The bombastic Transformers director cut his teeth early on with the stripped down and streamlined Bad Boys, then kicked it up several notches to the expected Bay-hem with Bad Boys II.
The stars of the Bad Boys franchise, without question, are Will Smith and Martin Lawrence.
But one could argue that the third “star” of those two movies was the director, Michael Bay.
Their chemistry and comedic interplay is what makes those movies stand out from the buddy-cop formula pack.