History YMMV / BadBoysForLife

** When [[Film/BadBoysRideOrDie a fourth movie]] was announced, a lot of people joked they should have saved this title for the next movie and called it ''Bad Boys 4 Life''.

* MemeticMutation: The fact that this film ended up the highest grossing movie of 2020 thanks to the ''huge'' mitigating factor of the COVID-19 pandemic shutting down movie theaters after just two and half months.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: As with post-Creator/MichaelBay outing ''Film/{{Bumblebee}}'', critics praised Creator/AdilElArbiAndBilallFallah for course-correcting away from long-standing Michael Bay detriments (juvenile humor, cut-a-second editing, derogatory attitude towards women, excessive runtime) and doubling down on the characters' heart and humanity while still delivering on the action people came to see.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: As with post-Creator/MichaelBay outing ''Film/{{Bumblebee}}'', critics praised the film for course-correcting away from long-standing Michael Bay detriments (juvenile humor, cut-a-second editing, derogatory attitude towards women, excessive runtime) and doubling down on the characters' heart and humanity while still delivering on the action people came to see.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: As with post-Creator/MichaelBay outing ''Film/{{Bumblebee}}'', critics praised the film for course-correcting away from long-standing Michael Bay detriments (mean-spirited humor, cut-a-second editing, derogatory attitude towards women, excessive runtime) and doubling down on the characters' heart and humanity while still delivering on the action people came to see.

* EvilIsCool: Armando Aretas, TheHeavy of the film is a badass Cold Sniper able to expertly take out his targets without collateral. Armando is also a NobleDemon and has a moral code against hurting innocents, which adds to the appeal.

* EvilIsCool: Armando Aretas, TheHeavy of the film is a badass Cold Sniper able to expertly take out his targets without collateral. Armando is also a NobleDemon and has a moral code against hurting innocents, which adds to the appeal

* MagnificentBastard: [[VillainousMotherSonDuo Isabel Aretas and Armando Aretas]] are a pair of Mexican criminals seeking to [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge avenge the fall of the Aretas cartel]]. While in prison, Isabel murders one of the guards and escapes after posing as the guard she killed. After escaping, Isabel hands Armando a list of [[RageAgainstTheLegalSystem law enforcement and other officials to kill]], all of whom helped dismantle the cartel and put Isabel in prison. After wounding Mike Lowrey, Armando spends several months assassinating the officials, swiftly eluding the police after each kill. To further torment Mike psychologically, Armando posts a video of him shooting Mike onto [[UsefulNotes/TheDeepWeb the dark web]] and later murders [[spoiler:Captain Howard]] [[TakeMeOutAtTheBallGame while they're both attending a basketball game]]. Once Mike and his partner Marcus try to sneak into Isabel's palace to confront her and Armando, Isabel anticipates their assault and immediately captures them, before attempting to kill them both.
* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: The film's critical reception is significantly better than that of the first two, a Certified Fresh 77% Rotten Tomatoes approval aggregate to the respective 42% and 29% for the previous films. Industry writers credited this as the reason the film nearly doubled its opening weekend projection.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: As with post-Creator/MichaelBay outing ''Film/{{Bumblebee}}'', critics praised the film for course-correcting away from long-standing Michael Bay detriments (mean-spirited humor, cut-a-second editing, derogatory attitude towards women, excessive runtime) and doubling down on the characters' heart and humanity while still delivering on the action people came to see.

* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: The film's critical reception is significantly better than that of the first two, a Certified Fresh 77% to the respective 42% and 29% for the previous films. Industry writers credited this as the reason the film nearly doubled its opening weekend projection.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: As with post-Michael Bay outing ''Film/{{Bumblebee}}'', critics praised ''Bad Boys For Life'' for course-correcting away from long-standing Michael Bay detriments (mean-spirited humor, cut-a-second editing, derogatory attitude towards women, excessive runtime) and doubling down on the characters' heart and humanity while still delivering on the action people came to see.

* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: The film's critical reception is significantly better than that of the first two, a Certified Fresh 77% to the respective 42% and 29% for the previous films.

* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: The film's critical reception is significantly better than that of the first two, not being considered "rotten" on Rotten Tomatoes unlike them.

* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: The film's critical reception is significantly better than the first two, not being considered "rotten" on Rotten Tomatoes unlike them.