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Will Smith gets SLAPPED three times during Bad Boys 4 scene in 'tasteless nod' to Chris Rock Oscars scandal - as comeback movie gets mixed reviews
The scene served as not-so-subtle image rehabilitation for the disgraced 55-year-old, whose career was nearly canceled two years earlier over his violent assault against Chris Rock
'That wink-wink gag proves to be a self-aggrandizing inversion of Smith's Academy Award meltdown, with his detective Mike Lowrey overcoming his unmanly panic attacks via some open-handed smacks to the face,' Schager wrote. The $100M-budget buddy cop continuation - hitting US theaters this Friday - also features Joe Pantoliano, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig, Paola Núñez, Jacob Scipio, DJ Khaled, Tasha Smith, Eric Dane, Ioan Gruffudd, Rhea Seehorn, Melanie Liburd, and Tiffany Haddish. The $100M-budget buddy cop continuation - hitting US theaters this Friday - also features Joe Pantoliano, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig, Paola Núñez, Jacob Scipio, DJ Khaled, Tasha Smith, Eric Dane, Ioan Gruffudd, Rhea Seehorn, Melanie Liburd, and Tiffany Haddish
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