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Boulevard Nights

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Raymond Avila (Richard Yñiguez) is a young Mexican-American trying to resist the lure of street gangs in East Los Angeles. Raymond's brother, Chuco (Danny De La Paz), has been less successful; despite Raymond's attempts to steer him clear, Chuco finds a sense of belonging by being part of a gang. As Raymond's relationship with his girlfriend (Marta Du Bois) deepens, he takes steps toward building himself a future. But all that is thrown into jeopardy when tragedy strikes and a gang war erupts.
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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Another unremarkable youth gang film. Rated: C+ Jun 1, 2009 Full Review Read all reviews

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delysid d this movie is for putas and cholos Rated 2 out of 5 stars 09/25/24 Full Review Audience Member its my favorvite movie Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member A good movie period. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member good movie if you like the classics Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member never gets old for me Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Ok, don't get me wrong, Boulevard Nights is a good film from the aspect that if you ever grew up in a low-class neighborhood (Inglewood, East L.A., Watts, etc.) then you can identify with the actions of the gangsters in this film (the tagging, spray cans, tats, so forth.) What kills this film for me is two things - the acting and the storyline. Granted Danny de la Paz is prehaps the only actor in this film that I can buy into. He's legit. But everyone else in this film, from the gangsters to his brother Ramon, who looks like he stepped off a model runway, the finacee, the mother, the whole damn cast of characters is so cheesy. The second thing that kills it is the mind-numbing predicatibility of this film. Granted the first half of it is fine, but once you get an idea of where things are going, you can guess what's going to happen and, like I've said before, that neccessarily a bad thing, but in tihs case, when it gets to the point where it's annoying and detaching for the viewer, it backfires. Otherwise this film is fine. It's those two things that make me drop it form a good film to an okay one. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Michael Pressman

Director

Richard Yniguez

Raymond Avila

Marta Dubois

Shady Landeros

Danny De La Paz

Chuco Avila

Bill Benenson

Actor

James Victor

Gil Moreno
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Synopsis Raymond Avila (Richard Yñiguez) is a young Mexican-American trying to resist the lure of street gangs in East Los Angeles. Raymond's brother, Chuco (Danny De La Paz), has been less successful; despite Raymond's attempts to steer him clear, Chuco finds a sense of belonging by being part of a gang. As Raymond's relationship with his girlfriend (Marta Du Bois) deepens, he takes steps toward building himself a future. But all that is thrown into jeopardy when tragedy strikes and a gang war erupts.
Director
Michael Pressman
Producer
Bill Benenson
Screenwriter
Desmond Nakano
Production Co
Warner Brothers/Seven Arts
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 23, 1979, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 31, 2009
Runtime
1h 42m
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