Bad Boys 1983
Bad Boys
Mick O'Brien is a young Chicago street thug torn between a life of petty crime and the love of his girlfriend. But when the heist of a local drug dealer goes tragically wrong Mick is sentenced to a brutal juvenile prison where violence is a rite of passage and respect is measured in vengeance.
Mick O'Brien is a young Chicago street thug torn between a life of petty crime and the love of his girlfriend. But when the heist of a local drug dealer goes tragically wrong Mick is sentenced to a brutal juvenile prison where violence is a rite of passage and respect is measured in vengeance.
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Full Cast & Crew... Mick O’Brien
... Ramon Herrera
... Gene Daniels
... Horowitz
... Paco Moreno
... J. C. Walenski
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See All 2 Reviews23 Jun 2021 by Bazzjazz
Being an early favorite of when I first discovered the potential of Sean Penn. Really gritty film centered around some youths that are ‘raging against the machine’ and learned to fend for themselves on the street. It’s a good film if you can appreciate it in it’s own time and merit.
Release Date:
Mar 25, 1983 (United Kingdom,United States)
Run Time:
2hr 3`
MMPA Rating:
R
Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
United Kingdom,United States
Status:
Released
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Being an early favorite of when I first discovered the potential of Sean Penn. Really gritty film centered around some youths that are ‘raging against the machine’ and learned to fend for themselves on the street. It’s a good film if you can appreciate it in it’s own time and merit.
Sean Penn is "O'Brien" who is sent down for the accidental killing of an eight year old lad. His time in prison subjects him to the usual pressures and bullying but he allies with the shrewd electronics whizz "Horowitz" (Eric Gurry) and slowly but surely starts to learn the ropes, turn the tables and thrive. When he learns that the older brother of the dead boy has seriously assaulted his girlfriend "JC" (a few, sparing, contributions from Ally Sheedy) and is now incarcerated in the same institution, a deadly reckoning is on the cards with "Paco" (Esai Morales). Penn never did shy away from the grittier roles and here he carries off his part quite efficiently, though without much sparkle, but the rest of the cast - especially prison scumbag "Lofgren" (the always one-dimensional Clancy Brown) - really only make up the numbers as this predictable and rather plodding two hours of slowly building revenge drama heads to it's inevitable conclusion. It might have been more impactful at the time, but forty years on it is a wordy variation on a well travelled theme that is easy to watch and just as easy to forget.
Cast & Crew of
Bad Boys
Directors & Credit Writers
PK
Pat Kehoe... First Assistant Director
WME
William M. Elvin... Second Assistant Director
BR
Bob Roe... Second Assistant Director
Cast
... Mick O’Brien
... Ramon Herrera
... Gene Daniels
... Horowitz
... Paco Moreno
... J. C. Walenski
... Viking Lofgren
RLR
Robert Lee Rush... Tweety
... Wagner
TMJ
Tony Mockus Jr.... Warden Bendix
... Carl Brennan
... Terrell
... Perretti
... Ricky Lee
... Carlos
... Pablo
MDLC
Martha De La Cruz... Mrs. Moreno
... Mr. Moreno
... Robert Walenski
MAD
Marco A. David... Pacito