South Bronx Heroes [VHS]

Digitally remastered? Absolutely not! Converted to digital format? Yes. The digital conversion is so bad that the sound goes out of sync with the picture. My VHS tape has better video quality. Save your money and don't buy this DVD. Hopefully someone reputable will one day truly remaster this great movie.

great movie i had not seen this movie in a long time...thank you amazon.com another good job...the color and sound was good but movie was still old..but over all good movie to add to my collection, thanks again.

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Overall the movie was slow, the first night I tried to watch it I fell asleep quite a few times. In the end though once I made it through the entire thing it was well worth it.

this dvd was returned because of such poor quality, it should not have been sold anywhere. thank you

This is a VERY cheesy-looking early-1980s action/comedy/drama that reminds you of the kind of stuff that appeared on the infamous "ABC Afterschool Specials" of the era. It has a very "home movie" look to it.Essentially, it's the tale of how Mario and his real life sister Megan Van Peebles, living together in a cheap South Bronx apartment, work together to survive their gangster infested neighborhood after he comes out of jail and she substitute-teaches fresh out of college. They catch a teenager breaking into their home, and the kid and his sister are on the run from sleazy child pornographers (interesting considering Mario's own turn in the nauseating "Sweet Sweetback" when HE was kid, but I digress).While the subject matter is quite grim, the film does not exploit the subject and though the acting is typical of low-budget potboilers, you feel a geniune liking for the Van Peebles siblings and empathy for the teenage twosome who try to escape the dirtbag kiddie-porn freaks.Overall, it is rough going in the first half-hour or so and some people may not want to watch it for very long. But give it a chance and it is not a bad way to spend a rainy Saturday or Sunday afternoon.

Two siblings (Brendan Ward/Melissa Esposito) run away from their foster parents and live in an abandoned building in the South Bronx. They get caught breaking into the apartment of Tony (Mario Van Peebles) and his sister Christie (Megan Van Peebles). The parents produce child pornography and Tony, fresh from a Mexican jail plans a shakedown.Mario's real life sister played his on screen sister. This film proved to be a career ender for her and the two kids. The acting wasn't that great. There was a seen of break dancing and some gangs (consisting of three people) attempting to rob people. Some people consider this film "a classic." I see it as "dated."Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity

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