Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning ’s Esai Morales had built an impressive resume in the decades before making life hell for Tom Cruise ’s Ethan Hunt. The Brooklyn-born character actor has played his share of dark supporting roles, ranging from Richie Valens ’s troublemaking half-brother in La Bamba to the vicious drug cartel lieutenant on Netflix’s Ozark . But the film that truly demonstrated Morales as an actor who finds humility in villains was 1983’s crime drama Bad Boys .

No relation to the popular Will Smith franchise , the youth exploitation picture set in an Illinois juvenile detention center is best remembered for future Oscar winner Sean Penn ’s gritty performance as a teen criminal fighting for his life in a world full of dangerou

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