Bad Boys
1983, R, 123 min. Directed by Rick Rosenthal. Starring Sean Penn, Reni Santori, Esai Morales, Ally Sheedy.
REVIEWED By Marjorie Baumgarten, Wed., July 11, 2001
I’m not exactly sure what makes this scorching prison potboiler qualify as “something weird.” But in his first movie after Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Sean Penn proved his acting range. He plays a juvenile delinquent accused of killing a gang leader and is sent to adult detention, where he faces the vengeance of the dead man’s brother. This movie focuses on some very bad boys, indeed. (For more on the Something Weird Wednesdays series see austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2001-02-16/screens_feature.html.)
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Bad Boys, Rick Rosenthal, Sean Penn, Reni Santori, Esai Morales, Ally Sheedy