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- Referencenod to comics or other movies
- Cameoa familiar face shows up
- Setupplanted now, pays off later
- Behind the scenesproduction trivia
- Behind the scenesThe film was written for a different duo
Producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer first pictured Dana Carvey and Jon Lovitz. The script was written for them under the title Bulletproof Hearts, and the project bounced through another studio before landing at Columbia.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesMiami instead of New York
The story was meant for New York, but the production picked Miami. Shooting was quick because Will Smith and Martin Lawrence were both on their own sitcoms (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Martin). It wrapped on August 31, 1994.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe line Smith didn't want to say
Michael Bay let the duo improvise. At the end he wanted Mike to tell Marcus "I love you, man." By Bay's account, Smith refused and they argued for half a shooting day, until Bay told him to do whatever he wanted. Smith ended up saying the line.
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- Behind the scenesA script with too many hands
The final screenplay credit went to Ron Shelton and Jerry Stahl, but dozens of writers touched the script. Judd Apatow did a rewrite, and Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, not yet famous, helped with a few gags.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe causeway they shut down
Shooting ran from July to December 2002, mostly in Miami. The eastbound lanes of the MacArthur Causeway were closed in August for the chase. On the other side of Bill Baggs park, 2 Fast 2 Furious was filming at the same time.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesCritics sank it, audiences didn't
The film sits at 23% on Rotten Tomatoes ("two and a half hours of explosions and witless banter"), but audiences gave it an A on CinemaScore. It made $273 million worldwide, almost double the first film.
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- 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.
source ↗ - 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.
source ↗ - 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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- CameoThe captain Will Smith insisted on
Joe Pantoliano returned as Captain Howard even though the character died in the previous film. According to Wikipedia, Will Smith insisted on bringing him back.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesHalted by a strike
Shooting began on April 3, 2023, in Atlanta and Miami. In July the SAG-AFTRA strike halted everything, and the film only wrapped in March 2024.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesPremiere in Dubai
Ride or Die was just co-director Adil El Arbi's working title before it became official. The world premiere was at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai on May 22, 2024. The US release followed on June 7. The film's original date was 2019.
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