Bulletproof

Bulletproof (1996)

  • 8% of critics liked it
    (39 reviews)

  • 54% of users liked it
    (74,193 ratings)

This post-modern comic variation on The Defiant Ones concerns Keats (Damon Wayans), an undercover police detective trying to get the goods on crime kingpin Frank Colton (James Caan). Keats poses as a crook to make friends with one of Colton's underlings, a drug dealer and car thief named Archie… More

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Genres
Action & Adventure, Comedy
In Theaters
Sep 6, 1996 Wide
On DVD
Jun 30, 1998
MCA Universal Home Video

Critic Reviews

  • Leonard Klady, Variety

    The criminal activity onscreen in Bulletproof is penny ante compared with the felonious slaughter of story, character and logic exacted by the pic's filmmakers.

  • Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle

    Bulletproof doesn't quite misfire, but it never hits its target either.

  • Keith Simanton, Film.com

    The movie has a smirking homophobic bent and never makes you care or believe in the characters as much as in the first fifteen minutes.

  • Sean Means, Film.com

    The audience is subjected to an onslaught of unfunny jokes, a string of useless profanity, and more explosive squibs than Caan wore in The Godfather.

  • James Berardinelli, ReelViews

    While some of the humor is very funny, there's nothing remotely interesting about the action stuff.

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Featured Audience Ratings

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  • Melvin W


    Archie Moses: Jesus... I gotta learn how to fight; this is pathetic.  "Their friendship could survive anything... except each other." I'll admit when I first started watching Bulletproof, I expected a completely terrible movie. What I got was not good, but it… More

  • Manu G


    Their friendship could survive anything... except each other! Good funny movie. The story was simple and easy to follow. Popcorn movie to enjoy at home alone or with your friends. Adam Sandler was very funny in this one as always. Rock Keats and Archie Moses are the best of friends… More

  • Anthony L


    You know a film is bad when it becomes apparent that canned laughter would actually be beneficial. It's not funny, it's not clever, the editing is bizarre and quite frankly James Caan should be ashamed. It's odd, this film could only be enjoyed by people who are at… More

  • Daniel P


    What a brutally bad film. I blame marketing to pre-teens (like me, at the time) for anyone ever making the mistake of watching this movie. Or for it still being on TV once in a while (which is where I finally saw it). Man am I glad I didn't pay for this! There is one - count it,… More

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