★★★

Released unto a post-slap world, the fourth Bad Boys carries the double jeopardy of also being Will Smith’s first shot at a box office still reeling from its darkest year. There’s a reason they’ve called this one Ride or Die. Fear not. In short, unlikely financial fallibility is about as dangerous as things get here, frenetic direction and kooky visuals only going so far to disguise the film’s safer instincts. Moreover, so assured is Smith’s gigawatt charisma – on screen at least – that it’s an effort to remember the bulb ever blinked. Almost thirty years on from its debut, the Bad Boys franchise has fuel in its turbo yet.