The main cast of the Bad Boys franchise will be reprising their roles in Bad Boys: Ride or Die. The Bad Boys franchise follows detectives Mike Lowery and Marcus Burnett as they work different cases. Films in the franchise play on their buddy cop dynamic and belong in the action comedy genre. The first Bad Boys film was released in 1995, and it was followed by Bad Boys 2 in 2003. Bad Boys for Life, the franchise’s third installment, was released in 2020, with the fourth film being the upcoming Bad Boys: Ride or Die.