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El Chicano

Summary: A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law.
Runtime: 2 h 24 min
MPAA: 18A

Countries: United States, Canada
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 8,000,000
Domestic: $ 1,400,603
International: $ 4,043

Box office:

Budget:$8MDomestic:$1.4MInternational:$4KWorldwide:$1.4M
14%
40%54%

22%67%
Latino60%White33.33%Mixed / Other6.67%
0.35

Commonsensemedia

Message2/5
Role model1/5
Violence4/5
Sex2/5
Language5/5
Drugs2/5

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Message
2/5

Story is mainly about violence and vigilantism, but subtext has quite a bit to say about Latinx and Mexican American identity in Los Angeles, with some tidbits about hidden history of California.

Role model
1/5

As rare as it is to have on-screen Latinx representation in central roles, El Chicano is first and foremost a vigilante who's called in to take care of bad guys when the legal pathway is blocked; his violent actions have no discernable consequences. But Diego is a fairly above-board character (despite some flaws) who may be worth identifying with.

Violence
4/5

Lots of guns/shooting and blood, sometimes in spurts. Dead bodies. A mother whips a child with a belt. Martial arts fighting, punching, kicking. Stabbing with a knife. Dribbling blood. Police dangle from nooses. Threats with a chainsaw. Car crash. Explosion. Building on fire.

Sex
2/5

Flirting, innuendo, kissing. Skimpy outfits.

Language
5/5

Extremely strong language includes "f--k," "motherf----r," "s--t," "bulls--t," the "N" word, "p---y," "a--hole," "bitch," "ass," "d--k," "cabron," "Jesus Christ" (as an exclamation).

Drugs
2/5

Characters are described as drug dealers. Cigarette smoking.

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