Bad25 is not only about Michael’s talent, it’s about a team of professionals who contributed to making ‘Bad’ so special. It goes into depth on contributions of producer Quincy Jones, choreographers Jeffrey Daniel and Vincent Paterson, singer/songwriter Siedah Garrett, filmmakers Martin Scorsese (‘BAD’ short film) and Joe Pytka (‘Dirty Diana’, ‘The Way You Make Me Feel’ music videos) and many more.
The opening sequences of the doc are not what you would expect for a typical documentary and this reminds us exactly who the director is. There are ‘in your face moments’ when the ‘F word’ is treated as something usual and funny. There are moments when you laugh, there are moments when an occasional tear may drop from your eye. In the end though it is the passion for Michael Jackson’s music that describes the film most accurately. A truly great tribute for the 25th anniversary of ‘BAD’ released coincidentally on this date, Aug 31st a quarter century ago.
-Mat Kolodziejski