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Blood in Blood out (1993)
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Another 3 hour epic... I swore off them for a while but when i saw this on Hulu i had to check it out since it comes up a lot in underrated or lesser known movie discussions a lot.
It is basically the mexican version of films like once upon a time in America, Boyz in da hood, etc. 3 friends grow up around crime in their hood and it follows their lives and paths.
It stars Damian Chapa, Jesse Borrego, and Benjamin Bratt as the 3 main friends/characters. Bratt is the brash tough guy, Borrego is the artist, and Chapa is the white boy. You may remember him as Ken from Street fighter. He is half mexican/half white. And the film uses this as a major plot point and plays around with it in interesting ways.
Chapa is the main focus, but all three get a lot of very good character development and all three performances are very good.
The original cut of the film is 5 hours long, and you can kind of tell. 3 hours is obviously enough time to get a bunch of stuff in, but knowing there is an extra 2 hours left out makes you wonder which gaps they fill in. I dont know if that is really a criticism or praise though if it leaves you wanting to know more about the story.
Overall, not perfect but very solid. If you thought you ran out of epic crime films to watch I would say check this out. Like I said it is on Hulu but if you dont have that it is also on youtube.
A few good surprises in the supporting cast if you dont google the cast list beforehand too.
7.5/10 range
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Another 3 hour epic... I swore off them for a while but when i saw this on Hulu i had to check it out since it comes up a lot in underrated or lesser known movie discussions a lot.
It is basically the mexican version of films like once upon a time in America, Boyz in da hood, etc. 3 friends grow up around crime in their hood and it follows their lives and paths.
It stars Damian Chapa, Jesse Borrego, and Benjamin Bratt as the 3 main friends/characters. Bratt is the brash tough guy, Borrego is the artist, and Chapa is the white boy. You may remember him as Ken from Street fighter. He is half mexican/half white. And the film uses this as a major plot point and plays around with it in interesting ways.
Chapa is the main focus, but all three get a lot of very good character development and all three performances are very good.
The original cut of the film is 5 hours long, and you can kind of tell. 3 hours is obviously enough time to get a bunch of stuff in, but knowing there is an extra 2 hours left out makes you wonder which gaps they fill in. I dont know if that is really a criticism or praise though if it leaves you wanting to know more about the story.
Overall, not perfect but very solid. If you thought you ran out of epic crime films to watch I would say check this out. Like I said it is on Hulu but if you dont have that it is also on youtube.
A few good surprises in the supporting cast if you dont google the cast list beforehand too.
7.5/10 range