Bad ass

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Movie
Original title Bad ass
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Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2012
length 90 minutes
Age rating FSK 18
Rod
Director Craig Moss
script Craig Moss, Elliot Tishman
production Ash R. Shah , Ben Feingold , Jim Busfield
music Todd Haberman
camera John Barr
cut Jim Flynn
occupation
chronology

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Bad Asses

Bad Ass is a 2012 American action film starring Danny Trejo .

The film is based on an incident known as the AC Transit Bus fight on February 15, 2010, in which the then 67-year-old American Thomas Bruso beat an African American to the ground in a city bus in Oakland after he was provoked and attacked after a heated discussion had been.

action

When the American soldier Frank Vega returned to his homeland from the Vietnam War in the 1970s , he was a. Humiliated by his old school friends and expelled from society, which at the same time makes his professional life drastically difficult. This does not change until forty years later, when he protects an elderly African American from two neo-Nazis in a city bus, and as a result, he is again given attention as a local "hero". However, when his friend Klondike is murdered by gang members and the police don't seem to really care, Vega decides to vigilante justice and take revenge on the perpetrators.

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"AC Transit Bus fight"

An AC transit bus, scene of the argument

The incident known as the AC Transit Bus fight , on which the plot of Bad Ass is based, was an altercation between two men aboard an AC Transit city ​​bus in Oakland , California on February 15, 2010. Amateur footage of the altercation between the 67-year-old US -American Thomas A. Bruso and a 50-year-old African-American man named Michael were posted on YouTube and viewed over 5 million times. The numerous racist comments posted by users of the website caused controversy .

At the beginning of the first video, Bruso is sitting in the back of the bus across from Michael. Bruso later stated that Michael wanted to accuse him of racism in response to a harmless remark. When he withdraws to the front of the car, Michael follows him there and continues the verbal argument. When Michael touches Bruso on the shoulder, Bruso gets up and hits him several times in the face with his fist, so that he falls to the ground. In the next picture you see Michael, bleeding, pleading with Brusos for mercy in a handle. Bruso lets go of him and leaves the bus, uttering insults. Michael returns to his seat and calls for a ambulance , where he the word "ambulance" in African American English "ambalance" or "amber lamps" pronounce as, leading the Internet to amusements and numerous video satirizes is; the character Amber Lamps in Bad Ass is a parody of it. Another video shows Bruso rioting on the street immediately after the incident, screaming and kicking a newspaper dispenser. Both men were later treated at a local hospital. No one involved was arrested.

Thomas Bruso

Thomas Alexander "Tommy Slick" Bruso, on whom the character Frank Vega from Bad Ass is based, comes from Chicago , Illinois . Contrary to what is often claimed, Bruso was in the Army, but never served in the Vietnam War. He was discharged from the Army after only 3 months (Feb - May 1969). Due to his participation in the AC Transit Bus fight , he achieved cult status in the internet scene in 2010 under the pseudonym "Epic Beard Man" or "Vietnam Tom" . A brown bum bag and a light blue T-shirt with the imprint "I AM a Motherfucker" on the back, like his white beard, became a kind of trademark that is also used in Craig Moss' feature film. Another video of him had previously been released showing how he was stun gun twice by police officers on August 3, 2009 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum after he refused to obey orders.

After the incident, he was the subject of numerous interviews and reports. Nathan Maas, a graphic designer from Portland , Oregon , produced a documentary about Bruso under the title I am a Motherfucker , in which he talks about his life, his background and how he deals with the unusually high level of awareness. The film was released on YouTube. The production team worked with Bruso to develop the character Frank Vega , portrayed by Mexican actor Danny Trejo in Bad Ass , after it acquired the film rights from him.

Chase scene

Almost the entire chase with the two buses at the end of the film was from the movie Red Heat from the year 1988 by Walter Hill with Arnold Schwarzenegger assumed. Some scenes of the chase were cut differently and the colors of the buses were digitally changed. The destinations on the information displays on the buses have also been digitally changed from the original.

publication

Filming of Bad Ass was completed in May 2011. The US premiere took place on April 13, 2012, the distribution rights for Germany are held by 20th Century Fox . The free TV premiere was on May 20, 2014 at 11 p.m. on Tele 5 .

A first trailer was published on YouTube and other websites in December 2011, the second with the title The Golden Years on March 6th in the iTunes Store .

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack was released on January 24, 2012 in advance on CD and as an MP3 download. It comprises 12 songs assigned to the hip-hop genre , interpreted by various American and Mexican rappers .

No. title Interpreter length
1. I'm a bad ass Kid Frost & Big Tank 3:29
2. Amazing Big La, Glasses Malone & Jah Free 4:50
3. Llévame Contigo Pancho and Sancho 3:31
4th Six Million Ways to Die Kid Frost (feat. Clika One) 5:15
5. I'm on my way Big Tank, Spirit & Butch Cassidy 3:28
6th Coochie Cantina Pancho and Sancho 2:04
7th Stay ready Big Tank & Spirit 4:05
8th. Y Porque Perder Pancho and Sancho 3:16
9. Take me down Pancho and Sancho 3:29
10. Take Me Down ( Spanglish ) Pancho and Sancho 3:32
11. Stay Ready (Clean) Big Tank & Spirit 4:01
12. Blood, Sweat and Tears ("Stay Ready" Instrumental ) Chef Raw C Beatz 4:46

reception

Accusation of racism

Because the original incident was rewritten and thus alienated for the film, there was controversy even before it was released. While in the original a white man is provoked by a black person to use physical violence, the roles would be swapped in the film by showing two right-wing extremists molesting a black person and a man portrayed by a Mexican American interfering in the action to defend the victim To defend. This resulted in allegations of racism by various critics as well as by numerous fans in internet forums.

Possible fake

In response to the trailer published in December 2011, some columnists suspected that it could be a fake, similar to the " fake trailer " produced by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino as part of the Grindhouse film project , in which lead actor Danny Trejo also participated. Sarah Benned, for example, wrote that the trailer was "either a parody, the trailer of one, or just an excuse to let Danny Trejo beat people with a fanny pack".

Sequels

In 2014, the sequel Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses was created . Danny Glover plays alongside Trejo . In 2015, a third part followed with Bad Asses on the Bayou , also with Glover and Trejo in the leading roles.

Web links

Individual evidence

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  30. ↑ Original: " This trailer for Bad Ass (loosely based on this viral video) is either a parody, the trailer for a parody, or just an excuse to make Danny Trejo beat people up while wearing a fanny pack. "