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A group of dangerous terrorists succeeds to get hold of a tank of the army and all its crew.
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Utterly ridiculous, but undeniably funny as well.
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Gary Busey | ... | Frank McBain |
 | Darlanne Fluegel | ... | Devon Shepard |
 | Henry Silva | ... | Colonel Kartiff |
| Thalmus Rasulala | ... | Billy Dunbar |
| L.Q. Jones | ... | Sgt. O'Rourke |
| René Enríquez | ... | General Brogado (as Rene Enriquez) |
 | Mills Watson | ... | Colby |
| James Andronica | ... | Agent Tarpley |
| R.G. Armstrong | ... | Miles Blackburn |
 | William Smith | ... | Russian Major (as Bill Smith) |
| Luke Askew | ... | General Gallo |
 | Lincoln Kilpatrick | ... | Captain Briggs |
 | Lydie Denier | ... | Tracy |
| Ramón Franco | ... | Camilo (as Ramon Franco) |
 | Juan Fernández | ... | Pantaro (as Juan Fernandez) |
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Continuity: When the Thunderblast tank rotates its turret, the columns holding up its barrel suddenly disappear.
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[three men are shooting at birds with a machine gun, speaking Spanish, one of them sees McBain approach] Who are you?
Frank McBain: I'm the game warden.
Border Guard: What?
Frank McBain: Bird season's over, butthorn.
[kills the three men with a concealed uzi]
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Frank McBain: I'm the game warden.
Border Guard: What?
Frank McBain: Bird season's over, butthorn.
[kills the three men with a concealed uzi]
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Gary Busey is the title character, Frank "Bulletproof" McBain, your standard-issue reckless maverick cop who's earned his nickname because no matter how many bullets he takes (38 and counting), he never stops going after the bad guys.
When a cutting-edge U.S. tank dubbed "Thunderblast" is driven across the border into Mexico, it's nabbed by revolutionaries / terrorists led by General Brogado (Rene Enriquez) and Libyan Colonel Kartiff (Henry Silva), who's aligned himself with Russian villains. The Army personnel involved are kept as prisoners, chief among them Devon Shepard (Darlanne Fluegel), who happens to be McBain's ex-girlfriend. McBain is then recruited by the Army for a rescue mission.
Busey may not have the physical presence of say, someone like Schwarzenegger, who would have been another appropriate lead for a film of this type, but he's a blast as a self- confident dude who's quick with the wisecracks. Fluegel is a great female lead; she not only looks incredibly sexy but makes for a fine butt-kicking action babe. Enriquez, Silva, Juan Fernandez, and the always welcome William Smith (as a Russian major) are loathsome scum in the classic action movie tradition. The supporting cast is quite full of familiar and reliable character actors: L.Q. Jones, R.G. Armstrong, Thalmus Rasulala, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Mills Watson, Luke Askew, Danny Trejo, and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa.
T.L. Lankford and B.J. Goldman supply the script, based on a story by Lankford and veteran B director Fred Olen Ray. It's the kind of script where you just know the writers have their tongues in their cheeks: they know their material is absurd and cheesy, and just have fun throwing credibility out the window. Veteran action director Steve Carver keeps it moving and delivers a respectable amount of gunfire, explosions, and general all-out mayhem.
"Bulletproof" is good fun for the action fan who doesn't mind switching off their brain now and then and just enjoying a generous assortment of violence and humor.
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