After his putrid but profitable 1995 debut “Bad Boys,” director Michael Bay delivered “The Rock,” one of the smartest action flicks of the last three decades. It too made big bucks, and Bay solidified his position as the movie industry’s go-to hired gun for big-budget, pyrotechnic-laden extravaganzas.
Apart from “The Rock,” Bay has helmed 13 other movies that all landed squarely in the black, and not a single one of them (that he has directed and many he only produced) has an aggregate “fresh” score on RottenTomatoes.com.
