Bulletproof (1996)

Bulletproof (1996)

 

4/10

Starring

Adam Sandler

Damon Wayans

James Caan

 

Directed by Ernest Dickerson

 

What Bulletproof lacks in humor, it makes up for with a lot of flimsy deaths. The number of henchmen and innocent people who die in this movie is just ridiculous. The movie’s name is Bulletproof, and well, the two leads seem to be. While people are dying everywhere, these two always seem to survive no matter what. And when both get shot, death is nowhere to be found. One took a straight shot to the head and survived, while the other got a graze.

The movie’s plot had as many holes as it could. The way a small-time crook could have access to a big-time boss like Colton goes to show the movie’s writer didn’t do their research well. I expected at least a middleman between these two. Secondly, if you suspect they’re after you, wouldn’t you consider that your phone could be bugged? Do note, his phone wasn’t bugged, but I wouldn’t have spoken freely to my girlfriend if I were on the run.

The plot is about an undercover cop, Jack/Keats (Damon Wayans), who becomes friends with Moses (Adam Sandler), a small-time crook with connections to a big-time drug dealer, Colton. Keats wonders how Moses got enough money to throw around, even though they work together and share the money 50/50. After a while, Moses brings Keats into his secret. He introduces Keats to Colton, and Keats uses this opportunity to bust their next operation, which leads to Moses shooting Keats, and Colton not getting caught.

Colton is now after Moses, who escapes from him and is later arrested for a separate charge months later. Moses decides to work with the police to bring down Colton for a lesser sentence, but he will only work with Keats, whose real name is Jack. Jack is not over Moses shooting him, and Moses wants Jack to let it go, since he’s not over Jack betraying him. Now, both must find their way to the D.A. before Colton and his goons catch up to them.

In the end, the movie was a dud both at the box office and critically. I watched it again because I wanted to recall how it was, but I now know I was better off not remembering how bad this movie was. Adam Sandler worked on a lot of movies in the ’90s, becoming a household name for comedy, but this buddy cop comedy did not live up to expectations, even with these two comedians.

The idea that anyone decided to do a second part of this movie, even though it was a straight-to-video release, is beyond me. What’s worse is that they got new people to play the leads.