Compelling

drjgardner

This film has many of the well-known male Hispanic actors in the business, although some have only bit parts. Lou Diamond Phillips, Steven Bauer (Manny from "Scarface"), Danny Trejo ("Machette"), Emilio Rivera ("Mayans" m/c chief), and Cesar Garcia ("Breaking Bad") all do a good job, but the best performances are from the women - Danay Garcia and Angelique Rivera.

The story concerns vengeance at many levels.Locations, costumes, and ink give you a picture of South Central LA that is unquieting.

The film is a little long and every so often it begins to look like a novella, but all things considered it works.

score 8/10

drjgardner 20 March 2019

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw4732771/