Bad Boys: Ride or Die Directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah Interview

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Published 2024-06-08

"The Bad Boys of cinema," Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah (Ms. Marvel), had no idea they would be returning to the franchise after Bad Boys for Life. "That's why we called it Bad Boys for Life," Fallah laughs, well aware of the missed title opportunity for the fourth installment, Bad Boys: Ride or Die. But when Will Smith and Martin Lawrence's reprisal of their iconic detective duo, Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett, became a box office hit, and Sony almost immediately greenlit the next one, minutia like that was hardly a factor. Now, they're back with a game-changing storyline and innovative ways to put audiences directly into the action, in IMAX, no less.

Collider recently teamed up with Sony and IMAX for an advanced IMAX screening, where Arbi and Fallah joined the audience after the movie to talk about reuniting with Smith and Lawrence for their explosive return. This time, Mike and Marcus are framed as fugitives, flipping the script on the beloved Bad Boys formula. Originally setting out to clear Captain Howard's (Joe Pantoliano) name after he's posthumously set up, Mike and Marcus end up having to clear their own, now running from criminals and Miami PD.

Having taken the reins of the franchise from "the godfather of Bad Boys," Michael Bay, Arbi and Fallah dig into their process from getting the green light to post-production with Collider's Steve Weintraub. We find out how big of a part Smith played in coming up with an original storyline, why Eric Dane (Grey's Anatomy) is crucial in capturing that '80s nostalgia of action paragons like Die Hard and Lethal Weapon, and what part Bay had in bringing the "Bayhem" to this new chapter. The directing duo also discusses mastering their "visual style of comedy," working with producer Jerry Bruckheimer, Smith and Lawrence's improv on set, and ideas for Bad Boys 5.

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All Comments (13)

@FEARisCOLD 21 days ago

I like their Bad Boys movies more than Michael Bays. If they get Spiderman WB is gonna kick themselves so hard for not putting out Batgirl.
@petarrakoc1416 21 days ago

These guys are cool, hope they are even more successful!!
@tiago2189 21 days ago

They will direct the new Spider Man 4
@HighPriestess_Studio5 21 days ago

When I see something of this magnitude... I know longer see anything outside of relative pain 😔 She's in my prayers just the same as ANY other Queen would be under the circumstances. Godspeed to your & my healing & peace.👑💛🙏🏽
@ChrisTheAspergerGuy 21 days ago

Why do you guys censor cussing all of a sudden? You never used to do that.
@axelcastaneda5941 21 days ago

If we have a bad boys 5 we need Jason statham and Tom hardy as the villains
@The-D.A.N-Network 21 days ago

@ColliderInterviews Hi, would you be open to a UK Collab?
@teeahtate 14 days ago

Good movie
@freeloadingmf 21 days ago

I'm still mad about Batgirl. I can't imagine anything these guys put together being worse than some of the garbage that has been allowed to be released by studios.
@sachaallari592 21 days ago

Bad Boy5
@florincalin3698 21 days ago

Steve is kinda out of this interview
@Afrado31 21 days ago

I have never laughed at a lethal weapon movie. I just always took it as a action movie. I never found it funny at all.