Tag Archives: latino

Identity Theft

IMDB Rating: 3.10
38 votes

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When a drug deal turns into a bloodbath, a junkie-gangster crosses paths with an illegal alien. The illegal alien ends up with the gangster's ID and uses it to create a new successful life as a US citizen. A near death experience causes the gangster to re-evaluate his life, and when he leaves prison three years later, he is clean, sober, and ready to put his life back together. But both men are haunted by their pasts and they are soon set on a collision course that may destroy them and the women they love.
Actors
Francisco/Diego de RobertisAntonio Chávez
AA SpeakerCristobal Tapia-Montt
Diego De RobertisRaul Villarreal
Also posted in 2007, Crime, Drama | Comments (0)

The Basketball Diaries

IMDB Rating: 6.90
12964 votes

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Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction. As a member of a seemingly unbeatable high school basketball squad, Jim's life centers around the basketball court and the court becomes a metaphor for the world in his mind. A best friend who is dying of leukemia, a coach ("Swifty") who takes unacceptable liberties with the boys on his team, teenage sexual angst, and an unhealthy appetite for heroin — all of these begin to encroach on young Jim's dream of becoming a basketball star. Soon, the dark streets of New York become a refuge from his mother's mounting concern for her son. He can't go home and his only escape from the reality of the streets is heroin for which he steals, robs and prostitutes himself. Only with the help of Reggie, an older neighborhood friend with whom Jim "picked up a game" now and then, is he able to begin the long journey back to sanity.
Actors
Jim CarrollLeonardo DiCaprio
Jim's MotherLorraine Bracco
Chanting WomanMarilyn Sokol
Also posted in 1995, Biography, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Sport | Comments (0)

Havoc

IMDB Rating: 5.30
4087 votes

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In Los Angeles, Allison Lang is a bored girl from an upper class dysfunctional family that acts and dresses like a slut. Her wealthy boyfriend and friends are totally influenced by the hip-hop culture, behaving like rappers, dressing and imitating their lifestyle. When they decide to drive to East L.A. for fun, they meet a Latin gang of drug-dealers and Allison and her best friend Emily become fascinated with their "gangsta" lifestyle. Later they return to the ghetto to visit and excite Hector and his friends, expecting to join their 16th Street gang. When the guys propose them to have sex as a form of initiation, they change their mind, leading to a tragic consequence.
Actors
Allison LangAnne Hathaway
EmilyBijou Phillips
AmandaShiri Appleby
Also posted in 2005, Crime, Drama, Romance | Comments (0)

Next Friday

IMDB Rating: 5.10
5413 votes

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Debo has escaped from prison and is looking to get revenge on Craig. So Craig's dad takes him to Rancho Cucamonga to hide out with his Uncle Elroy and cousin Day-Day, who moved to the suburbs after winning the lottery. But once he gets there, Craig and Day-Day have a set of suburban misadventures that make his South Central experiences look tame.
Actors
Craig JonesIce Cube
D'WanaTamala Jones
Day-Day JonesMike Epps
Also posted in 2000, Comedy | Comments (10)

Goal!

IMDB Rating: 6.80
5926 votes

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Like millions of kids around the world, Santiago harbors the dream of being a professional footballer. However, living in the Barrios section of Los Angeles, he thinks it is only that—a dream. Until one day an extraordinary turn of events has him trying out for Premiership club Newcastle United.
Actors
Santiago MunezKuno Becker
Gavin HarrisAlessandro Nivola
Erik DornhelmMarcel Iures
Also posted in 2005, Drama, High IMDB rating, Sport | Comments (0)

Domino

IMDB Rating: 5.90
14928 votes

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The daughter of an actor with a high-society woman, Domino Harvey, bored with her life, decides to join the team of Ed Mosley and becomes a bounty hunter. But she gets in trouble when the Mafia's money is stolen from an armored truck, while Mosley and his crew are in action participating of a reality show produced by Mark Heiss. The situation becomes out of control when the sons of a rival mobster are kidnapped while FBI is monitoring the two gangs of mobsters.
Actors
Domino HarveyKeira Knightley
Ed MosbeyMickey Rourke
ChocoEdgar Ramirez
Also posted in 2005, Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Comments (0)

Empire

IMDB Rating: 5.90
2710 votes

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Victor (Leguizamo), is trying to escape his life as a drug dealer in the South Bronx. Enter Jack (Sarsgaard), a Wall Street investment banker with a business proposal that has Victor's name (and money) written all over it.
Actors
Victor RosaJohn Leguizamo
JackPeter Sarsgaard
TrishDenise Richards
Also posted in 2002, Action, Crime, Drama | Comments (0)

Piñero

IMDB Rating: 6.20
548 votes

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"Piñero" tells the story of the explosive life of a Latino icon, the poet-playwright-actor Miguel Piñero, whose urban poetry is recognized as a pre-cursor to rap and hip-hop. After doing time in hard-core Sing-Sing for petty thefts and drug dealing, Piñero's prison experiences developed into the 1974 Tony-nominated play Short Eyes. The resulting notoriety and fame was too much for the Latino bad-boy genius who retreated to the darker corners of New York City.
Actors
Miguel PiñeroBenjamin Bratt
Miguel AlgarinGiancarlo Esposito
SugarTalisa Soto
Also posted in 2001, Biography, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)
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