BAD ASS 2: BAD ASSES DVD (2014)

SYNOPSIS: Danny Trejo (Machete) and Danny Glover (Lethal Weapon) deliver twice the Bad Ass action in this hard-hitting, butt-kicking sequel to the original cult favorite! Vietnam vet Frank Vega (Trejo) now runs an East L.A. community center where he trains young boxers to survive in and out of the ring. But when his prize student falls in with the wrong crowd and turns up dead, Frank teams up with his pal Bernie (Glover) to take matters into their own fists and prove that justice never gets old.

MOVIE REVIEW:

It’s ok if you have never heard of or watch the original Bad Ass. When you have Danny Trejo holding a baseball club and Danny Glover from the Lethal Weapon series glaring at you on the DVD cover, you already have a faint idea Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses is well about two aging dudes going around kicking ass.

Frank Vega (Danny Trejo) is an ex-Vietnam vet who now runs a community center that teaches boxing. When his best student, Manny was found murdered, Vega together with the local mom-and-pop store owner, Bernie Pope (Danny Glover) teams up to track down the killers. 

Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses is largely built on a single idea – revenge. Director and writer Craig Moss easily filled the 91 minutes straight-to-video flick with bodily humor, jokes about old folks and cheesy (and sometimes unexpected gore factor) action to entertain the masses despite coming up with a ruthless drug lord as the main nemesis.

There are simply too many unbelievable life-and-death situations which saw Vega and Pope getting out unscathed. The bad guys always end up in dire straits and Pope’s constant ailments never get in the way during critical moments. That’s probably due to the magic of poker faced Danny Trejo I guess. The two old dudes actually showcased plenty of energy and fun together and that definitely helps a lot.

This is truly a nice over-the-top parody of the buddy-cop routine. Our two leading men sure isn’t that young to convincingly take out a bunch of menacing dudes in real-life. However, when it comes to entertainment, they sure accomplished their part.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

The Making of Bad Asses is a standard 9 minutes feature that interviews the two main stars and director. 

AUDIO/VISUAL:

Details and picture quality are overall excellent on DVD and the Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack provides the occasional tremble and bass. 

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Review by Linus Tee