Damian Chapa
Also Known As: Дэмиан Чапа
Biography: Damian Robert Chapa (born October 29, 1963) is a Mexican-American actor, film director and film producer. Chapa was born in Dayton, Ohio, USA. He was briefly married to Natasha Henstridge. Among his earlier notable film roles are one of the leads in Taylor Hackford's Blood In Blood Out and the part of Ken in the film adaptation of Street Fighter. Subsequently, Chapa has directed and produced, in addition to starring in, his own films. These movies include 1998's Kill You Twice, 2000's The Lonely Life of Downey Hall, 2002's Man of Faith, 2004's Shade of Pale, 2004's El Padrino, and 2006's I.R.A.: King of Nothing. Chapa co-wrote and directed Polanski Unauthorized, a biopic of Roman Polanski, in which he played the title role. It was released on February 13, 2009, in Los Angeles, California. Chapa will begin filming the only film about Marlon Brando ever to be made, in June 2010 called Brando Unauthorized. He followed this with "Vatos Locos", starring himself. Albert Pyun was supposed to direct, but left the project following a dispute over his salary, so Chapa directed himself. The film is about the Chinese mafia in Los Angeles and how the Mexican gang boys, known as "vatos," fought back and defeated the Chinese gang-bangers. As of 2011, Chapa has yet another project in development, an indie drama titled "The Best So Far," which takes place in the late 80's, about a small-town Canadian girl who loves Judo and dreams about being one of the finalists at the '88 Olympics. The ensemble drama follows the lines of Rocky, in the sense that it's not about winning, but going the distance and getting your life back. Chapa, who wrote the drama, will play the widowed father, who does his best to make life easier for his daughter. Although the film is in its very early development stages, Chapa hopes the script will attract the interest of talented artists such as Ellen Page for the main role and Jennifer Connelly for the supporting role, this being the part of the final, toughest competition Page's character faces off during the '88 Olympics and gets defeated by. Although not winning, she gets her sense of victory be offering a brave stand against the better fighter, and both discover, in the process, they are quite simillar, despite their differences. Insiders who had a chance to read the script stated that it is one of the finest not-yet-filmed scripts they had ever seen. Acclaimed director David Cronenberg asked for New Line to bid for the script, but Chapa wouldn't sell it, because of his determination to direct the picture himself. The project is slated to be shot sometime in mid-2012, for tentative release in 2013 at the Sundance Film Festival. Description above from the Wikipedia article Damian Chapa, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Dayton, Ohio, USA
Birthday: October 29, 1963
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Gender: Male
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Mexican Gangster
Overview: Johnny Sun is a Mexican American with a white mother and Mexican dad. He witnesses his parents murder and gets his revenge years later, leading to a hard life as a gangster in drugs and smuggling. He tries to keep his borther from the life and finds himself fending for his own life.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-11-01
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Street Fighter
Overview: Col. Guile and various other martial arts heroes fight against the tyranny of Dictator M. Bison and his cohorts.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-12-23
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Under Siege
Overview: A disgruntled ex-CIA operative, his assistant and their assembled group of terrorists seize a battleship with nuclear blackmail in mind. They've planned for every contingency but ignore the ship's cook, former Navy SEAL Casey Ryback—an error that could be fatal.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-10-08
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Bound by Honor
Overview: Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the "Vatos Locos", and the story focuses on how a violent crime and the influence of narcotics alter their lives. Miklo is incarcerated and sent to San Quentin, where he makes a "home" for himself. Cruz becomes an exceptional artist, but a heroin addiction overcomes him with tragic results. Paco becomes a cop and an enemy to his "carnal", Miklo.
Genres: Crime Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-02-05
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Sometimes They Come Back... for More
Overview: On a arctic circle radio shack, an ancient evil lurks, ready to strike at a psychologist, an army man and their collective forces.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-11-01
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The Devil's Ring
Overview: After a Traumatic past, a once promising young Boxing prospect , Anthony Santiago ( Alexander Luna) returns home from Prison to seek redemption, only to catch the attention of a big Boxing Promoter, Mr. Deville ( Damian Chapa) with a Sinister reputation. After a Deal gone wrong, the young boxer must now seek help from a retired Champion, Roy DeSilva ( Al Dias) in a literal fight for his Soul from the Devil himself. From Award Winning Director Juan Salas , "The Devil's Ring".
