Ranchero (2011)
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Critic Reviews: 2
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After the death of his parents Rockabilly Tejano Jesse Torres leaves his childhood cattle ranch for the Bright Lights of the Big City. His childhood friend Tom sets Jesse up in a squalid neighborhood of drugs, gangs and broken dreams. Jesse quickly finds out Tom is in deep to the local gangs and struggles to help his friend break away. He finds solace in local girl, Lil' Bit, but as the romance blossoms Jesse finds himself confronted by the neighborhood mobster, Capone (Danny Trejo) who owns
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Cast
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Roger Gutierrez
Jesse Torres -
Christina Woods
Lil' Bit -
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Danny Trejo
Capone -
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All Critics (2) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (0) | Rotten (2)
Reaches for thematic resonance and ends up only cliché-deep.
The film's inconsistencies, details that never seem to add up plausibly, along with the script's stilted dialogue, do the most harm to Kaponas' debut feature.
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- Jesse Torres: It doesn't matter what you've done. It's what you are going to do.
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- Lil' Bit: Only the bad words.
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- Lil' Bit: My life is already a risk.
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- Jesse Torres: I know something was stolen from you... something deep... something precious. I want to help you get that back.
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- Capone: A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do.
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- Jesse Torres: I may not be able to give you much... but I can promise you respect... and I can promise you my heart.
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