Bad Boys for Life

Seventeen years after Tapia, the widow of a cartel boss escapes a Mexican prison and sends her son, Armando, to Miami. He carries a list of people who must die, with Mike last. Mike is shot, spends months in a coma and wakes up wanting revenge, while Marcus, now a grandfather, just wants to retire. The duo split, then reunite and join AMMO, Lieutenant Rita's tech team. When Armando kills Captain Howard, Mike reveals a 25-year-old secret: his past with Isabel Aretas. The hunt ends in Mexico City.

1. Behind the scenesAlmost 20 years to get made

   In 2008 Michael Bay said he might direct the third one. In 2015 Sony announced two films, director Joe Carnahan left in 2017, and that August the film was pulled from the schedule. In 2018 Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah took over.

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2. CameoTheresa Randle returns after 10 years

   Theresa Randle, who plays Marcus's wife, was making her first film in ten years. Joe Pantoliano also came back as Captain Howard, and Kate del Castillo joined as the villain Isabel Aretas.

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3. ReferenceThe franchise theme and the trailer mashup

   Lorne Balfe scored the film and wove in the themes Mark Mancina wrote for the first one. Both trailers mash up "Bad Boys" by Inner Circle with "Bad Boy for Life" by P. Diddy, Black Rob and Mark Curry.

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