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| Associated Film Distribution (AFD) | Release Date: March 25, 1983 |
Starring:
Alan Ruck, Ally Sheedy, Clancy Brown, Eric Gurry, Esai Morales, Jim Moody, John Zenda, Reni Santoni, Robert Lee Rush, Sean Penn
Summary:
Chicago crime kid Mick O'Brien is sent to reform school after accidentally killing a rival's kid brother.
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Bad Boys is a troubling and often riveting drama about juvenile delinquency. Director Rick Rosenthal does a topnotch job of bringing to life the seedy, hopeless environment of a jail for juvenile offenders and has gotten some terribly convincing performances from his young cast, notably topliner Sean Penn.
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Following the tradition governing such movies, the story eventually comes to a moral decision at which a bad boy has to decide whether to become a good man -- and that's too bad, because until the movie turns predictable, it is very, very good. The acting, the direction and the sense of place in Bad Boys is so strong that the movie deserves more than an obligatory right scene for its conclusion.
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Though Rosenthal is slick enough to lure us into the big Rocky climax, his movie isn't serious enough, or good enough, not to leave a bad taste in the mouth after it's over. [27 Mar 1983, p.L4]
Penn is given so little to work with here that it's practically a pantomime performance. He's worth watching, even though the picture is singularly unimaginative.
The story is as stale as prison air and so is the star. [25 Mar 1983, p.18]
Sep 6, 2020
I can't believe that I'm here saying that Bad Boys from 1983 is one of the greatest movies I have ever seen. The characters, the plot, the twists, the tension. It's so incredible and I will gladly tell all that this is one they must watch.
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