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This post-modern comic variation on The Defiant Ones concerns Keats (Damon Wayans), an undercover police detective trying to get the goods on crime kingpin Frank Colton (James Caan). Keats poses as a ... read more read more...crook to make friends with one of Colton's underlings, a drug dealer and car thief named Archie Moses (Adam Sandler). Keats is using Archie as part of a sting operation to put Colton away; however, Archie doesn't care for this, and when he finds out Keats's true plan and actual identity, it leads to an altercation that ends with Archie shooting Keats in the head. Several months later, Keats emerges from the hospital with a metal plate in his skull, and he has to bring Archie in. However, now Archie and Keats are both on Colton's enemies list, and the two find themselves on the run in Arizona, trying to outwit Colton's team of assassins, but having Archie on hand doesn't do much good in the outwitting department. Bulletproof was directed by Ernest Dickerson, who got his start as a cinematographer for Spike Lee. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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DVD Release Date: June 30, 1998

Stats: 1,515 reviews

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  • August 17, 2011
    Their friendship could survive anything... except each other!

    Good funny movie. The story was simple and easy to follow. Popcorn movie to enjoy at home alone or with your friends. Adam Sandler was very funny in this one as always.

    Rock Keats and Archie Moses are the best of fr... read moreiends and have spent the past year together performing various small time criminal acts. This all changes when they become involved in a major drug smuggling operation. Rock Keats turns out to be Jack Carter, an undercover police officer and tries to arrest Moses during a failed attempt to catch criminal mastermind Frank Colton. However, Moses ends up shooting Carter and makes an escape. Moses is later caught and agrees to turn state's evidence on Colton with one condition, Carter escorts him in. When they meet, both are bitter towards each other. Unknown to them, Colton's men have orders to take out Moses and arrive to shoot down the transport plane. Carter and Moses end up by themselves in the countryside with Colton's men closing in. Will they survive?...will their friendship?
  • March 23, 2011
    You know a film is bad when it becomes apparent that canned laughter would actually be beneficial. It's not funny, it's not clever, the editing is bizarre and quite frankly James Caan should be ashamed. It's odd, this film could only be enjoyed by people who are at least 10 years... read more too young to see it legally. Avoid at all costs.
  • September 5, 2010
    What a brutally bad film. I blame marketing to pre-teens (like me, at the time) for anyone ever making the mistake of watching this movie. Or for it still being on TV once in a while (which is where I finally saw it). Man am I glad I didn't pay for this! There is one - count it, ... read moreone, ah ah ah! - laugh in the whole thing. The rest is just a spiralling, formulaic story that culminates in a shootout that looks like it cost about ten bucks to shoot.

    DO NOT WATCH THIS MOVIE. IT WILL ONLY LEAD TO ADAM SANDLER MAKING MORE MOVIES, OR WORSE, THE RETURN OF DAMON WAYANS!
  • February 13, 2010
    Adam Sandler was actually a better actor in the 90's when his voice was higher, even if his movies were more lower grade. Now it seems like he can barely pronounce his words, mumblin' and bumblin'.
  • December 7, 2008
    It was okay.
  • December 2, 2007
    This action-comedy buddy picture is a less-than-satisfying mix of raunchy humour and pedestrian shoot-outs. The two squabble and survive with only a few bright comic moments in this generally mean-spirited mess.
  • January 18, 2007
    pretty funny, always like some sandler
  • May 3, 2010
    Two comedians in an odd couple buddy action pic. I hadn't been allowed to watch Adam Sandler comedies, but in high school this was the first Sandler movie I think I watched with some friends. The main things I remember were the violence, language, and sex scenes that gave it th... read moree R rating and made it feel forbidden to my very shielded life.
  • August 15, 2011
    Bulletproof is the poor man's Midnight Run, if, in fact, that poor man has no sense of humor.
  • June 18, 2011
    Damon Wayans and Adam Sandler prove to be a good match, in this action comedy that delivers more drama than comedy. The cop posing as a criminal plot line works well, especially in the relationship and strain that is caused between the two leads. Despite the horrible reviews for ... read morethis film, I really enjoyed it.

Critic Reviews


Leonard Klady
June 1, 2008
Leonard Klady, Variety

The criminal activity onscreen in Bulletproof is penny ante compared with the felonious slaughter of story, character and logic exacted by the pic's filmmakers. Full Review

Peter Stack
January 1, 2000
Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle

Bulletproof doesn't quite misfire, but it never hits its target either. Full Review

Keith Simanton
January 1, 2000
Keith Simanton, Film.com

The movie has a smirking homophobic bent and never makes you care or believe in the characters as much as in the first fifteen minutes.

Sean Means
January 1, 2000
Sean Means, Film.com

The audience is subjected to an onslaught of unfunny jokes, a string of useless profanity, and more explosive squibs than Caan wore in The Godfather.

James Berardinelli
January 1, 2000
James Berardinelli, ReelViews

While some of the humor is very funny, there's nothing remotely interesting about the action stuff. Full Review

Stephen Holden
January 1, 2000
Stephen Holden, New York Times

The film's action elements are so preposterous that the sequence of events seems almost improvised. Full Review

David Nusair
June 5, 2011
David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews

...a forgettable actioner that consistently wastes the talents of its two stars. Full Review

June 1, 2008
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Bring back Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy, please! Full Review

Robin Clifford
April 9, 2005
Robin Clifford, Reeling Reviews

An entertaining little ditty that I enjoyed watching. Full Review

Kevin Carr
October 15, 2004
Kevin Carr, 7M Pictures

A throwback to when Adam Sandler was funny.

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