Will Smith: American hero

“Bad Boys II” (2003)

Smith’s Miami PD metrosexual Mike Lowrey has just learned that his girlfriend (Gabrielle Union)—the sister of his partner Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence)—has been taken hostage and shuttled over to the off-limits territory of Cuba.

Patriotic moment: Mike pulls a teary-eyed Marcus aside, and reassures him with their lovably stupid motto, “we ride together, we die together, bad boys for life,” while standing beside a prominently placed American flag. Needles to say, the boys decide to invade Cuba after this stirring pep talk.