An eight-year-old boy is killed and everyone finds out he's Baku's brother. Now, 16-year-old American Irish Irish drug Mick O'Brien is being sent to Renford Prison. Baku appears to have raped Mick's girlfriend, then he is arrested and sent to the same prison where he re-executes his revenge plan, while there are various paths.
"Bad Boys" misses its chance at greatness, but it's saying something that this movie had a chance. I have a notion it will stand as one of those bench-mark movies that we'll look back at for the talent it introduced.
Director Rick Rosenthal does a topnotch job of bringing to life the seedy, hopeless environment of a jail for juvenile offenders and has gotten some terribly convincing performances from his young cast, notably topliner Sean Penn.
