Bad Ass

"They messed with the wrong senior citizen."

2012 1h 31m EN

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5.8

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★5.8TMDB · 449

ActionDrama

Synopsis

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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 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.

“They messed with the wrong senior citizen.”

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Cast

Danny Trejo
Frank Vega
Charles S. Dutton
Panther
Ron Perlman
Mayor Williams
Patrick Fabian
Officer Malark
Joyful Drake
Amber Lamps
John Duffy
Martin
Harrison Page
Klondike Washington
Richard Riehle
Father Miller

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Craig Moss
Writers: Craig Moss, Elliot Tishman
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 8

ERA

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Released 14 years ago.

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2 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Bad Ass Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Craig Moss, shot by John Barr. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Todd Haberman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Jim Flynn shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Danny Trejo and Charles S. Dutton and Ron Perlman carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "They messed with the wrong senior citizen.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1928330 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Craig Moss directs. John Barr behind the camera. Todd Haberman scores. Jim Flynn cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Released 14 years ago.
2Part of the "Bad Ass Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Craig Moss, shot by John Barr. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Todd Haberman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Jim Flynn shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Danny Trejo and Charles S. Dutton and Ron Perlman carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "They messed with the wrong senior citizen.".
8IMDB entry: tt1928330 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 10 themes, including "vietnam veteran", "hero", "corruption", "society".

The technical file

Cinematography: John Barr
Original score: Todd Haberman
Editing: Jim Flynn
Production design: Russell M. Jaeger
Costume design: Ariyela Wald-Cohain
Makeup / hair: Myriam Arougheti
VFX supervisor: Christian Cardona
Sound: Eric Lalicata
Stunt coordinator: Mikal Kartvedt
Runtime: 91 min · 1h 31m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Bad Ass (2012)

Part of

Bad Ass Collection

Bad Ass is a 2012 American action film written & directed by Craig Moss, the film stars Danny Trejo, Charles S. Dutton, and Ron Perlman. It is loosely based on the viral AC Transit Bus fight internet video. A sequel, titled Bad Asses, was released in 2014. Danny Glover joins the cast.

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Dark Jedi2014-04-22
★ 6/10
This is an okay (barely) popcorn flick. The basic concept is a good one for this kind of movie. At least I like that type of plot. The initial part must have been done in hundreds of movies. Our hero goes away to war, Vietnam in this case, and when he comes home his girlfriend have a husband and kids. The rest of the movie revolves around Frank being a bad ass that clobbers most of the undesirable elements that crosses his path. Naturally a new lady turns up in the neighbourhood to add some romance to the movie. Of course this new lady have an abusive punk for husband so…clobbertime. The main plot element is the fact that Frank’s best friend is murdered and the police are slow to do something about it. So Frank goes about doing a bit of investigating himself. Of course most of the investigation ends up one way or another in some…clobbertime. Not very surprising Frank does indeed find the bad guy at the end and in true American (Hollywood) manner a crocked mayor turn up under one of the rocks that gets overturned. Finding the bad guy do, surprise, surprise end up in some more…clobbertime. That is pretty much the movie. A rather long knucklefeast loosely tied together with a passable (barely) script. Frank’s “investigation” is more poking around and either instigating or simply ending up in various brawls. If your popcorn munching should be loud enough to disturb the dialogue, well it is not a big deal really. You’re not missing much. At the end of the movie it becomes exceptionally silly and unintelligent. Bleeding, visibly pissed off black guy walks up to bus and demands to be let in and the bus driver just opens the door. Yeah right. Then a Mexican guy follows and the next bus driver just gives him the keys. Come on! Nevertheless, as a popcorn flick it was an okay movie with some laughs and some good macho fist-fights.

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