Being a pre-teen in the ‘90s had its ups and downs, but being able to take in the cinematic hits of the decade was a rite of passage all on its own. It was the decade that allowed Leonardo DiCaprio to catapult and hold onto stardom thanks to titles like The Basketball Diaries, Romeo + Juliet, and, of course, Titanic, while it also redefined the idea of what a “teen movie” could be thanks to timeless favorites such as 10 Things I Hate About You, <em>Clueless</em>, and Scream. And, while every genre had plenty to add to the discussion, growing up with the range of action films that hit screens throughout the decade was a treat all on its own.
Michael Mann paired with Robert De Niro and Al Pacino to keep audiences on their toes while positioned at the edge of their seats with Heat, while Brian De Palma and Tom Cruise paired top-tier stunt work with an explosive storyline in what would be the first of many Mission: Impossible movies. Speaking of franchise territory, the decade was bursting at the seams with plenty of new universes, including Lana and Lilly Wachowski’s The Matrix and the continuations of already well-established fan-favorites from <em>Die Hard</em> to The Terminator. Right smack-dab in the middle of it all, George Gallo saw space for a new kind of buddy-cop movie when he first established the idea for what has blossomed into the Bad Boys franchise.
New Action Heroes Are Born
In1995, then up-and-coming director Michael Bay brought high-octane energy and perfectly timed comedic one-liners to screens around the world with Bad Boys ,the first film in the series that introduced audiences to Martin Lawrence and Will Smith ’s pair of narcotics detectives. The film served as Bay’s first foray into feature-length filmmaking and paved the way for him to lend his vision to other favorites like The Rock , Armageddon and Pearl Harbor — just to name a few. Soon, interested viewers will be able to stream the first two films in the Bay-built franchise completely free of charge when Bad Boys and its2003 follow-up, Bad Boys II , crash onto Tubi on June1.
In the more than30 years since Bad Boys first graced our screens, the franchise has gone on to spawn three other films. After raking in huge dollar signs at the global box office as the helmer of the first two installments, Bay stepped away from the director’s chair, clearing a path for Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah to take over and return audiences to their favorite action universe with2020’s Bad Boys for Life and2024’s Bad Boys: Ride or Die
Head over to Tubi onJune1to stream Bad Boys and Bad Boys II
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