Blood In, Blood Out (1993)
This very long saga of three Hispanic cousins facing crime and punishment in East Los Angeles (and San Quentin) is in no way a success, but director Taylor Hackford does infuse his signature theme of trust, or lack thereof, in interesting ways into this potboiler. The heroin death of a twelve year old is a nadir, but the prison sequences, featuring Delroy Lindo and Billy Bob Thornton on opposite sides of a racial divide, are rewarding. Unfortunately, some of the casting and the choice of music gives this film all the Latin ambiance of a Chipotle restaurant. Not the disaster its troubled production history would indicate, but it certainly flunks the Bechdel test.
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