Barrio movies. For lack of a better term.

[agent817]

Okay, I did a thread about Hood movies, but now I'm doing one about Latino/Hispanic movies that take place in the "Barrio" which is what some people refer as the hood in Spanish. I don't know if a lot of people know about know about these movies, but I'll give a few examples:
-American Me
-Boulevard Nights
-Blood In, Blood Out: Bound By Honor (It's basically "Bound By Honor" but most people refer to it as "Blood In, Blood Out." The DVD cover has the full title)
-Mi Vida Loca
-I Like It Like That (Maybe, since it deals with Puerto Ricans mainly, but I guess it counts since I'm talking Hispanics in general)

I am sure that there are others, but I have mainly seen all but one that I have mentioned. The only one I have not watched in its entirety is "Bound By Honor" and I have mainly seen bits and pieces of it, not all of it. I have it, but I know that I would need 3 hours to kill to watch since I have read that it's really long.

I don't know if American Me counts since that mostly takes place in prison, but it does have to do with gangs as well. I know that there was a lot of controversy and backlash from real life gangs because of that movie, but I still think Edward James Olmos did a great job in that movie.

I remember watching "Mi Vida Loca" a while back and thinking it was decent, though the acting was a bit cheesy. Sure, the main girls were quite lookers like Sad Girl and Mousie (Typical chola names, I know) but some of the acting was still funny to watch.

I did say that "I Like It Like That" is debatable since the movie took place in the Bronx and had more to do with Puerto Ricans, but I guess it counts since it talked about struggles with the people in the community.

As for "Boulevard Nights," that was a late 70s movie with a very low budget and I have heard from my parents that it had some controversy hear in my homestate of California in that some people got into some fights at theaters and such. I have watched it before on YouTube and it is very cheesy by today's standards. I should also mention "Duke of Earl," even though that had after-school special written all over it. I am surprised that there is no page of it on IMDB.

Anybody seen any movies like these?

[VenomFang]

Mi Vida Loca and I Like It Like That were on HBO/Cinemax a lot in the 90's but I dont really rememeber them. A movie you didnt mention that I remember was called Raising Victor Vargas from 2002 I believe.

[Ducky Momo]

My Family is underrated.

[mcmahonfan85]

Feb 10, 2012 10:47:00 GMT -5 agent817 said:

-Blood In, Blood Out: Bound By Honor (It's basically "Bound By Honor" but most people refer to it as "Blood In, Blood Out." The DVD cover has the full title)

Vatos Locos foever, carnal!

[Confused Mark Wahlberg]

I think American Me set the record for most use of 'carnale' in one movie.

[agent817]

Feb 10, 2012 16:00:01 GMT -5 Confused Mark Wahlberg said:

I think American Me set the record for most use of 'carnale' in one movie.

I might have to watch it again to see if that's true.

[SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts]

Does My Family 1995 count with Edward James Olmos and My Family?

[Dave at the Movies]

WWE should do a movie starring Hunico and Camacho.

[agent817]

Feb 11, 2012 1:06:01 GMT -5 SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts said:

Does My Family 1995 count with Edward James Olmos and My Family?

I would say so. They don't have to be about cholos or anything like that. The movie was about the life of a family who lived in East LA.

I think "La Mission" counts in this topic and it's not a very well known movie, either. I saw it in theaters a while back but it's a theater that shows indie films. It has Benjamin Bratt in it.

[Glitch]

I remember seeing Bound by honor on tv and in it's edited form. It will always make me think of the word "mother-sucker."

[Ducky Momo]

Bound by Honor is universally loved and mocked in my family. Such an entertaining film, but damn did it have it's share of corny lines.

La Mission is an excellent film.

[Virt McGirt]

Feb 11, 2012 1:28:59 GMT -5 Dave at the Movies said:

WWE should do a movie starring Hunico and Camacho.

I believe in one of his first post-Sin Cara Negro promos, he referred to "Los Vatos Locos." At the time, I just thought he was referring to some stable they had in the works, but, looking at this thread, I think he was referencing "Blood In, Blood Out: Bound by Honor"

[Ducky Momo]

Feb 11, 2012 3:23:58 GMT -5 Virt McGirt said:

Feb 11, 2012 1:28:59 GMT -5 Dave at the Movies said:

WWE should do a movie starring Hunico and Camacho.

I believe in one of his first post-Sin Cara Negro promos, he referred to "Los Vatos Locos." At the time, I just thought he was referring to some stable they had in the works, but, looking at this thread, I think he was referencing "Blood In, Blood Out: Bound by Honor"

He definitely did. I remember when he said it I was like WTF? and started laughing.

[Virt McGirt]

Feb 11, 2012 3:41:59 GMT -5 Ducky Momo said:

Feb 11, 2012 3:23:58 GMT -5 Virt McGirt said:

I believe in one of his first post-Sin Cara Negro promos, he referred to "Los Vatos Locos." At the time, I just thought he was referring to some stable they had in the works, but, looking at this thread, I think he was referencing "Blood In, Blood Out: Bound by Honor"

He definitely did. I remember when he said it I was like WTF? and started laughing.

Not realizing that "Blood In, Blood Out..." also had a "Los Vatos Locos" too, at the time it aired, I made some stupid post in the WWE section referencing Short Circuit 2.

*At the time I thought it was funny, now I just think it was a hack reference*

[agent817]

Feb 11, 2012 5:10:06 GMT -5 Virt McGirt said:

Not realizing that "Blood In, Blood Out..." also had a "Los Vatos Locos" too, at the time it aired, I made some stupid post in the WWE section referencing Short Circuit 2.

*At the time I thought it was funny, now I just think it was a hack reference*

Los Locos kick your ass!
Los Locos kick your face!
Los Loco kick your balls into outer space!

I just could not resist.

[mcmahonfan85]

Feb 11, 2012 3:05:05 GMT -5 Ducky Momo said:

Bound by Honor is universally loved and mocked in my family. Such an entertaining film, but damn did it have it's share of corny lines.

i don't know what you mean, jellybean. sounds like you've been star trekking through the twilight zone.

[Joe Neglia]

West Side Story

[tigermaskxxxvii]

Feb 11, 2012 1:28:59 GMT -5 Dave at the Movies said:

WWE should do a movie starring Hunico and Camacho.

Now I'm imagining a WWE Films version of Stand and Deliver in which Chavo Classic tries to reach these troubled youths. While a jaded Matt Striker tells him not to bother because these two are lost causes!

[Ducky Momo]

Feb 11, 2012 13:13:04 GMT -5 tigermaskxxxvii said:

Feb 11, 2012 1:28:59 GMT -5 Dave at the Movies said:

WWE should do a movie starring Hunico and Camacho.

Now I'm imagining a WWE Films version of Stand and Deliver in which Chavo Classic tries to reach these troubled youths. While a jaded Matt Striker tells him not to bother because these two are lost causes!