Bad Boys (1983)

Chicago crime kid Mick O'Brien is sent to reform school after accidentally killing Paco Moreno's kid brother.

Director:

Rick Rosenthal

Writer:

Richard Di Lello

Stars:

Sean Penn, Reni Santoni, Jim Moody

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sean Penn	...	Mick O'Brien
Reni Santoni	...	Ramon Herrera
Jim Moody	...	Gene Daniels
Eric Gurry	...	Horowitz
Esai Morales	...	Paco Moreno
Ally Sheedy	...	J. C. Walenski
Clancy Brown	...	Viking Lofgren
Robert Lee Rush	...	Tweety
John Zenda	...	Wagner
Alan Ruck	...	Carl Brennan
Tony Mockus Jr.	...	Warden Bendix (as Tony Mockus)
Erik Barefield	...	Terrell
Dean Fortunato	...	Perretti
Lawrence Mah	...	Ricky Lee
Jorge Noa	...	Carlos

Storyline

A delinquent held in juvenile detention for the murder of a noted youth gang member awaits a showdown with the dead man's vengeful brother in the deadly prison environment.

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Plot Keywords:

prison | revenge | murder | showdown | gang | 

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Taglines:

In their world, if you're 17 and still alive you're a survivor [Video Australia]

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 March 1983 (USA)

Also Known As:

Anilika katharmata

Filming Locations:

1831 S Racine Ave, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Box Office

Gross:

$9,200,000 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

EMI Films, Solofilm

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min 123 min (original release) 123 min (original release)

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Astrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The prison's demerit points system was as follows: Smoking - 400; Fighting - 700; Gang Activity - 1000; Sexual Harrasment - 1200; Drugs / Alcohol - 1500 and Running for the Fence - 2000.

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Goofs

In a fight scene near the climax, a member of crew (complete with camera).

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Quotes

Gene Daniels: If you think you're hip, you're not. If you were you wouldn't be here.

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Connections

Featured in Wonderland (1999)

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Soundtracks

"Don't Go Away"
Performed by Melba Moore
Courtesy Capitol Records, Inc.

User Reviews

Amazing prison movie!

MPAA:Rated R for Strong Violence,Language and Some Sexuality. Quebec Rating:13+ Canadian Home Video Rating:R(should be 18A)

The film Bad Boys(not to be confused with the 1995 film of the same name) is a prison movie starring Sean Penn.It has played on TV a couple of times and I have seen it twice.This is an excellent film.Its up on my list of "favorite prison movies" along with "The Green Mile" and "Life".I have not seen Shawshank Redemption but I have read the novel and it is excellent as well.Unlike those movies, this is a very brutal and violent prison movie.Don't watch it if you don't like violence.The film is about a young criminal named Mick O Brian.One day he gets into a shoot-out with some latino's, when the cops come he drives away but loses control of the car and accidentally kills the brother of a latino gang member named Paco Moreno.He gets sentenced to prison.Paco now wants revenge on Mick so he rapes Mick's girlfriend and gets sent to the same prison as Mick.Its hard to choose who to root for in this film.Both men deserve revenge for what happened to them.While in prison they meet all sorts of prisoners such as Horrowitz, a geek who can make bombs out of normal objects and two strong prison rapists named Tweety and Viking.Bad Boys is a very interesting prison movie and I recommend it to fans of prison movies.