# Bad Boys (1983)

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**Runtime**: 123 min
**Genres**: Crime, Drama, Thriller
**Directed by**: Rick Rosenthal
**Written by**: Richard Di Lello
**Starring**: Sean Penn, Reni Santoni, Jim Moody, Eric Gurry, Esai Morales, Ally Sheedy

> *There's only one person left who believes Mick O'Brien can make it... Mick O'Brien.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Chicago, winter. A switchblade snaps shut in an alley stairwell.  
Two gangs circle each other in a concrete yard, one holding a bloodied shirt, the other a smuggled blade.  
Feels like a lost entry in the early '80s municipal noir pile—grim, grainy, and short on heroes.

**Mood tags**: outsider, raw

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