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Damian Chapa, Jesse Borrego, Benjamin Bratt, Enrique J. Castillo, Victor Rivers ... see more see more... , Delroy Lindo , Tom Towles , Carlos Carrasco , Theodore Wilson , Raymond Cruz , Valente Rodriguez , Lanny Flaherty , Alina Arenal , Roxann Biggs , Gary Cervantes , Luis Contreras , Roberto Contreras , David Dunard , Steve Eastin , Jenny Gago , Evelyn Guerrero , Richard Masur , Daniel McDonald , Victor Mojica , Karmin Murcelo , Natalia Nogulich , Lupe Ontiveros , Ving Rhames , Gary Tacon , Billy Bob Thornton , Paolo Tocha , Danny Trejo , Noah Verduzco , Geoffrey Rivas , Ray Oriel , Peter Mark Vasquez , Jimmy Santiago Baca , Richard Pagano , Sharon Bialy , Mike Genovese , Tom Wilson , Thomas F. Wilson

Taylor Hackford directed this urgent melodrama about the realities of street crime, gangs, and prison life among the Chicanos of East Los Angeles. Miklo (Damian Chapa), Paco (Benjamin Bratt) and Cruz ... read more read more...(Jesse Borrego) are three friends who are living in the East Los Angeles of 1972 as it is torn apart by violence. When the gang violence hits the three friends, they are affected by their participation in the bitter violence in different ways. Cruz, an artist, becomes crippled, and he sinks deeply into drug addiction. Paco, an accessory to murder, joins the military to avoid jail time, leading to a spot on the LAPD. Miklo, the kid with the gun, is sent to jail, where he slowly rises up in the ranks of La Onda, the San Quentin Latino gang. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi

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R, 2 hr. 54 min.

Directed by: Taylor Hackford

Release Date: April 16, 1993

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  • itsjustme2004
    March 11, 2011
    itsjustme2004
    I viewed this movie because it got such terrific ratings. However, it was probably one of the stupidest movies I have ever seen. The acting, or should I say "over" acting, was ridiculous. I don't know what bothered me more: the fake Mexican accents, or the crazy way the actors fl... read moreung themselves around while speaking. The "gangster talk" was just ridiculous, with too much"orale", too much, "hey vato". The worst dialogue ever... Maybe this was considered a good movie 20 years ago??
  • DrBenway
    June 28, 2008
    DrBenway
    Like a Lifetime Original Movie version of American Me with a cast of actors leftover from the auditions.
  • matertenebraum
    October 27, 2007
    matertenebraum
    Recently viewed this film which was called, "Blood In Blood Out" and could hardly believe the great details and realistic way this film was produced. There is no doubt that it showed what Prison Life really is like among all races, Black, Brown, White and many more and how each g... read moreroup has to struggle to exist and at the same time have fun, make money and kill each other. If you wanted sex in prison, you had plenty of willing partners and it just might be a very difficult and hard way to deal with it, or just simply getting raped when you least expect it. A young guy gets out of jail and tries to go down the straight and narrow path and winds up losing a body part and is constantly trying to become a gang member. There is a guy who has a great ability of being an artist, drawing great paintings and he gets cut up and his back twisted like a pretzel. If you want to go to prison, watch this film and it just might change your mind completely. Plenty of action and it goes none stop through out the entire picture.
  • EightThirty
    August 26, 2007
    EightThirty
    Good Story...The Wimp becomes the strongest Prisoner, The Gangster one Turns into a Cop and the Scholar becomes a Druggie...Great Movie
  • YLOWBSTARDreturns
    March 1, 2007
    YLOWBSTARDreturns
    Epic storytelling. Despite the running time, this is a great movie.
  • sanjurosamurai
    January 25, 2007
    sanjurosamurai
    decent flick about the bario
  • jorgeroman1
    November 4, 2011
    jorgeroman1
    I've always hated this damn movie even as a kid. The dialogue is laughable, the acting is so overdone that it's ridiculous, the plot & story are way too long & predictable, the casting choices aren't all that great, the Mexican accents sound fake, & the movie as a whole is nothin... read moreg more than an overlong, unintentional comedy.

