While some of the humor is very funny, there's nothing remotely interesting about the action stuff.
Bulletproof (1996)
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Reviews Counted:36
Fresh:3
Rotten:33
Average Rating:3.6/10
Runtime: 85 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: Archie and Jack become friends while working for drug kingpin Frank Colton. However, Jack is an undercover cop, preparing a sting against Colton. The bust fails, and a betrayed Archie and Colton... Archie and Jack become friends while working for drug kingpin Frank Colton. However, Jack is an undercover cop, preparing a sting against Colton. The bust fails, and a betrayed Archie and Colton flee. Months later, Archie decides to turn himself in. Strangely enough, he wants to be escorted cross-country by his ex-friend Jack, who reluctantly agrees. But during their trek, the bickering pair find themselves targeted by assassins -- courtesy of a vengeful Frank Colton. [More]
Starring: Adam Sandler, Damon Wayans, James Farentino, James Caan
Starring: Adam Sandler, Damon Wayans, James Farentino, James Caan, Kristen Wilson, Bill Nunn
Director: Ernest R. Dickerson
Director: Ernest R. Dickerson
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Release:
Jun 21, 2009
DVD Features:
- Region 1
- Keep Case
- Single Side - Single Layer
- Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
- Letterbox - 2.35
Audio:
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
- Dolby Surround - French
Additional Release Material:
- Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer
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Reviews for Bulletproof
The film's action elements are so preposterous that the sequence of events seems almost improvised.
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.
It's incredible how botched the script is. Not only are the twists predictable and tired, they also don't make any sense.
Midnight Run did it best; 48 hours runs a fair second. Bulletproof finishes way back in the pack.
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.
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.
Bulletproof doesn't quite misfire, but it never hits its target either.
Bulletproof is watchable. Barely, maybe. Still ridiculous, obviously. But it is not nearly as excruciatingly awful as Sandler's prior movie sins.
Dickerson and screenwriter Joe Gayton have misguidedly tried to turn Wayans into a physical action star and evidently hoped that Sandler could act.
A rather routine buddy-action/comedy that should have concentrated a bit more on the comedy side, and less on the action.
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