Rick Gonzalez,
Wanda De Jesus,
Dania Ramirez,
Tego Calderon,
Delilah Cotto
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A Latino teen with a bright future is forced to battle the sins of the past when the thugs who killed his father return to finish off the rest of the family. College student Wilson De Leon, Kr. (Rick ... read more
DVD Release Date: December 18, 2007
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September 22, 2008There are so many chances for Illegal Tender to get things right that it's depressing to realize that it misses all of them.
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January 29, 2008This movie was interesting...the time span...the past affecting the future...it's all here. Shows the importance of communication between the last generation and this generation regardless of whose in the wrong...family first!
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June 12, 2011Wilson Deleon Jr. (Rick Gonzalez) is the son of a slain drug dealer, whose killers still have every intention of wiping out the rest of the Deleon family 20 plus years later. After his family's location is discovered, Wilson is thrust into a situation in which he must leave his h... read more
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April 29, 2009Surprisingly decent. I was gung-ho to see this film because I know so little about Afro-Latin culture, so to see it get its shine in American film was a treat
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October 28, 2008Actually a good film, a little lacking in the acting area at times though.
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May 13, 2012jusstpeteThis was okay at best. I like the premise of it, but the 70's movies exploitation action didn't do it for me.
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September 9, 2009A little unrealistic, but awesome just the same. A very strong Mother Wanda was in this movie and the Mother son bond- much like what I'd want to have with my son, if that had been our circumstances. The sound track is one to have, I'll be lookiing for it soon.
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December 31, 2008A mother trying to protect her family from the past that was set on them from her deceased husband in which was involved with drugs. The story unravels itself into there past bringing them no choice but to put an end to the price they have on there heads. Will they survive? C... read more
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October 11, 2008good movie dude, i almost wanted to cry in some places and got scared different stuff was going 2 happen.
Critic Reviews
December 12, 2007
Michael Rechtshaffen, Hollywood Reporter
December 3, 2007
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
More care seems to have been taken with the cut of Gonzalez's sideburns than with the shape of the story, and the hyperbolic soundtrack does most of the work of the mise en scene. Full Review
August 27, 2007
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
What in God's name was going on with this movie?
August 24, 2007
Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle
Plenty of movies have combined a blazing-guns revenge story with a family dynamics drama, but Illegal Tender never gets the mixture right, lurching between bullet-happy shootouts and overwrought domes... Full Review
August 24, 2007
Lisa Rose, Newark Star-Ledger
Illegal Tender isn't quite the mess you expect this time of year, a film that achieves a certain level of originality by reversing gender roles. Full Review
August 24, 2007
Kyle Smith, New York Post
The real mystery here is why this slapdash semi-effort didn't go straight to video. Full Review
August 24, 2007
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
While Illegal Tender has misguided pretensions towards Serious Filmmaking, it's surprisingly likeable if you see it instead as a cheesy thriller good for a lazy Friday night. Full Review
August 24, 2007
Tom Long, Detroit News
There's supposed to be an underlying message here about the value of family and giving up the bad life for respectability, but writer-director Franc Reyes is really just using it as an excuse for a st... Full Review
August 24, 2007
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press
A cohesive story is an afterthought in yet another gangster movie that pretends to denounce violence and materialism while so obviously reveling in it. Full Review
August 24, 2007
Tasha Robinson, Chicago Tribune
Potentially compelling questions of ethnicity, privilege and societal inequities lurk in the background, but instead of addressing them, the film flounders in melodrama. Full Review
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