    The movie has it's redeeming features, & even some powerful moments, but most of the time as I stated it's just so ridiculously overdramatic that you just can't help but laugh at it.

    Plot/Story: the plot is your typical 'Mexican gangster fighting over territory & against other gangs' cliché. Some modern movies still use this formula, but at least those manage to make it look less cliché & fresh. But this movie makes it look so corny & boring that it just ends up a badly done cliché. The story takes way too long, & at times you wonder what the real point of the movie is. And don't even get me started on how mindless it can be, & how bland & boring it is.

    And lemme tell you right now that I have a pet peeve for these movies. All of these ¨Vatos locos for life!¨, ¨Orale!¨ Mexican/Cholo turf gang banging crap is something that drives me to my last nerve. And I'm a Mexican myself. The way all of these Mexicans just throw their damn bodies all around to signal their macho-ness & their courage is just so laughable that I just can't take them, let alone the movie, seriously.

    Cast/Acting: The casting choices in this movie are nothing special, & any actor in here that isn't Danny Trejo, Billy Bob Thornton, & Ving Rhames is easily forgettable. As for their performances, again, their so ridiculously overdone they just end up being laughable. Yes, there are scenes in the movie where it has it's spectacular & powerful performaces, but it's so hard to take them seriously when all you're getting is nothing but actors throwing their hands & bodies around saying nothing but ¨Oye vato loco!¨ & ¨Orale ese perro!¨. Actors like Danny Trejo pull this stuff off because they don't look ridiculous doing it, & also manage to do it in such a strong way that they look great doing it. While the other actors just go by throwing their hands, bodies, & even faces all around the place. I'll credit the actors however for taking their roles seriously.

    Characters: I don't recall liking, let alone caring, for any character in here, In fact, you might not just even care about anyone in this film in general. Thus resulting in you not really giving a damn who gets killed or who's side your on & which gets hurt.

    Dialogue: Do I really have to go by telling you the dialogue this film has? Again, 95% of the film is nothing more than ¨Vatos locos!¨ ¨Ese!¨ ¨Familia!¨ ¨Carnal!¨ ¨Orale carnal!¨ & any other Mexican cholo quotes hat you can think of. It grows so tiresome of hearing those quotes over & over again that it almost gives you a headache. And as for the accents, the majority of them all sound fake, even if the actors themselves actually have the Mexican accent sounded fake.

    So all in all, this movie is just laughable. I didn't like it, I don't know why my friends like it, & I don't know why some of my own family liked it. You're better off watching much better more family & gangster films of it´s genre like ¨Hustle & Flow¨.
  • ileo
    January 30, 2009
    ileo
    Fantastic movie!
  • keith222
    February 10, 2008
    keith222
    this is my biggest guilty pleasure. I love this movie so much. Three hours of pure entertainment, not a dull moment and I have seen it at least over 50 times
  • decals74
    April 29, 2010
    decals74
    damn, what a long movie. it maintained a solid pace though and was entertaining from beginning to end. miklo is cold blooded.

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Critic Reviews

Emanuel Levy
May 1, 2006
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

When mainstream Hollywood tackles Hispanic-themed movies, such as this one, the results are usually disastrous. Though aiming at creating an authentic Hispanic street epic, the otherwise reliable Hack... Full Review

Bob Bloom
December 17, 2002
Bob Bloom, Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Long, ambitious and uneven, but an interesting project.

Scott Weinberg
July 26, 2002
Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

Flawed and perhaps a tad overlong, but pretty gripping all the same.

Owen Gleiberman
September 7, 2011
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

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March 26, 2009
Variety

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Vincent Canby
August 30, 2004
Vincent Canby, New York Times

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James Berardinelli
January 1, 2000
James Berardinelli, ReelViews

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January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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January 1, 2000
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

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April 16, 1993
Entertainment Weekly

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