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A Balasaur Score of 70 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 64%, Metacritic 47/100. Audiences rate it 32 points higher than critics do. Scores higher than 75% of the 677 1990s crime movies in this catalog. It runs long at 3h 10m. Streaming on Prime.
Synopsis
Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on two Indigenous Latino American half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial (half-Indigenous Latino American and half-European American) cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the "Vatos Locos", and the story focuses on how a violent crime and the influence of narcotics alter their lives. Miklo is incarcerated and sent to San Quentin, where he makes a "home" for himself. Cruz becomes an exceptional artist, but a heroin addiction overcomes him with tragic results. Paco becomes a cop and an enemy to his "carnal", Miklo.
Ratings
Audiences rate it 32 points higher than critics do.
1,617 audience votes
Key crew
- Taylor HackfordDirector
- Floyd MutruxScreenplay
- Bill ContiOriginal Music Composer
- Jimmy Santiago BacaScreenplay
- Jeremy IaconeScreenplay
Cast
- Damian ChapaMiklo
- Jesse BorregoCruz
- Benjamin BrattPaco
- Enrique CastilloMontana
- Victor RiversMagic Mike
- Delroy LindoBonafide
- Tom TowlesRed Ryder
- Carlos CarrascoPopeye
- Teddy WilsonWallace
- Raymond CruzChuey
- Valente RodriguezFrankie
- Lanny FlahertyBig Al
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