POWER: The Eddie Matos Story (12 Jul. 1994)

Director:

Jesús Salvador Treviño

Writer:

Bruce Harmon

Stars:

Alexis Cruz, Socorro Santiago, Troy Winbush

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Alexis Cruz	...	Eddie Matos
Socorro Santiago	...	Eddie's Mother
Troy Winbush	...	Young M C
Joe Quintero	...	Jesus
Isaiah Washington	...	O.G.
Nestor Serrano	...	Teacher
Elizabeth Rodriguez	...	Erika
Laurence Mason	...	Sergio
Rafael Alvarez	...	Eddie's Father
Ray Aranha	...	Victor
Patricia Mauceri	...	Lourdes
Erik Cruz	...	Eddie - 8 years old
Julian Leon	...	Eddie - 2 years old
N'Bushe Wright	...	Laurette
Jose Soto	...	Friend

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

drugs | violence | drug dealing | high roller | urban | 

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Genres:

Drama | Family | Sport

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 July 1994 (USA)

Company Credits

User Reviews

Short Life

Unlike Fresh (1994), New Jack City (1991), Catch Me If You Can (1989), or Scarface (1983), this short film details the life of Eddie Matos, who comes from a broken home, and becomes a drug dealer after dropping out of school at an early age. His typology of the innovator is similar to Fresh or Scarface, but his life is cut short. The quick money is there, but before the end, he ends up shot by Sergio, a rival drug dealer, and this event confines Matos to a wheelchair for life.

At the end of the short film, it's sad to see the real Eddie Matos in a wheelchair, a paraplegic, like Ron Kovic, since the quick money and lifestyle of a drug dealer is cut short. Everyone wants a six-figure income, and it's better earning a six-figure salary in the NBA rather than in the streets of New York.