Marcus Burnett is a henpecked family man. Mike Lowrey is a footloose and fancy free ladies' man. Both Miami policemen, they have 72 hours to reclaim a consignment of drugs stolen from under their station's nose. To complicate matters, in order to get the assistance of the sole witness to a murder, they have to pretend to be each other.
Acting
Lawrence's 'You stole my FACE!' meltdown is art
Direction
Bay's first feature—already maximalist, already iconic
Cinematography
Miami never looked this sweaty and glamorous again
Director
Michael Bay
Will Smith
Mike Lowrey
Martin Lawrence
Marcus Burnett
Téa Leoni
Julie Mott
Tchéky Karyo
Fouchet
Joe Pantoliano
Captain Howard
Theresa Randle
Theresa Burnett
Marg Helgenberger
Alison Sinclair
Nestor Serrano
Detective Sanchez
Julio Oscar Mechoso
Detective Ruiz
Saverio Guerra
Chet The Doorman
Anna Thomson
Francine
Kevin Corrigan
Elliot
Michael Imperioli
Jojo
Lisa Boyle
Girl Decoy
Michael Taliferro
Carjacker
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Will Smith and Martin Lawrence improvised so much that the script supervisor allegedly stopped taking notes.
This launched Bay's career AND proved Black leads could carry blockbuster action—Hollywood took the wrong lessons from both.
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