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Released
2012 · FILM

Bad Ass

A disgraced Vietnam veteran turned bus hero must hunt down his best friend's killer when the police turn a blind eye, risking everything to reclaim his honor and protect his community.

They messed with the wrong senior citizen.

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Runtime
91 min
ActionComedyCrime

Synopsis

Frank Vega, a decorated Vietnam War hero, returns home to find himself shunned by society, unable to secure a job and losing his high school sweetheart. Forty years later, an incident on a commuter bus restores his local reputation, making him a celebrated figure once more. However, his renewed fortune quickly deteriorates when his best friend is murdered and the police fail to take action.

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Principal cast & crew: 19

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Jim FlynnShot by John BarrScored by Todd HabermanDesigned by Russell M Jaeger

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