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-12-06
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Bad Cop
Overview: A cop Angel Almaraz saves the life of a local crime boss who, in return, offers him a job as part of his security. Almaraz accepts but soon has doubts.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-11-03
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Betrayal
Overview: When one of her hits goes wrong, a professional assassin ends up with a suitcase full of a million dollars belonging to a mob boss.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-08-01
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Proof of the Illuminati
Overview: Finally forensic and historical proof that the Illuminati existed and is still with us today.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-01-01
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U.S. Seals II: The Ultimate Force
Overview: At a secret Russian nuclear missile base, an ex-U.S. SEAL member is planning to launch a missile strike on the United States, and the only way to stop him is with the best of the best. Because of a natural gas refinery leak, the newly formed team must infiltrate without conventional weapons and use a mixture of martial arts skills, swords, crossbows and unconventional arms in their top secret attack.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-06-21
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El padrino: The Latin Godfather
Overview: In the streets of East Los Angeles, Manny is a formidable drug dealer. Impressed by his extravagant lifestyle and prowess, his young son, Kilo, yearns to follow in his footsteps. Kilo resolves to learn how to prosper in the drug world, and his new life as a dealer begins. In a world where a man wants everything, he may end up with nothing.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-27
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El Padrino II: Border Intrusion
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-01
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The Calling
Overview: The Calling follows the controversial life of evangelist Leroy Jenkins.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-10-10
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Red Rose of Normandy
Overview: Klaus Muller, a battle-hardened veteran, finds himself fighting for his life on the Russian front. Surrounded by overwhelming numbers of Russian tanks and planes, he and his men are doomed until famed German tank ace, Michael Wittmann, shows up in his Tiger Tank and saves the day. Once wounded, Klaus is transferred to Normandy to serve under Field Marshal Rommel just days before the Allied invasion. Much to his surprise, he finds that his beloved Klaudia is also stationed nearby as a field nurse. Unfortunately, so is her father, who is working with the French resistance and now finds himself pursued by the ruthless Gestapo officer Brahms, whose search leads him to Klaus and Klaudia attempting a rescue. They are caught and imprisoned. As D-Day begins and the Allies attack from the beaches and the sky, they escape from the prison, fighting the Gestapo in the middle of the biggest invasion in world history... Written by tino struckmann
Genres: Drama Action War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-05-03
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Hitman's Run
Overview: A former mob hitman, now in witness protection, is forced to come out of retirement when his family is threatened by his cohorts. He teams up with a skateboarding kid, who has a computer disk that the mob wants to get their hands on that has a list of new names for individuals in the FBI witness protection program. The list includes his dad, who separated from his mother years before and hadn't been seen since.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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Vampiro
Overview: Half-human and half-vampire Casanova Vladimires, played by Damian Chapa, protects humans and fights vampires in East LA.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-01
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Brando Unauthorized
Overview: This biopic of the legendary actor Marlon Brando stars Damian Chapa as the two-time Oscar-winner and focuses primarily on the troubled relationship Brando had with his son Christian who battled drug addiction
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-01-31
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Mexican American
Overview: A washed-up Mexican-American prize fighter is just starting to get back on his feet when his daughter is kidnapped while investigating a political splinter group in Mexico. The police and the State Department are little help, so he must take justice into his own hands and rescue her from the clutches of a bizarre racist cult.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-29
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Mexican Connection
Overview: Story of an Italian American joining forces with Mexican Americans to pull off a big safe heist.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-05-20
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I.R.A. King of Nothing
Overview: A disgruntled IRA member becomes Ireland's biggest threat to the peace process.
Genres: Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-07-10
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Polanski Unauthorised
Overview: An unauthorized chronicle of the life of Roman Polanski.
Genres: History Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-02-13
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Facade
Overview: It should have been a simple murder. But a botched job, an old flame, and too many loose ends can spell just one thing for businessman Colin Wentworth: chaos!
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-06-15
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Kill You Twice
Overview: A simple crime gets complicated, forcing a man to do all the wrong things for all the right reasons.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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Dark Light
Overview: Sonny Pietra used to work for the Los Angeles Occult crime unit. Sonny finds himself investigating a mysterious set of murders on the beautiful island of Ireland and unveils a set of satanic murders.
Genres: Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-09-08
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Born Into a Dream
Overview: Three unforgiving young men with anger issues entered the same dream. The Queen of Dreams takes them on a journey and tells them to find the Book of Wisdom, the only way they will cure their problems in real life.
