He has the opportunity to kill Paco with a knife but chooses to stab the ground. Mick and Paco brutalize each other with fists and weapons until Mick gains the upper hand. The guard approaches and is quickly subdued, beaten and secured by Paco. On the evening of the big fight Paco pretends to be sick and draws the attention of a prison guard. Tensions rise as the two arch nemeses prepare for their showdown. One evening he stalks, rapes and beats Mick's girlfriend and gets himself thrown into the same juvenile detention facility as Mick. Meanwhile Paco is plotting his own revenge on Mick for killing his brother. He lands strategic shots with the weapon and beats the thugs into submission.

As the thugs attempt to make his fate the same as other unfortunate souls, Mick exacts his own brand of justice and obliterates the bullies with the homemade weapon. In an effort to protect himself, Mick purchases several cans of Coke and places them in his pillow case. The thugs plot to destroy Mick who hears about the plan. However Mick O' Brien, who is less than impressed, holds his ground against the bullies. They harass, rape, pillage and kill weaker boys throughout the movie.

These thugs among thugs dominate everyone. The hall is run by a couple of man-children who appear to have received extra doses of testosterone during their formative years. While in the correctional facility Mick befriends his roommate a younger, Jewish kid who is also a petty criminal. Mick is sentenced to a juvenile correctional facility that only hardens him. While committing the crime Mick accidentally runs over Paco's younger brother and kills him. However, he desires to graduate to bigger crimes and commits an offense against Paco, a cross town rival. Mick is a petty criminal who commits typical, juvenile crimes. It stars Sean Penn as Mick and Esai Morales as Paco. Bad Boys 1983 is a prison, crime drama set in Chicago.

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