Bad Ass (2012)
They messed with the wrong senior citizen.
Decorated Vietnam hero, Frank Vega returns home only to get shunned by society leaving him without a job or his high school sweetheart. It's not until forty years later when an incident on a commuter bus makes him a local hero where he's suddenly celebrated once again. But his good fortune suddenly turns for the worse when his best friend is murdered and the police aren't doing anything about it.
- Date of release
- 2012-04-12
- TMDB
- 5.8 / 10 (451)
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Genres
- Action, Drama
- Director
- Craig Moss
- Collection
- Bad Ass Collection
Casting
- Danny Trejo — Frank Vega
- Charles S. Dutton — Panther
- Ron Perlman — Mayor Williams
- Patrick Fabian — Officer Malark
- Joyful Drake — Amber Lamps
- John Duffy — Martin
- Harrison Page — Klondike Washington
- Richard Riehle — Father Miller
- Winter Ave Zoli — Tatiana
- Tonita Castro — Juanita Vega
- Andy Davoli — Renaldo
- Patricia De Leon — Marissa
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: Santa Rosa
Bad Ass is a 2012 American action film written and directed by Craig Moss. The film stars Danny Trejo, Charles S. Dutton, and Ron Perlman. It is loosely based on the 2010 AC Transit Bus fight viral video.
Production
Bad Ass was loosely based on the AC Transit Bus fight, which was filmed by a bystander and became a viral video on YouTube. Production was completed by May 2011.
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