Genres: Fantasy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-11-28
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Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
Overview: About the 1989 murders of Carolco Entertainment chairman, Jose Menendez, and his wife, Kitty, who were killed by their sons, Lyle and Erik, in Beverly Hills, allegedly for a multimillion-dollar inheritance.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-22
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Dead Connection
Overview: After a series of murders in motel rooms are connected, police detective Matt Dickson heads out on the trail to find a serial killer. He discovers that he signs the motel guest-books with the names of boxers, and gets a lead on him. However, just when he fails to catch up and arrest him, the chase becomes personal.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-01
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Chicano Blood
Overview: A former gang member is pulled back into his former violent world after a Russian gang vying for control of the local drug trade kills his wife. Taking a solemn pledge to seek vengeance for his wife's murder, he plunges deeply into the arena of kidnapping and murder. Written by Larry B.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-05-13
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Dark Crossing
Overview: Emilio (Jairo Osuna) is a Mexican teenager who tries to save his younger sister after she's abducted by relatives who cross into the United States. But Emilio's own attempt at an illegal crossing lands him in the clutches of a ruthless drug smuggler (James Bardo). When he finally reaches the U.S., Emilio gets help from a sympathetic car mechanic (Damian Chapa) but still faces daunting odds in the violent world that the border has created.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-04-26
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Iron Cross: The Road to Normandy
Overview: Captain Muller struggles to survive fighting overwhelming Russian forces. Wounded, he is sent to Normandy as Americans Lee and Trey prepare for D-Day. Soon, scores are settled and battle brings our GIs and Germans on the same path.
Genres: War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-09-09
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Exposé
Overview: Jason Davis is a reporter who gets an anonymous tip that turns him into an eyewitness to a judge's murder.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-02-23
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On Seventh Avenue
Overview: A rising designer leaves a top fashion house to rescue her retired father's New York apparel business.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-06-10
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The Switch
Overview: Tara, a middle-aged painter from Georgia suddenly loses her husband Claude (Stacy Keach). Claude’s sudden death leads Tara on a search for a new beginning. She decides to leave Georgia and her family to follow her dream of becoming a bohemian artist. Tara arrives in Venice Beach,CA. She meets a handsome younger named Stephen (Damian Chapa) who takes her on an exiciting journey through love and companionship. Tara falls in love a little too quick and a little too hard. She then discovers Stephen has been hustling her out of her small fortune. Through an exciting tale of wit and mind games, Tara with the aid of a slippery attorney (Robert Wagner) and his assistant (Rachel Hunter), make Stephen pay back his debts again and again and again…
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-04-25
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Cypress Edge
Overview: Reeling from the news of his sister's suicide, Beau McCammon returns home to his family after a long absence. His father, who has just barely won another term as senator, doesn't take things well when Beau approaches him with the sinking suspicion that the suicide may have actually been a murder. Determined to solve the mystery, Beau uncovers a plethora of family secrets, deception, and implications of unspeakable political wrongdoings.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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Love, Hate & Security
Overview: Giulietta Di Messina a rich sensual European aristocrat (Romina Di Lella) has an unquenchable desire to be a lounge singer against her powerful banker husband's William Windsor's (Oliver Gruber) wish. Still she rebels against him and his high society family cause she keeps control of Williams black money cash safe code. Suddenly an assassination is attempted on their lives. Miraculously Giulietta finds a gun in their car and hits two men with an onslaught of wild firing. William calls afterwards New York High level security head hunter Tony (Ralf Moeller). Tony sends his best man Nick Angelo (Damian Chapa). Upon Nicks arrival he finds himself in the middle of an intense dispute between the rich couple. He saves Giulietta's life many times during many street war battles and finally realizes it is William who has set up to kill his wife, so he may run off with his gay lover with the family fortune. Nick falls in love with Giulietta and risks his life to save her from her demise.
