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  • 2019
  • R
  • Briarcliff Entertainment
  • 2 h 24 m
  • 2019
  • R
  • Briarcliff Entertainment
  • 2 h 24 m

Summary When L.A.P.D. Detective Diego Hernandez is assigned a career-making case investigating a vicious cartel, he uncovers links to his brother’s supposed suicide and a turf battle that’s about to swallow his neighborhood. Torn between playing by the book and seeking justice, he resurrects the masked street legend El Chicano. Now, out to take ...

Directed By: Ben Hernandez Bray

Written By: Joe Carnahan, Ben Hernandez Bray

  • 2019
  • R
  • Briarcliff Entertainment
  • 2 h 24 m
  • 2019
  • R
  • Briarcliff Entertainment
  • 2 h 24 m

El Chicano

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
46
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 5 User Ratings
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Summary When L.A.P.D. Detective Diego Hernandez is assigned a career-making case investigating a vicious cartel, he uncovers links to his brother’s supposed suicide and a turf battle that’s about to swallow his neighborhood. Torn between playing by the book and seeking justice, he resurrects the masked street legend El Chicano. Now, out to take ...

Directed By: Ben Hernandez Bray

Written By: Joe Carnahan, Ben Hernandez Bray

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
46
15% Positive
2 Reviews
77% Mixed
10 Reviews
8% Negative
1 Review

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
46
15% Positive
2 Reviews
77% Mixed
10 Reviews
8% Negative
1 Review

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80
May 2, 2019
Reminiscent of Hollywood cop movies from the ’80s, when masculinity came only in a macho shade, but propelled by the fresh winds of inclusion, El Chicano stands as a solidly acted and technically accomplished spectacle, the latter likely the result of Hernandez Bray’s time delivering stunt magic behind the scenes as a stunt coordinator.
By Carlos Aguilar FULL REVIEW
60
May 6, 2019
El Chicano is often exciting, but don’t expect to leave the theater riding an action movie high.
By Bilge Ebiri FULL REVIEW
60
May 1, 2019
The film, marking Ben Hernandez Bray's directorial debut, is mainly a violent police procedural and vigilante drama that succeeds well enough on those terms. It's also notable for its almost entirely Latino cast and deep immersion into East Los Angeles culture. The pic certainly looks authentic, despite the fact that it was largely shot in Calgary.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
50
May 2, 2019
It’s long on violence and short on storytelling. It aims high, working in the realm of myths, but it does so in hit-or-miss fashion.
By Bill Goodykoontz FULL REVIEW
42
May 2, 2019
The story never even grazes the sublime; it’s dull and banal, coasting on familiarity from beginning to end. Here, the clichés don’t celebrate a reunion. They’re at war.
By Vikram Murthi FULL REVIEW
40
May 5, 2019
For his part, Castillo makes the best of the clunky dialogue and cliché lines, but the story never lets his acting chops shine through.
By Monica Castillo FULL REVIEW
25
May 1, 2019
Diego also lacks any nuance as a character. He is grim and humorless, like most everything else about this film.
By Carla Meyer FULL REVIEW

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6.0
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40% Negative
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40% Negative
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Production Company WarParty Films
Release Date May 3, 2019
Duration 2 h 24 m
Rating R
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Tagline Our Streets. Our Fight. Our Hero.
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Awards

Alberta Film & Television Awards (AMPIA Awards)
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Maryland International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Los Angeles Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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