‘BAD BOYS FOR LIFE’

A FILM FOR THE FANS

WILL Smith admits the motivation for him to make a third Bad Boys film was the fans, because people constantly asked him to reprise his role as Detective Mike Lowrey.

Smith knew he had to reunite with his co-star Martin Lawrence – who plays Mike’s partner Detective Marcus Burnett – at some point because a third movie was the project his fans requested the most because there is so much love for his character and the original 1995 movie.

Speaking at the Bad Boys for Life premiere in Miami, he said: “Of the movies I’ve done where people walk up on the street and say, ‘Hey, man, when are you going to do another one?’ Bad Boys is the one. Nobody is asking for Pursuit of Happiness 2.”

The film’s co-director Adil El Arbi thinks the 17-year wait for the action flick is what makes the sequel such a great story. He said: “If you just do a copy, then people aren’t going to be as interested. You have to continue the evolution of these characters, in this case, we really wanted to explore the emotion, the conflict between these two characters who are much older. That is what makes the movie fresh compared to the other ones.”

The film sees the detective duo at odds with each other over giving up their dangerous lifestyles. Marcus wants to retire, whilst Mike still wants to live up to his fearless reputation but the pair are forced into one last mission when Mike is ordered to be assassinated. The filmmakers have promised that the third installment contains the same action and humour as the previous movies.