El Chicano (2018)
Genre: Action / Crime
Duration: 108 minuten / 142 minuten (festivalversie)
Country:
United States
Directed by: Ben Hernandez Bray
Stars: Raúl Castillo, George Lopez and Aimee Garcia
IMDb score:
5,4 (1.757)
Releasedate: 3 May 2019
El Chicano plot
"Myth. Legend. Hero."
New partners Detective Diego Hernandez and Detective Martinez are given 24 hours to investigate a crime that may involve Diego's deceased brother Pedro. Through this investigation, Hernandez begins to discover that his brother Pedro could be more than just a gang member who ended up in prison sporadically. In fact, Pedro could be El Chicano, a ghostly vigilante.
Actors and actresses
Diego / Pedro
Captain Gomez
Vanessa
Susana
Jesus
Detective Martinez
Shotgun
El Gallo
Shadow
Young Diego
Reviews & comments
Brabants
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- 2909 messages
- 2161 votes
El Chicano is a film that made me think: I've seen this before. It has all sorts of recognizable elements, and that's how it forms a film. To be honest, I didn't find much of it.
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Shadowed
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- 11670 messages
- 6867 votes
Not really interesting.
I still had some confidence in it beforehand. But I think I hadn't read it thoroughly and therefore had different expectations. I expected a story set in the future with a rise in crime and a single vigilante wiping out crime.
But ultimately, you're faced with a somewhat grittier crime story that verges on the dull rather than the exciting. I'd hoped for a polished, fast-paced action film, but what you get is a slightly subtle crime film that's not exactly fast-paced.
Another one that lacks a lot of guts in terms of direction. Granted, it's a bit subtle, but the director could still push that. However, they don't. The dialogue lacks a lot of sharpness, the pace is too slow, and the action is shot rather detachedly.
The tone could also have been much higher in terms of gore and graphicness. The film doesn't really pull any punches and avoids most of the violence, except for a few slightly harsher images. But those images aren't harsh enough for the tone. The pace also completely drops off after 30 minutes, which eventually leads to boredom.
The direction simply lacks the balls. Just show that brutality. However, the film does have some decent settings here and there. It was nice that the film still looks flashy. The final scene in the rain was also quite cool. The acting isn't bad either.
I'll still give it a 2.0* for that, but everything could have been a bit better. El Chicano, in particular, has the potential to be a cool character, but isn't.
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boemboem27
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- 1590 messages
- 1401 votes
not good.
almost the entire film was filmed in the dark.
story very weak, everything very predictable
just leave this junk alone
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