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Down for the Barrio (1996)
Missed opportunity
I saw this because I like to see all things El Paso. I was pretty disappointed. There was such a great opportunity to explore barrio culture and it fell on cheesy clichés. The production was good with very nice picture and sound. A lot of great locations can be seen in this film. There are some great creative shots in the movie but that isn't enough. Tony Plana does his best with what poor script he is given. Some of the other supporting actors were good, but some were down right awful. Its not as bad as some say, but it isn't outstanding either. See it for what it is: an El Paso film. Otherwise don't expect Orson Welles.
Another Kind of Hero (2012)
Pointless
Well I did watch both episodes and all I can say is there isn't much of a point. Oh yea so a couple guys wanna be Hollywood big shots and this is their attept to scream out to get noticed. Well I just don't get it. This isn't my cup of tea and I am sure aside from those in there world its not the cup of tea of a whiole lot of other people either. It tries to hard to be dramatic but it fails because its so predictable and loaded with clichés and stereotypes. It does not come off as serious it comes off as desperate like a hail mary pass before they hang up there dreams of glory. That actually would be a better storyline: people leaving pipedreams behind and moving forward with their lives. I won't discourage others from watching just warning don't expect to much.