Lawrence and smith shine brightly in Bad Boys 4

(**1/2)& They’re older. Wiser? Well older. Boyz II middle-aged men. They still got it? And if they do, whatcha gonna do when they come for you?& Bad Boys (1995) and Bad Boys II (2003), starring Martin Lawrence and Will Smith as rambunctious Miami cops Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowery, were directed by the flashy director Michael Bay. Bad Boys for Life (2020) had new life breathed into it when the young, edgy Belgian/Arab team of directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah (Black, Rebel and Gangsta) took command. These filmmakers, Lawrence and Smith have gone back to the same well one more time for this latest venture. Anything left?  Martin Lawrence in Bad Boys Ride or Die. Photo provided The character of Captain Conrad Howard (Joe Pantoliano), the guys’ much loved commanding officer, was a constant in the three previous movies. In the last chapter, he was assassinated by the sniper hitman Armando Aretas (Jacob Scipio), who happened to be Mike’s son. This new, formulaic script by Chris Bremner and Will Beall starts where the last film finished. Howard’s legacy as an honorable, trustworthy cop is being besmirched by crooks who try to tie him to a deadly cartel. Howard...