PrimeWire

Bad Boys 4 is like your favorite soda when they put out the Zero version. You can say it’s the same but it’s just missing a little something… in this case Bad Boys 4 is missing it’s vitality. Yes people age and this franchise is hitting 30yrs, but in this movie the vanity of the characters/actors is palpable. The jet black sprayed-on hairlines look ridiculous to the point of distraction in several scenes. The heavy makeup makes them look like Mattel dolls. Weirdly installing the dead Captain’s family into the main characters’ lives…ok. New wife and no kids…..ok. But what I can’t get down with are the loud lazy jokes from Martin Lawrence that fell flat half the movie, Dorn & Kelly should never have replaced the original Sanchez & Ruiz (their banter was great) because they never get funnier, and panic attacks never really being addressed. The characters of Reggie and Armando stole the show! I will miss Fletcher who always had the best one liners. Last but not least. I really thought they might go to Julie for help and we would get a cameo 30 years in the making. Haddish was typical Haddish. What would have made me give the movie an 8 instead of 6.5