Bad Boys

19831983
RR
2h 3min

Bad Boys (1983)

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

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

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Awards
- 1 nomination

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Mick O'Brien, a sixteen-year-old juvenile delinquent preying on Chicago's unsuspecting people, is arrested and taken to Rainford Juvenile Correctional Facility for negligent homicide. Unfortunately, his latest victim was an innocent eight-year-old boy. As a result, hell-bent on avenging his death, the ruthless teenage drug dealer, Paco Moreno, decides to get even. But, inevitably, Paco's arrest, and his detention in Mike's prison, will lead to a dangerously volatile co-existence, and all bets are off on their imminent confrontation. Now, the two rivals have no other choice but to lock horns and take the law into their own hands. Is there a future for bad boys, Mick and Paco? —Nick Riganas

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Taglines
- In their world, if you're 17 and still alive you're a survivor [Video Australia]
Genres
Certificate
- R
Parents guide

Trivia
To play youth thug Mick o'Brien, actor Sean Penn wanted to have his perfect teeth filed down and capped with ugly tops and have "maybe a few cracked ones" but Penn's mother, a dentist's daughter, intervened, ruling that "ruining perfectly good teeth is definitely going too far!".

Goofs
In the final fight between O'Brien and Moreno, a secondary camera man and crew member are seen completely in frame amongst the inmates.

Quotes
Ramon Herrera: [to Paco] Do you know what goes on in here? Time stands still. On the outside everyone is getting on with their lives; working, making money, getting laid, all that good shit. Aww, look at your bad self. I was into that gang shit for half of my life. It's dumb, fuckin', nowhere shit!

Alternate versions
The original U.S. theatrical version ran 123 minutes. Most USA videocassettes and the first DVD release originally included a shortened, 104 minutes cut. The Image laserdisc runs the full 123 minutes, as does the Anchor Bay VHS/DVD re-released on October 9, 2001.

Connections
Featured in At the Movies: Movies That Changed the Movies (1984)

Soundtracks
Too Hot To Be Cool
Written by Allen Jones (uncredited), Anthony Taylor (uncredited), and Ebonee Webb (uncredited)
Performed by Ebonee Webb
Courtesy Capitol Records, Inc.

Top review

A well made gritty and violent prison film.

A really good little film. Bad Boys is a gritty take on urban survival, set in Chicago. The film features great performances from Penn and Sheedy. The film reminded me of a British film called Scum particularly with a violent scene involving a pillow case and three cans of cola. With Penn delivering a great performance and the film having well handled gritteness this is definetely one to check out. See it if you liked 8 mile, American Me or Menace 2 Society. Because the film had Ally Sheedy (the Breakfast Club) and a small part with Alan Ruck (Ferris Bueller's Day off)and also the fact that it was set in Chicago, Illinois I was expecting a John Hughes take on prison. But what I got was completely different. This film is a classic in it's own right, just too bad Will Smith and Martin Lawrence movie had to use the same name or maybe this would've got more praise.

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Release date
- March 25, 1983 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Language
- English
Also known as
- Bad Boys - Klein und gefährlich
Filming locations
- Joliet Prison - Collins Street, Joliet, Illinois, USA
Production companies
- EMI Films
- Solofilm
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Gross US & Canada
- $9,190,819
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,171,197
- Mar 27, 1983
Gross worldwide
- $9,190,819

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Runtime
- 2h 3min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Dolby Stereo
Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1

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