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What I had seen of Welcome Back to the Barrio (2006) from IMDB looked promising, but I read up on the wrong movie. And little did I know this was another “Amigo Films” production until the opening of the credits. I made the instant connection to Chicano Blood (2008)and though...crap. But this review doesn't go that way because I was surprised by the decent acting and cinematography. It's another movie about duality and the course of lives after friends have separated. Okay, so the idea isn’t new aka Boyz n the Hood (1991), but the movie feels more like home (and not East L.A): bilingual dialogue, protective parents, and ese amigo that never seems to do right. Moves slowly and that’s the pace of the day up to the point of the party which dragged for a while. Still in the end it's all violence, sacrificing a life, and there's nothing to do but leave until next time. Asi es el barrio? That's what the movies say.
Welcome Back to the Barrio (2006)
Mindlight Films in association with Orta-Mex Films
Directed by Jaime Mariscal
Produced by David J. Miller
Co-Producer Juan J. Frausto
Written By Jaime Mariscal & David J. Miller
Staring: Ramses Jimenez, Tony Ramirez, Antonio Zurito, David Marrero, Christian Rousary & Yara Santillian
Side Note 1: Amigo Films
Side Note 2: instead of trying to make the next blockbuster action film, why doesn’t Damian Chapa produce algo mas honesto? Pero, don't we love those big films anyway?
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