A Conversation With the Filmmakers of 'When Men Were Men'
Hours before their line-up of screenings for Trans Awareness Week began, the filmmakers of 'When Men Were Men' chatted with me about the film's personal exploration of masculinity.
Bad Boys (1995)
Marcus Burnett is a henpecked family man. Mike Lowrey is a footloose and fancy free ladies' man. Both Miami policemen, they have 72 hours to reclaim a consignment of drugs stolen from under their station's nose. To complicate matters, in order to get the assistance of the sole witness to a murder, they have to pretend to be each other.
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Marcus Burnett is a henpecked family man. Mike Lowrey is a footloose and fancy free ladies' man. Both Miami policemen, they have 72 hours to reclaim a consignment of drugs stolen from under their station's nose. To complicate matters, in order to get the assistance of the sole witness to a murder, they have to pretend to be each other.
Rating:R
Genre:Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Directed By:Michael Bay
Written By:Jim Mulholland, Michael Barrie, Doug Richardson
In Theaters:4/7/1995
Box Office:$141,407,024
Runtime:119 minutes
Studio:Columbia Pictures, Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Cast
Michael Bay
Director
Michael Bay
Director
Will Smith
Mike Lowrey
Martin Lawrence
Marcus Burnett
Téa Leoni
Julie Mott
Tchéky Karyo
Fouchet
Joe Pantoliano
Captain Howard
Theresa Randle
Theresa Burnett
Marg Helgenberger
Alison Sinclair
Nestor Serrano
Detective Sanchez
Julio Oscar Mechoso
Detective Ruiz
Saverio Guerra
Chet The Doorman
Anna Thomson
Francine
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