Road Dogz

Description

Once upon a time in the hood… "Boyz N the Hood" meets "Blood In, Blood Out" in this gritty tale of life on the streets of East L.A. Danny (Jacob Vargas), Alfonso (Greg Serano) and Raymo (Clifton Collins, Jr.) are lifelong friends who have spent their days hanging out and playing basketball. But everything is about to change...when one of them gets involved with a dangerous drug dealer, all their lives are at risk and they must make some life and death decisions.

Customer Reviews:

great movie, awesome acting.......2006-02-12

Road Dogz come off like Boyz in Da Hood, but it isn't.

here, 3 friends who are so close, they are more like brothers living and growing up in the barrio of Los Angeles.

Danny is the tough, machismo, grew up on his own cause his mom left them and his dad never cared much about him. Alonso is the playboy, "certified pimp" like he says, and Raymo (Clifton Collins Jr.) is trying to be the man of him family. Without his dad, he needs money to pay the rent and help him mom out, so he starts to sell drugs with Gramps, who has taken over as the drug man in the area.

then there is Joe, who has just gotten out from serving time for selling drugs. he's out, and trying to keep clean and in many ways, is like a father figure to Danny and Raymo.

Road Dogz follows Danny, Raymo and Alonso, three "brothers" who hustle by playing basketball for money.
Alonso meets a girl, Chesby, and falls in love with her, gets her pregnant and then has to marry her.

Danny, who has abandend by his mom, is now in the trouble because his girlfriend Lucy is leaving to New York for school.
He wants to make something of his life, so he finds a job to try and get his dad off his back, but nothing seems to be working out the way he intended it to.

then Raymo, who got into the drug thing to make money to help his mom out gets popped by two guys for all his money and drugs.
Raymo, who is a real man and can't take it that if he is going to get popped, he dosen't want it to be in front of his mom, so he goes on not worrying.

Gramps, who the whole time is starting to fued with Joe, wants to get at Raymo for being jacked off his money and more importantly damaging his rep on the streets that he is soft, so he catches up with Raymo and threatens to kill him, but Raymo won't budge and the deal ends there.

they hoop it up and win, and things all of a sudden are making sense, and then BAM, showdown between Raymo, Big Joe and Gramps.

Raymo is cut off by Gramps who pulls out a gun at him, and then walks around the corner and tells Gramps to squash everything.
one thing leads to another, and......

can't give it away, you have to watch the movie.
it's really a good movie, corny at times, but funny, good, and sad cause in the end, it's all about life, growing up and moving on. things change, and really, that is the story of Road Dogz, and inbetween change, their is still that unity of friends being so close, they are like brothers.

great movie, i recomend.

SORT OF A SECOND COMING OF ''BOYZ N THE HOOD''.......2004-06-29

THREE LATINO FRIENDS FACE DIFFERENT OBSTACLES IN LOS ANGELES. GOOD ACTING AND A VERY VERY CONVINCING STORY PUTS THIS A CUT ABOVE MANY OF THE OTHER GANGSTA MOVIES THAT'RE CURRENTLY DOWN AT THE VIDEO STORE RIGHT NOW. THIS MIGHT EVEN BE ABLE TO COMPARE TO ''BOYZ N THE HOOD'', WHICH I CAN'T SAY FOR MANY OF THE OTHER HOOD MOVIES THAT'RE OUT TODAY. THIS IS DEFINITELY WORTH RENTING OR BETTER YET, WORTH OWNING. I ADVISE ALL HOOD MOVIE FANATICS TO GET THIS MOVIE THE NEXT TIME THEY GO TO A VIDEO STORE. YOU'LL BE VERY VERY SUPRISED LIKE I WAS.

Great Movie.......2003-06-05

This movie Road Dogz was an excellent movie. This was one movie that I could get into, and sit still to watch. I recemend this movie to everyone.

Road Dogz.......2002-12-12

I caught the end of this movie when HBO had it's Latino month and was very impressed so I had to buy it to view it from the start. So glad I did.

It reminded me of a Latino version of Boyz In The Hood and it was a welcome addition to my video library until my daughter decide to add it to her library! Now I have to buy another.

Funny, touching, moving, with a lesson for all.

True To life in that part of the USA.......2002-11-17

this is an excellent movie with an excellent message, it is about normal young men in east los angeles and they are good kids but one of their friends begins to sell drugs because he is poor. his gets involved with a murderous drug dealing scum bag which cost him his life. his friends all have each of their own problems like most youths do. good film about becoming a man and understanding what is important in life.

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Good Gang Movie's

Drive By & Road Dogz (2pc)
Starring: Clifton Collins Jr. , Greg Serano , Jacob Vargas , Lobo Sebastian , and Priscilla Garita
Director: Alfredo Ramos , and Juan Frausto
Manufacturer: Live / Artisan
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B00006L91C
Release Date: 2002-10-22

Description

Drive By: This film is based on a true story about gang life on the streets of Chicago. Caesar O'Campo, a young teen, seeks acceptance and membership into The Brotherhood, a gang lead by his older brother, Kiko. Set on breaking the family gang cycle, Kiko fights to keep Caesar away from a life of crime and violence while others set out to destroy an entire family and the Brotherhood. Road Dogz: Once upon a time in the hood… "Boyz N the Hood" meets "Blood In, Blood Out" in this gritty tale of life on the streets of East L.A. Danny (Jacob Vargas), Alfonso (Greg Serano) and Raymo (Clifton Collins, Jr.) are lifelong friends who have spent their days hanging out and playing basketball. But everything is about to change...when one of them gets involved with a dangerous drug dealer, all their lives are at risk and they must make some life and death decisions.

Customer Reviews:

Good Gang Movie's.......2002-09-27

Well when i rented these movies i didn't know what to expect.
At first I thought they were going to be no good.
But once i saw them they turned out to be really good movies.
"Drive By",Was a movie about betrayal and of course drugs and blood,and guns.But i gave this movie 4 stars .
The moral of this movie is be careful who you trust.
On "Road Dogz",I Have no words for that LOL.
That movie just blew me away.The guys were cute and the concept was very interesting to watch.
I'M Surely going to buy this 2 pack DVD and i recommend it to anyone who like's Gnagster Movies.

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