Blood In, Blood Out List Price: $19.99 Our Price: $8.98 Your Save: $ 11.01 ( 55% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video Starring: Damian Chapa, Jesse Borrego, Benjamin Bratt, Enrique Castillo, Victor Rivers Directed By: Taylor Hackford Average Customer Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: BORREGO,JESSE EAN: 9780788821714 Format: Color ISBN: 0788821717 Label: Walt Disney Video Number Of Items: 1 Picture Format: Letterbox Publisher: Walt Disney Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: 2000-06-13 Running Time: 180 Studio: Walt Disney Video Theatrical Release Date: 1993-04-16 Related Items American Me Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life) My Family Colors Menace II Society Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Tough to watch Comment: Chicano culture offers many wonderful things like strong family ties, a sense of art, and vibrant spunk even in the midst of poverty. The L.A. barrio is a mixed bag of such things, but also it has a subculture of gang violence and sucking sociological quicksand that can drag down young men into cycles of gangland violence and identity. All this comes together in this film. It is pretty darned good, though so convincing that I actually found it hard to watch. I grew up near enough to the L.A. barrio to catch the nuances and authentic flavor. And I know a little Spanish and could follow a bit of the Spanglish that is interspersed with the English dialogue. Actually I am surprised that this film got so many five stars because I think you really had to have lived around this to appreciate how well done it is. There is actually a lot going on in it in terms of interpersonal relationships and also sociology and values. In some ways I think of films like the Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith and Carlito's Way in terms of examples of ways of how culture can make it difficult to break out of a downward spiral. Let me add that while the making of added feature talks about Chicanos trying to integrate into an Anglo America, this can be somewhat misleading historically. Don't assume that this culture is one of immigrants. These are a conquered people who were here many years before the U.S. conquest of California. They were subject to over a century of efforts to subjugate their communities and this tended to tighten their family and friendship alliances. I tend to see the strong bonds in the L.A. gangs and families as even stronger than in Mexico. These are not simply Mexicans that have immigrated to Los Angeles. The acting is pretty intense. Some might think it overdone if they are not familiar with a certain type of Chicano macho style and value system. All in all, really good. Though I would have thought not for everyone. I kept wondering how did this film find a general audience, or even a general Hispanic audience? My thanks to the director. Customer Rating: Summary: East Los back in the day... Comment: I give this movie a 5 out of 5. I'm from East L.A. and this shows what it was like back in the day, pretty close. The only thing I didn't like was the pinche hüero's acting but besides that, it was all good. Customer Rating: Summary: SAW THE MOVIE Comment: Saw this some time ago. So now it's in the library. A rather interesting couple of hours. Not a waste of time. Customer Rating: Summary: Traumatizing! Comment: Never recieved this item, however amazon was prompt in refunding the money back to me asap! thanks! Customer Rating: Summary: The movie! Comment: While I am not a huge fan of the gang movies, my husband is. After having to watch it for the umptenth time, I have developed a tolerance. My husband thoroughly enjoys this movie and will watch it many more times. Editorial Reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Tough to watch Comment: Chicano culture offers many wonderful things like strong family ties, a sense of art, and vibrant spunk even in the midst of poverty. The L.A. barrio is a mixed bag of such things, but also it has a subculture of gang violence and sucking sociological quicksand that can drag down young men into cycles of gangland violence and identity. All this comes together in this film. It is pretty darned good, though so convincing that I actually found it hard to watch. I grew up near enough to the L.A. barrio to catch the nuances and authentic flavor. And I know a little Spanish and could follow a bit of the Spanglish that is interspersed with the English dialogue. Actually I am surprised that this film got so many five stars because I think you really had to have lived around this to appreciate how well done it is. There is actually a lot going on in it in terms of interpersonal relationships and also sociology and values. In some ways I think of films like the Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith and Carlito's Way in terms of examples of ways of how culture can make it difficult to break out of a downward spiral. Let me add that while the making of added feature talks about Chicanos trying to integrate into an Anglo America, this can be somewhat misleading historically. Don't assume that this culture is one of immigrants. These are a conquered people who were here many years before the U.S. conquest of California. They were subject to over a century of efforts to subjugate their communities and this tended to tighten their family and friendship alliances. I tend to see the strong bonds in the L.A. gangs and families as even stronger than in Mexico. These are not simply Mexicans that have immigrated to Los Angeles. The acting is pretty intense. Some might think it overdone if they are not familiar with a certain type of Chicano macho style and value system. All in all, really good. Though I would have thought not for everyone. I kept wondering how did this film find a general audience, or even a general Hispanic audience? My thanks to the director. Customer Rating: Summary: East Los back in the day... Comment: I give this movie a 5 out of 5. I'm from East L.A. and this shows what it was like back in the day, pretty close. The only thing I didn't like was the pinche hüero's acting but besides that, it was all good. Customer Rating: Summary: SAW THE MOVIE Comment: Saw this some time ago. So now it's in the library. A rather interesting couple of hours. Not a waste of time. Customer Rating: Summary: Traumatizing! Comment: Never recieved this item, however amazon was prompt in refunding the money back to me asap! thanks! Customer Rating: Summary: The movie! Comment: While I am not a huge fan of the gang movies, my husband is. After having to watch it for the umptenth time, I have developed a tolerance. My husband thoroughly enjoys this movie and will watch it many more times. Now, from the director of AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN and the producer of LA BAMBA comes BLOOD IN ... BLOOD OUT, a critically acclaimed modern-day epic. Within the rich and colorful Chicano culture of East Los Angeles, three cousins raised as brothers fiercely live by a generations-old tradition of family -- a power stronger than law, a force deeper than friendship. In one life-shattering moment, the trio is torn apart, forcing them to follow three separate paths: one searching for truth in the law, one expressing his passion through art, and one finding power in prison. Yet through it all, family and honor keep their lives intertwined as each strives for survival and power! Ask about this healthcare product "Blood In, Blood Out" in the forum Give review on this healthcare product "Blood In, Blood Out" in the forum Search related information in the forum