I just re-watched the original trailer, and I need to talk about it. Here is why this forgotten gem deserves a spot on your watchlist. The trailer opens with the quintessential 80s synth stab. We see L.A. at night. Sirens. Explosions.
If you are looking for a cinematic fever dream where Gary Busey wears a tactical vest over a sweatshirt and fights a gang on top of a school bus, find the on YouTube. bulletproof 1988 trailer
Then, we meet Frank "Bulletproof" McBain (Busey). He isn't a cop. He isn't a soldier. He’s a tank commander for the LAPD who gets assigned to protect a concrete bunker full of... high-tech weapons? No. I just re-watched the original trailer, and I
It is loud. It is proud. It is 100% proof that the 80s were a beautiful, beautiful mistake. We see L
A+ (For sheer chaotic energy) Grade for the Actual Film: C- (Watch it drunk with friends)
It captures the exact moment when action movies realized they didn't need logic—they just needed velocity. The editor of this trailer knew exactly what they were doing: put Busey screaming, guns firing, and glass breaking to a drum machine beat, and the ticket sales will follow. If you are looking for Die Hard , watch Die Hard .
If you only know Gary Busey as the erratic interviewee from late-night TV or the villain in Predator 2 , you are missing out on his peak era of "so bad it’s good" action stardom. In 1988, right in the thick of the hair-metal-and-uzi craze, Busey starred in a film simply titled Bulletproof .
