Bad Ass (2012)

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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 (where he protects an elderly black man from a pair of skin heads) makes him a local hero where… More 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 (where he protects an elderly black man from a pair of skin heads) 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 Klondike is murdered and the police aren't doing anything about it. -- (C) Official Site

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Rating, Runtime: R, 1 hr. 30 min.
Directed By: Craig Moss
Written By: Craig Moss, Elliot Tishman
Genres: Action & Adventure

In Theaters: Apr 13, 2012 Limited
On DVD: Jun 5, 2012
Studio: IDP/Samuel goldwyn Films

Critic Reviews

Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times
It's often difficult to tell what's bad on purpose or just badly handled. The cargo shorts and fanny pack? Purposely funny. The slack pacing? Probably not.
Brian Orndorf, BrianOrndorf.com
What started as internet shock value turned into a joke, and that joke has been flattened into a humor-impaired bore in Bad Ass.
Michelle Orange, Movieline
It's the casual tone that makes all the difference, but it can't quite carry the movie.

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Manu G

They messed with the wrong senior citizen. Not a great or bad movie. It's a movie that could had evolved on something much more thrilling but if you just want to relax with nothing too complex to mess around with your head it's a nice movie. At times there were funny… More
They messed with the wrong senior citizen. Not a great or bad movie. It's a movie that could had evolved on something much more thrilling but if you just want to relax with nothing too complex to mess around with your head it's a nice movie. At times there were funny moments but not cliché moments of catch phrases that you would see in action romp movies. The script is fairly basic but if you expect it be really sophisticated then you chose the wrong genre. I would consider it better than Machete and recommend if you just want to watch it as a popcorn action flick and have a few laughs. 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 (where he protects an elderly black man from a pair of skin heads) 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 Klondike is murdered and the police aren't doing anything about it.