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Homeboy

2002, Movie, NR, 95 mins

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This unaccomplished farce's satire of the music business is as idiotic as its sentimentalizing of one-hit wonders. Before Eminem, this film claims, there was a Caucasian rap star named MC Squared (Dave McCrae), and back in 1997 this honky rapper jammed into music history with his album "Theory of Sellativity." Patterning himself after another white hip-hop performer, Hoolie Hooligan (David M. Wallace), the reclusive MC Squared hasn't kept up with musical trends. One day he s... read more leave a comment
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Former gang-members of Boyle Heights ban together under the guidance of Father Gregory J. Boyle to operate Homeboy Industries. Through employment, counseling, social refuge and services like free tattoo removal, the center provides a safe place for troubled youth, and shows them the way to return to a life of meaning and how to give back to their communities. According to Father Boyle, gangs are where kids go to escape a life of misery. Many lose sight of the future and feel they have nowhere else to turn as they grapple with drugs and violence in the home and on the streets. As the gang-related death toll in Los Angeles reached 1,000 in 1992, Homeboy Industries was founded as an answer to this city s desperate cry for help. By opening his doors and offering unlimited chances to those who have been branded by society as hopeless, Father Boyle proves that his policy of no-matter-whatness can restore compassion in even the most perilous gang-member. Thousands of youth have taken them
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Length: 02:50
Posted: 7/23/2009
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An alcoholic prizefighter risks permanent brain damage when he steps into the ring for a purse that would save his financially drained girlfriend.
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Length: 01:11
Posted: 3/17/2008
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A Maverick Club boxer who dreams of becoming a middleweight contender, explodes with pent-up rage in the ring. When he finally gets his big break, his life as well as his career is put on the line by the devious dealings of his self-serving manager.
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Length: 01:56:26
Posted: 9/1/2009
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A Maverick Club boxer who dreams of becoming a middleweight contender, explodes with pent-up rage in the ring. When he finally gets his big break, his life as well as his career is put on the line by the devious dealings of his self-serving manager.
Paid | Amazon Video on Demand
Length: 01:57:00
Posted: 9/2/2009
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Year: 2002
Rated NR

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Cast
Dave McCrae: MC Squared
David M. Wallace: Hoolie Hooligan
Soby: Don
Benjamin Cain: Jarvis Alley
Keith Hunter: Beatbox
Victoria Rong: Lin Chan

 

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