Mexican Gangster

November. 01,2008      
Rating:
3.8
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Johnny Sun is a Mexican American with a white mother and Mexican dad. He witnesses his parents murder and gets his revenge years later, leading to a hard life as a gangster in drugs and smuggling. He tries to keep his borther from the life and finds himself fending for his own life.

Damian Chapa as  Johnny Sun

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Reviews

ThiefHott
2008/11/01

Too much of everything

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CrawlerChunky
2008/11/02

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

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TrueHello
2008/11/03

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

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Humbersi
2008/11/04

The first must-see film of the year.

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atmadarkwolf
2008/11/05

Seems they used most of their budget (what little they had) on recordings of firecrackers.The acting was horrible, the sounds were bad, and the story.. was stupid(based on a true story sure, but that's just it, based, somewhere some Mexican guy was a gangster and tried to go clean, but the rest of the junk in this film...) Was of your time, unless u can see it for free and have the time to waste.There are much better, true stories of crime, and similar stories to this one, the time you would spend watching this can be spent finding a better film.

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fallguy_jack
2008/11/06

Clearly not a film with much of a budget, it's still cool in it's own right. Written directed and starred by Miklo from blood in blood out, it's merits outweigh its shortcomings. It's a relative 8/10Basically it's a good fun action movie somewhat reminiscent of blood in blood out, which is what I always think of when i see this guy. I thought that him handling a pump action shotgun with one hand and a pistol in the other was a little far fetched, but apparently it's an elite tactic, so thats cool. There's some other really intelligent stuff too. Bottom line, the story, which includes mentally unstable lesbians (cant go wrong with that) is plenty good enuff to make it enjoyable.

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