Spotlight DVD REVIEW Now streaming and on DVD: 'Bad Boys: Ride or Die' offers retro fun BRUCE R. MILLER Sep 16, 2024 Sep 16, 2024 Updated Dec 13, 2024 0 × BRUCE R. MILLER Movie critic Bruce Miller says "Bad Boys: Ride or Die" doesn’t try to deliver big messages, it's just a lot of fun. Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Here’s a surprise: the fourth installment of the “Bad Boys” franchise is kind of fun.kAm|2CE:? {2HC6?46 2?5 (:== $>:E9 >2J ?@E 36 A:E4965 2E E96 D2>6 =6G6= 2D E96J H6C6 :? E96 =2DE @?6[ 3FE “q25 q@JDi #:56 @C s:6” E9C@HD ?6H 4FCG6D]k^AmkAm{2HC6?46’D 492C24E6C DF776CD 2 962CE 2EE24<j $>:E9’D 562=D H:E9 C6=2E:@?D9:A H@6D W2?5[ J6D[ 2 D=2AX]k^AmkAmq@E9[ 9@H6G6C[ 2C6 56E6C>:?65 E@ =62C? H9@ 7C2>65 E96:C 7C:6?5 2?5 EC:65 E@ >2<6 9:> E96 7@4FD @7 2 5CF8 :?G6DE:82E:@?] ~55=J 6?@F89[ E96 ?6H DE2?46 H@C<D]k^Am kAm%96 EH@ C6=J @? 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