Genres: Thriller Action Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-05-28
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Mafia Man: Robstown Gangster
Overview: A Mexican-American gangster from Robstown, Texas takes on the mafia on his own, while coming to terms with an age old vendetta.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-08-15
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Shade of Pale
Overview: A romantic drama with elements of Vertigo and Lolita.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-05-21
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Vatos Locos 2
Overview: Chicano gangster Micky Solis finds that his family has been slaughtered by the Chinese mob. His whole life force turns to finding the killers. A slick lawyer (Angus MacFadyen) leads Micky to a "nun" (Paz De La Huerta) who shows him who the killers are that took his family from him. Micky unleashes a war of bullets and emotions on the family until each one dies by the same sword they wielded. The only thought on Micky's mind is REVENGE: VENGANZA.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-03-21
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To Live and Die in Amsterdam
Overview: An Interpol agent takes a mission to come to Amsterdam to investigate a drug ring. The new drug they are selling costs $100,000 a hit because it takes the person to Nirvana for two weeks. The catch is the drug Adrenalzon comes from dead people and only when they are having a heightened sense of fear near their death relating to their adrenaline gland. In other words – someone has to die for the person to get just one hit of the drug. The new drug dealer, king pin Paradisco begins making a fortune being the only Adrenaline dealer in the world. Paradiso begins to take over the whole drug trade in entire Europe. The only thing stopping this madman is the even crazier fallen Interpol agent, Swan, who can't seem to give up his own addictions. The only one who believes Swan can prove himself worthy again is his courageous sidekick, a sexy Russian Interpol agent.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-07-06
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Midnight Blue
Overview: Shortly before he moves from New York to Los Angeles a banker visits his Atlanta branch. One evening he is propositioned, by a high-class call girl. Their night of passion leaves him besotted, but he is unable to find her again even with the help of a private investigator. In L.A. he is introduced to his boss's wife and is sure she is his lady of the night. But she insists she isn't.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-04-21
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Fuego
Overview: The daughter of the American Ambassador to Spain has been kidnapped. There is only one man who can save her.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-29
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Father Rupert Mayer
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2015-05-01
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Night Bird
Overview: As a child, Frank witnesses the brutal and devastating murder of his parents and years later grows up to lead a disturbing double life between night and day.
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Original Language: en
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New York Murder
Overview: As a child, Frank witnesses the brutal and devastating murder of his parents and years later grows up to lead a disturbing, sadomasochistic double life between night and day.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-06-28
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Adam Weishaupt: The Illuminati
Overview: Adam Weishaupt learns all the secrets of ancient hidden knowledge finding himself in a war with the Catholic Church.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-06-06
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Money Talks
Overview: Sought by police and criminals, a small-time huckster makes a deal with a TV newsman for protection.
Genres: Comedy Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-08-22
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Bobby Fischer Live
Overview: A bio about the life of Bobby Fischer.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-10-01
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Killer Priest
Overview: A hit man is hired by a mystery man to assassinate a man in Italy, only to find out during the hit that his victim will be a priest.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-01-11
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Rifkin’s Festival
Overview: The story of a married American couple who go to the San Sebastian Film Festival. They get caught up in the magic of the festival, the beauty and charm of Spain and the fantasy of movies. She has an affair with a brilliant French movie director, and he falls in love with a beautiful Spanish woman who lives there.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-10-01
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Enemy Within
Overview: A sadomasochistic Killer is out to murder a beautiful dancer. Drugs seduction and hate fill the screen. But Concetta the dancer still believes that love conquers all.
Genres: Action Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-09-20
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Pistolera
Overview: A ruthless drug lord murders the family of a little girl in Spain, he makes a fatal mistake: letting her live, setting in motion a bloody chain of events in this tale of revenge and its cost.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-09-18
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Vatos Locos
Overview: Thriller - Two Chicano brothers, Estaban and Raul grow up hard on the streets of Los Angeles. Their papa gets executed for a drug deal gone bad when only seven years old. Half Irish, half Mexican gangster named Mickey Solis takes the two boys in and brings them up as lieutenants in his family business. - Damian Chapa, Gabriel Tang, Ricco Chapa
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-01-01
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Latin Hitman
Overview: Ramos Ferarri is a half Italian hitman who is discriminated against by the mob because of his Latino Mothers roots. As a result of not being 100% Italian the mob sends Ramos (Damian Chapa from Blood In Blood Out on some jobs the last one being a hit on some young girl. Ramos refuses to kill the girl. But when the mob finds out they put a hit on Ramos.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-11-01
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Saints and Sinners
Overview: After many years Pooch returns to his neighbourhood. To Big Boy, his best friend, Pooch is valuable asset in his plans of becoming local crime lord. To Pooch, this reunion is painful because he is, actually, undercover cop sent to bring Big Boy down.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-09-28
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Luz
Overview: Luz (Light) a beautiful European aristocrat finds herself estranged from her wealthy family and hooked on drugs in Los Angeles. Luz meets a postman who changes her way of thinking.
Genres: Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-05-29
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Last Kiss in Paris
Overview: David Michaels, a troubled New York poet finds inspiration and heartbreak in the enigmatic, institutionalized Poet Regina Romanescu. As their bond deepens, David must confront the darkness of Regina's past and oppressive forces that seem to keep them apart. Will their light shine bright enough to overcome the shadows or will it become a tragic victim of its own beauty set against the timeless backdrop of Paris?
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-11-30
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