BAD BOYS FOR LIFE
Rated: R
Release Date: January 17, 2020
Director: Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah
Stars: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Jacob Scipio, Vanessa Hudgens
Plot: Two hero Miami cops must stop an assassin that is killing high-level government employees
Clint Says: Save some money and see a matinee
It's been 25 years since bad boys Will Smith and Martin Lawrence gave a couple of fantastic performances in a movie that was almost ruined by director Michael Bay. It's been 17 years since Michael Bay messed up BAD BOYS 2. Now it is 2020, and we have a third installment in the franchise, and the great news is Michael Bay had nothing to do with this film except for one uncredited cameo!
BAD BOYS FOR LIFE is easily the best of the three films in the BAD BOYS franchise. It's still not a fantastic film, but for an action flick it is above average.
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DOLITTLE
Rated: PG
Release Date: January 17, 2020
Director: Stephen Gaghan
Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Antonio Banderas, Harry Collett, Carmel Laniado
Plot: A doctor that can talk to animals goes on a dangerous journey to save the Queen
Clint Says: Wait for the digital release
Oh, Universal Studios, what have you done? Not even a month ago you gave us all hairballs and forced naps when you released CATS. Now we have to play guess-the-country-where-Dolittle-grew-up because his accent changes literally in every scene, and we have to try and remember who is who because you thought it was a great idea for Dolittle to have 10 talking animals go on the adventure with him. (Plus two kids).
Alas, it seems as though this movie was doomed from the start. It was plagued with rewrites, re-shoots, redraws, and missed release dates. In fact, this movie is now well over two years in the making. Not to mention that there were director issues as well. Rumors are that another director was called in to do the re-shoots.
Watching this feels like you are watching one of those kindergarten plays where all of the kids stand in a line then one by one they step forward, deliver their line, and step back. There are so many scenes where there are 6 or 7 characters with lines that it is impossible for the movie to have any sort of balance, chemistry, or character depth.
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