Boulevard Nights

1979

Crime / Drama

6
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 88%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 88% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.4/10 10 915 915

sibling relationship gang war machismo east los angeles gang member hispanic

Plot summary

Raymond Avila is an ex-gang member trying to build a future. His kid brother Chuco is a sullen low-rider still caught up in the life. Despite their differences, their family bond is strong. But that bond is violently tested when rivals challenge Chuco's gang and ignite a neighborhood war.

Director

Michael Pressman Photo
Michael Pressman

Top cast

Gary Carlos Cervantes Photo
Gary Carlos Cervantes as Big Happy
Natasha Ryan Photo
Natasha Ryan as Little Girl
Betty Carvalho Photo
Betty Carvalho as Mrs. Avila
Richard Yniguez Photo
Richard Yniguez as Raymond Avila
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
933.65 MB
1280*690
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 41 min
Seeds 6
1.69 GB
1920*1036
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 41 min
Seeds 13

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by 10 / 10

Authentic as I remember the era.

I was eleven years old when this movie came out. Further, I think my dad took my brother and me to the Golden Gate Theater in East L.A. to see it. My parents used it as an example of what not to be like when we grew up. I was born in East L.A. (Santa Marta Hospital) and grew up near East L.A. I saw in life what I saw on the screen with Boulevard Nights. On the street that I grew up on there were some vatos with low-riders and I remember the hopping competitions and the oldies music. One particular vato who was very nice to the local kids ended up getting stabbed (although I cannot recall if he died). They were most likely 18th Street gang bangers, which was the most notorious gang in L.A. back then. My dad moved us out of that area when I was 14 which may be a big part of why my brother and I didn't end up like our former neighbors.I have to say that for me, Boulevard Nights was authentic. It was like the real thing. My dad never took me to Whittier Boulevard in East L.A. nor Pacific Boulevard in Huntington Park nor Valley Boulevard in El Monte on cruising nights during this era, but I imagine that it was like in this movie. I've only seen the movie twice. Once when it was released in theaters and again when I was 16 or 17 on VHS. Colors could not compare, at least not on a personal level for me. Now at 42 years of age, I'm going to have to check it out again.
Reviewed by 7 / 10

Boulevard Nice.

Reviewed by 5 / 10

Hammy Acting and Lazy Direction Ruin A potential Cult Classic

Boulevard Nights brings back childhood memories of watching VHS tapes on a bulky Magnavox VCR. You know the kind that has a remote control that you plug in and load the tapes by popping off the top. Thoses were the days. Well, the movie is the usual "homeboy" film filled with stereotypical Chicano youths. The actors were either overacting or didn't know how to act (with the exception of Danny De La Paz and "Big Happy"). The lead actor look liked he was going to laugh several times for no apparent reason. I haven't seen this movie in awhile, but I can still picture it in my mind.A Tale of two Chicano brothers, one a young rapscallion and the other is a former gang member trying to live the straight life. Both of them belong to a local street gang called VGV. The younger brother longs to be a full time member and in the process take his brother's spot in the gang hierarchy. But like most movies of this ilk nothing ever seems to go according to plan. The movie is full of clichés and the directing is lackluster. I wouldn't mind owning this movie if it was available on DVD however. Not bad but not very good either.Cheesy, mediocre "street gang" flick.
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