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Bulletproof

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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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Jun 21, 2009

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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

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

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
01/01/00
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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An entertaining little ditty that I enjoyed watching.

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
04/09/05
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews

script that doesn't go anywhere, and too slowly

Full Review Source: Philadelphia City Paper | comment Comment
01/01/00
Cynthia Fuchs
Cynthia Fuchs
Philadelphia City Paper

Instead of being exhilarating, the excesses become exhausting.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
04/08/02
Louis B. Hobson
Louis B. Hobson
Jam! Movies

The film's action elements are so preposterous that the sequence of events seems almost improvised.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
01/01/00
Stephen Holden
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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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.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
06/01/08
Leonard Klady
Leonard Klady
Variety
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One more film that may give Hollywood a bad reputation.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
01/01/00
Pat Kramer
Pat Kramer
Boxoffice Magazine

It's incredible how botched the script is. Not only are the twists predictable and tired, they also don't make any sense.

Full Review Source: Montreal Film Journal | comment Comment
09/10/02
Kevin N. Laforest
Kevin N. Laforest
Montreal Film Journal

Midnight Run did it best; 48 hours runs a fair second. Bulletproof finishes way back in the pack.

Full Review Source: Cincinnati Enquirer | comment Comment
10/15/02
Margaret A. McGurk
Margaret A. McGurk
Cincinnati Enquirer

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.

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01/01/00
Sean Means
Sean Means
Film.com
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So riddled with holes it's ridiculous.

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01/01/00
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

Recycles material which has been done before -- and done better.

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01/01/00
Scott Renshaw
Scott Renshaw
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It's not a great movie, but it is an adequate late summer diversion.

Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope | comment Comment
03/16/03
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

An embarrassment of near epic proportions.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
01/01/00
Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle

Where to begin to diagnose this movie's illness?

Full Review Source: San Francisco Examiner | comment Comment
01/01/00
Barbara Shulgasser
Barbara Shulgasser
San Francisco Examiner

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.

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01/01/00
Keith Simanton
Keith Simanton
Film.com
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Bulletproof doesn't quite misfire, but it never hits its target either.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
01/01/00
Peter Stack
Peter Stack
San Francisco Chronicle
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Bulletproof is watchable. Barely, maybe. Still ridiculous, obviously. But it is not nearly as excruciatingly awful as Sandler's prior movie sins.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
01/01/00
Bob Thompson
Bob Thompson
Jam! Movies

Dickerson and screenwriter Joe Gayton have misguidedly tried to turn Wayans into a physical action star and evidently hoped that Sandler could act.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jeff Vice
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

A rather routine buddy-action/comedy that should have concentrated a bit more on the comedy side, and less on the action.

Full Review Source: Cinematter | comment Comment
01/01/00
Madeleine Williams
Madeleine Williams
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