Bad Boys for Life movie review: Will Smith makes explosive return to form in Fast & Furious-inspired sequel

Bad Boys for Life Directors - Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah Cast - Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig, Charles Melton, Paola Núñez, Kate del Castillo, Nicky Jam, Joe Pantoliano Bad Boys for Life movie review: Will Smith and Martin Lawrence return to the franchise after 17 long years. In Bad Boys for Life, not only does DJ Khaled get a cleaver in the face, he also gets ‘another one’ on the fingers. Incoming Belgian director duo Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, who’ve given themselves the fittingly flippant credit ‘Adil & Bilall’ in Bad Boys for Life, do a solid job of mimicking Bay’s lurid visual style. The crucial difference between Bad Boys for Life, and, say, Bay’s recent 6 Underground, is that Adil and Bilall pull it off with a twinkle in their eye and their tongue firmly in their cheek.