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 .
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
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 only know Gary Busey as the