Film201290 min

Bad Ass

Name: Bad Ass
Genre: Action, Drama
Released: 2012
Duration: 90 min
Cast: Danny Trejo, Charles S. Dutton, Ron Perlman, Joyful Drake, Patrick Fabian

Taste attributes: actiondramacomedycrimefastunsavourylightrealisticlinearcomplex relationshipfighting evilsocial commentaryunderdog triumphsunlikely connections

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"They messed with the wrong senior citizen."

Boxlist takeFast and grounded: a breezy action film. Best if you like pace over patience.

Taste details

Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: light · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Quality rating

5.7 /10

TMDB · 294 votes

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What lines up

Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
Originality: Balanced, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
Pace: Fast, where this profile leans slow

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Synopsis

Decorated Vietnam hero, Frank Vega returns home only to get shunned by society leaving him without a job or his high school sweetheart. It's not until forty years later when an incident on a commuter bus makes him a local hero where he's suddenly celebrated once again. But his good fortune suddenly turns for the worse when his best friend is murdered and the police aren't doing anything about it.

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