Film Review - Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024)

Bad Boys: Ride or Die is the fourth Bad Boys film and the second to be directed by Adil and Bilall who directed 2020’s Bad Boys for Life and this time Mike (Will Smith) has married Theresa (Tasha Smith) and Marcus (Martin Lawrence) has a heart attack at his wedding reception but the late Captain Howard (Joe Pantoliano) is later accused of being corrupt by his own Miami Police Department and so its up to the Bad Boys to do what they do and what they do best when they come for you.

Bad Boys: Ride or Die is one of those films where I go “This does exactly what it says on the box in the video shop” and it is not a bad thing here as I had a good time watching it and firstly it was great to see Adil and Bilall back in the directors chair and showing themselves as talented action directors after the mess of Batgirl at Warner Brothers, here they craft some fun action scenes that don’t use to hyper shaky editing too much and they come up with some neat angles during those moments as well.

Secondly both Smith and Lawrence work well as a duo and their chemistry feels like a shorthand at this point, this film is funnier than 2020’s film For Life but for the most part the humour works here though there were some scenes early on in the film where it didn’t work for me but those don’t last long.

And lastly this movie had some decent villains in it, so many of these action/adventure/sci-fi/fantasy films fail miserably to deliver on this point but this movie had some good ones that helped to enhance the drama on screen and I am very glad for that.

And so that was Bad Boys: Ride or Die and it’s a fun time at the cinema, it doesn’t aim to be anything more than that and it delivers it very enjoyably, 3 and a half out of 5.