if one is looking for an action/comedy, cop-buddy movie, this is the one. lawrence and smith are definitly very funny in this movie and you can tell they had a blast making it.this is micheal bay's movie directorial debut and he directs it with flash and style... there is energy and excitement in each of his shots. the plot is cliche, the story predictable, the characters are poorly defined. even bay admits the script wasn't the best. but its the performances turned in by the main actors and bay's visual style that makes what could have been a standard lethal weapon rip off into one hell of a fun movie.as a side note, mark mancina's score for this movie is among the best I've heard in an action movie. he has fast paced pieces for the action scenes and slow, beautiful music for the scenes involving emotions. without his music, Bad Boys would have been a little less enjoyable.