Bulletproof (1996)
Average Rating: 3.5/10
Reviews Counted: 39
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 36
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Average Rating: 3/10
Critic Reviews: 8
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 8
No consensus yet.
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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 Moses (Adam Sandler). Keats is using Archie as part of a sting operation to put Colton away; however, Archie doesn't care for this, and when he finds out Keats's true plan and actual identity, it leads to
Sep 6, 1996 Wide
Jun 30, 1998
MCA Universal Home Video
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Cast
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Damon Wayans
Keats/Jack Carter -
Adam Sandler
Archie Moses -
James Caan
Frank Colton -
Kristen Wilson
Traci Flynn -
Xander Berkeley
Daryll Gentry -
James Farentino
Capt. Will Jensen -
Larry McCoy
Detective Sulliman -
Bill Nunn
Finch -
Jeep Swenson
Bledsoe -
Allen Covert
Detective Jones -
Mark Roberts
Charles -
Garret Sato
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All Critics (41) | Top Critics (9) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (36) | DVD (5)
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.
Bulletproof doesn't quite misfire, but it never hits its target either.
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.
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.
While some of the humor is very funny, there's nothing remotely interesting about the action stuff.
The film's action elements are so preposterous that the sequence of events seems almost improvised.
...a forgettable actioner that consistently wastes the talents of its two stars.
Bring back Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy, please!
An entertaining little ditty that I enjoyed watching.
A throwback to when Adam Sandler was funny.
A tiresome Sandler-Wayans buddy-buddy crime actioner that needs its staid material to be desperately riddled with bullets.
It's not a great movie, but it is an adequate late summer diversion.
Fairly weak "buddy" pic with both actors playing below par.
Midnight Run did it best; 48 hours runs a fair second. Bulletproof finishes way back in the pack.
Audience Reviews for Bulletproof
"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 wasn't terrible either. In fact, the film had me laughing out loud on multiple occasions. This is an action comedy starring Damon Wayans, Adam Sandler, and James Caan. As far as the action goes, it leaves a whole lot to be desired. The comedy is there, but not for the whole runtime. There are scenes that are complete comedic failures. Still, I have to admit that I somewhat enjoyed the movie. Not enough to say I liked it, but enough to say it isn't as bad as you may be lead to believe.
Sandler and Wayans play two car thieving friends. Sandler plays Moses and Wayans plays Keets. The only problem is that Keets is actually a cop trying to bring down a drug kingpin that Moses works for. So obviously that friendship isn't going to last. The showdown ends with Moses accidentally shooting his old friend in the head. Months later the two have to work together to avoid being killed by the drug kingpin named Colton. It's a pretty straightforward plot. It's simple and unoriginal. They try to throw in surprises, but we've seen this a million times so, there are no real surprises to be seen.
As someone who doesn't hate Sandler nearly as much as most, I'll say that I thought he was funny in this movie. It's early Sandler before he got into too big of a routine in his movies. It isn't his best movie and it isn't even close to his worst. It's just an average little action comedy. I think there's enjoyment to be had in watching Bulletproof if you can just accept what it is. By no means am I saying this is a good movie. In fact, it is a bad movie. But it is one of those bad movies that I can enjoy. I'd actually go as far as saying that it is a guilty pleasure of mine.
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