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Summary: The best three hour plus movie I've ever seen!
Review: I caught a couple of minutes of this film on the Television and had to rent it out.After renting it many times I then went on to buy the film because every time I see it I just want to watch it again.Most of the actors are unknown in my country and I'm guessing in the states as well but their proformances are so convinceing that you just cannot stop watching.For me this blows away a lot of the big budget action movies of today.A top notch film from start to finish and a must see for anyone who likes action or gang related movies.
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Summary: blood in blood out
Review: This story tells the tale of three young men growing up and how circumstances changed their lives. One turns to a life of drugs, one becomes a law enforcement officer and the other winds up in jail. Unfortunately, life does not always work out the way we intended and sometimes duty is more powerful than the bonds of friendship or even blood. It is a very compelling tale and one I would highly recommend. I have seen the movie several times and finally purchased it so I could watch it at my leisure. This is definitely worth a five star rating!
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Summary: The greatest film ever
Review: Man this movie was great, actually is was the greatest movie of all times better then The Matrix or Even Whatever you think is the greatest. This movie is all true nothing in this movie hasnt happened. I live in California and i see this every day and i know what this movie is telling and that is that these young people are stuggling through life some make such as Paco and some dont such as Miklo and some just go through some terrible times and bearly pull through such as cruz. I think there is no other movie that cap top this movie i have it on; vhs,dvd,Downloaded on my computer i just plain love it and i yhink if u havent watched it your in for a very good movie.
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Summary: we are LA ONDA!
Review: charlie hommies,this is the best film i have ever seen.i borrowed it from a friend and watched it.then i took it to the video shop and made 2 copys of the film.I,ve seen it a good 90 times and i can keep on watching it.i wish they make a part 2 ov the film.i love the sayings they have,"Im gonna ride u punk".Watch this film once and you'll be watching it everyday believe me its a addiction homes!
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Summary: Viva Los Vatos Locos
Review: This is probably one of the most influentual movies I've ever seen. I still watch it at least twice a year. I live in the urban suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa WHERE GANG VIOLENCE is as normal as eating breakfast. When this movie came out certain organizations took to the values depicted in the movie like Familia , La Raza,respect ,discipline, honour,pride and dignity. These particular organizations, once notorious for their violence, utilized these values to upgrade their lifestyles to help upgrade the lifestyles of others. It created the closeness of brotherly love depicted in the movie and also what can be achieved if everyone is commited to sticking together. Viva los Vatos Locos.
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Summary: Blood In Blood Out is off the hook! Gidee Up!
Review: I have probobly seen this movie 50 times. I'd say I watch it at least once a month, and saw it in the theater when it came out in '93. Blood In Blood Out is hands down the coldest gang/prison movie available in the movie market today. I was reading through the reveiws, and saw a couple people who gave it one or two stars. If you are reading this reveiw right now and you saw those reveiws, do not listen to them. The saga begins,(Cheap Star Wars rip off!)with two Chicano step brothers and their half white, half Chicano cousin. It develops into a complicated and intriquite story of prison lfe, drug abuse, and law enforcement. I am not going to say much more, because I do not want to ruin this spectacular movie for anyone. Just please trust a man(me)who has over 200 DVD's and 500 VHS movies in his collection, not to mention the thousands of others I have seen. Some say that this movie is too long,(It's a titch over 3 hours)I say it is not long enough! Everytime I watch it I just want it too keep going. In conclusion, Blood In Blood Out is a tremendous movie with a great cast, (Damian Chapa, Bengamin Bratt, and Biff from Back to the Future! Also, a aspiring Ving Rhames, Delroy Lindo, and Billy Bob Thornton help round out this perfect cast.) and great direction. So if you are a movie buff, I highly recomend this movie! Five out of five stars! A perfect ten!
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Summary: 5 Puntos por Vato Locos - 5 Points for Crazy Brothers.
Review: Came across this video a few years back and was excited to see it on DVD. A definite must buy for those that are interested in Epic's.Coming in at slightly over 3 hours, "Blood In, Blood Out" revolves around the 2 half brothers and their cousin in the Latino/Chicano culture of East Los Angeles. The time frame spans about 15 years as the boys are in their late teens when the story begin in the early 70's and finishes in the mid 80's. It is a gritty in depth look at how 3 boys from the same family learned their street smarts and end up taking a different path based on their decisions. What is the core theme here is family. Is blood thick, or those who claim to be your brothers on the streets. In a nutshell, one brother, the epitome of a young gang member witnesses an event that changes his life for the better hence he joins the military and when he get out becomes a undercover cop back home. The second brother, an artist on the fast track to fame and fortune can't give up his street family lifestyle and plunges into a world of depression and drugs after a certain event changes his life. Finally, Miklo, the cousin who is half-white has always wanted to fit in, and will do anything...including kill. When his family rejects him on the outside, he finds a new life in San Quentin, and it is not pretty. The story revolves around this dynamic cast as they learn the meaning of family crisis, revenge, and forgiveness. The accuracy is dead on. The attention to detail of the Hispanic culture through their fashion, their music, their outlook gives the viewer a great perspective on the gangs of east L.A. It is beautifully done. However, get ready for some violence, because there is plenty, but it is not done wrecklessly. It serves a purpose to move the story forward and you'll see why. The cast is impressive too. Their are many cameo surprise appearances, and they could not have done a better job with makeup. You really feel for these characters, even the bad ones because you truly begin to learn their plight and outlooks. For myself the best scenes were in prison with Miklo. Very powerful and very, very scary! You learn that there are power plays in prison and the crime doesn't stop once behind bars, as new families and alliances are forged. Here we see a gang war inside between the members of the black, white and Chicano races...and it is not pretty. There are many plot twists within this sub-story and a suprise event that will leave your jaw dropping. Maybe for some, family in the joint is stronger than your blood family on the outside. The DVD itself could have been better. There is no original trailer, or choices for captions other than English. There is a short 10 minute documentary on the making of the film which is interesting. The scene selection is great, you can choose from 33 of them all in order. But alas, no bio's or any other extra's, but I think you'll agree this is a great movie!
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Summary: Blood in Blood out
Review: I say it was a spectacular movie, I give it five stars, they were all good actors, escpecially benjamin Bratt, He is a very handsome man, All I have to say for him is Whoa! Damn Mighty FINE. Damn and the others all did weel, and acting was varacious. I would really like to own the movie..
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Summary: Gimmi some chong chong!
Review: This movie has got to be the best Chinano movie ever made. It shows the beutiful culture and life, good and bad of the Chicano lifestyle. It tells the story of how a lot of us Chicanos are living, and I'm not just talking about prison life. This movie was so real; not only where the scripts realistic, but they used the real prison San Quintin. The inmates where real, there were only 8 actors in the prison scenes. In addition, this movie had a lot of funny scenes. I must have seen this movie about 8 times on VHS, and 4 times on DVD. I recomend you get the DVD version because it has a lot of scenes that were deleted on VHS.
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Summary: Vatos Locos for Life
Review: Simply the best movie I have ever seen. I have seen it 23 times now, and love it more each time. It is all about friendhship, values, loyalty. An epic saga, with incredible directory work. Even though it is a 3 hour movie, it is just too short. "Vatos Locos for Life" is my favourite, sentence, followed by " Money knows no color carnal", and then there is the " He puss, there's a can of XXXXX why not help yourself" but then again... there are many more
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