‘Bad Boys: Ride Or Die’ Trailer: Will Smith & Martin Lawrence Team For Action-Packed Teaser

Reprising their roles as Miami PD detectives Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett for a fourth “Bad Boys” movie.

Maxim Staff

Mar 26, 2024

Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are revving up the Bad Boys film franchise one more time in the wild new trailer for Bad Boys: Ride or Die.

It’s fourth installment of the long-running action-comedy series that debuted in 1995, when Smith and Lawrence first teamed up as Miami PD detectives Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett, who investigate the illicit drug trade in South Florida.

Here’s the official plot synopsis from Sony Pictures:

This summer, the world’s favorite Bad Boys are back with their iconic mix of edge-of-your seat action and outrageous comedy but this time with a twist: Miami’s finest are now on the run.
Sony Pictures

While the first two films were directed by Michael Bay, Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah co-directed Bad Boys for Life and the duo return to helm the latest Bad Boys movie, which is co-produced by blockbuster maven Jerry Bruckheimer. Vanessa Hudgens, Tiffany Haddish, Joe Pantoliano, Eric Dane, Paola Núñez, Rhea Seehorn, Tasha Smith and Ioan Gruffudd also star.

There was a seventeen-year lag between the releases of Bad Boys II in 2003 and Bad Boys for Life in 2020, which hit theaters just before the COVID-19 pandemic and earned a whopping $426.5 million at the global box office.

In January, Smith—still reeling from the backlash of his on-screen slap of Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars—and Lawrence announced the fourth installment on social media by sharing a reunion video with the caption, “IT’S ABOUT THAT TIME!”