindlessly catchy “Bad Boys” nicely fit the stoned-at-two-in-the-morning vibe. One of the first big reality-show sensations, Cops debuted in 1989, its depiction of low-rent crooks making asses of themselves when confronted by law enforcement proving instantly addictive. But even before then, “Bad Boys” had become ingrained in the culture - all thanks to a little show called Cops : ![]() ![]() With its laidback reggae groove and chanted chorus, the song became part of the fabric of the Bad Boys franchise. Of course, they’re referencing the song “Bad Boys.” You probably don’t know who made the song, but you’ll have the chorus embedded in your brain until death… It’s an eminently reasonable suggestion - after all, they’re dudes in their 50s, not young turks anymore - but Mike isn’t having it: The film is directed by Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah, screenplay by Joe Carnahan and Chris Bremner, from a story by Peter Craig and Joe Carnahan and Chris Bremner. Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Will Smith and Doug Belgrad.īad Boys for Life also stars Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig, Charles Melton, Paola Nunez, Kate Del Castillo, Nicky Jam and Joe Pantoliano.īad Boys for Life is distributed in the Philippines by Columbia Pictures, local office of Sony Pictures Releasing International.In Bad Boys for Life, Marcus (Martin Lawrence) makes an appeal to his partner Mike (Will Smith): Maybe it’s time for them to stop being bad boys and start trying to be good men. In the film, just as Marcus is trying to step back and spend more time in his family, a dangerous threat will emerge to endangers Mike’s life – pulling Marcus back in… after all, Mike is family too, and he’s not going to let Mike go on that mission alone. In Bad Boys for Life, Smith and Lawrence return in two of their signature roles, Mike Lowery and Marcus Burnett. The Bad Boys Mike Lowrey (Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Lawrence) are back together for one last ride in Bad Boys for Life – and they’re as fun, dangerous, and unpredictable as ever. no.1 box-office hit Bad Boys for Life starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence.Ĭheck out the “Reggie” featurette below and watch Bad Boys for Life now playing in Philippine cinemas nationwide. He made it! Remember the 17-year-old Reggie from Bad Boys 2 ? He’s now grown up and back in the U.S. ![]()
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