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Penitentiary Chances

1998 · 60 min

A gritty, low-budget street drama that feels tense and earnest, grinding through bad deals and hard choices with raw, unpolished urgency.

Directed by
Jose Quiroz, Eduardo Quiroz
Genres
Crime
Starring
Sir Dyno, E-Clips, Peter Palmer
Tagline
Money Comes, Money Goes, Familia's 4 ever
Overview
Two homeboys are willing to take "Penitentiary Chances" to get out of the barrio by working for some racist drug-dealers. A trip into an underworld most people don't get to see - where deals go bad and huge risks are taken for survival.

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Free in the UK
  • Plex
More options Data from JustWatch
Directed by
Jose Quiroz, Eduardo Quiroz
Genres
Crime
Starring
Sir Dyno, E-Clips, Peter Palmer
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • survival
  • loyalty
  • race
  • class
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour2
Realism7
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
crime
Directed by
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Starring
Sir Dyno, E-Clips, Peter Palmer, Robert Munoz, Michael Rinks, Anthony Sanchez
Runtime
60 min

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