The read
Audiences rate it 27 points higher than critics do. Number 3 of 4 in its series by score.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes46%
Metacritic41/100
Audiences rate it 27 points higher than critics do.
7,128 audience votes
Key crew
- Michael BayDirector
- Michael BarrieScreenplay
- Jim MulhollandScreenplay
- Doug RichardsonScreenplay
- Mark MancinaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Will SmithMike Lowrey
- Martin LawrenceMarcus Burnett
- Téa LeoniJulie Mott
- Tchéky KaryoFouchet
- Joe PantolianoCaptain Howard
- Theresa RandleTheresa Burnett
- Marg HelgenbergerAlison Sinclair
- Nestor SerranoDetective Sanchez
- Julio Oscar MechosoDetective Ruiz
- Saverio GuerraChet The Doorman
- Anna ThomsonFrancine
- Kevin CorriganElliot
Stills
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Themes
miami, floridamexican standoffmale friendshipwitness protectionstrippercar crashstrip clubinternal affairspolice corruptiongunfightfoot chasewitness to murder