Influenced by the hip-hop thug lifestyle and seeking to explore life outside of their insulated, culturally homogenized suburb, pretty young teenagers set their sights on East L.A. to experience the "gangsta" lifestyle firsthand. By the time the pair meet some true-life Latino gang-bangers and realize just how far out of their element they really are, it may already be too late to turn back.
The first half of this film was a meandering, seemingly pointless string of events. The second half of the film had a little more action, but I still failed to be drawn into the story. Essentially, it was a bunch of white kids acting hardcore and doing drugs. The rich, white girls crashed the party of a real gang, wanted to become members and bad things happened. The rich white guys went to find the gang-bangers to get revenge and bang - end of movie. There wasn't any real closure, not that I was so much into the story that I cared. This is one to skip.
Rating: 2 of 5 stars
Would I watch it again: No
Starring: Anne Hathaway, Bijou Phillips
I typically watch movies on Monday, Wednesday and Friday while riding the ACE Train from Tracy to Santa Clara. The opinions expressed are those of me, myself and I.
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Anne Hathaway naked is a bonus . . . the rest of this film is not. From the very moment it started, this movie is completely unbelievable. Based on gangs, as I know them, this was not even based on a smidge of the real world of gangs, or anything for that matter. The whole "white guy" gang banger scenes were outright hilarious.
Based on the subject matter, this movie should have been taken more seriously and maybe I would have watched it that way too.
2.5 of 5. 1.5 without Hathaway's lack of clothing.
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