Dog Eat Dog (2008)
"Perro come perro" (original title)

In the crime world of Colombia, there is an unwritten code. When Víctor and Eusebio, two hoods who bungle a shake-down job, break that code, they unwittingly sign their own death sentence.

Director:

Carlos Moreno

Writers:

Alonso Torres, Carlos Moreno

Stars:

Marlon Moreno, Óscar Borda, Álvaro Rodríguez

8 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Marlon Moreno	...	Victor Peñaranda
Óscar Borda	...	Eusebio Benitez
Álvaro Rodríguez	...	Silvio Sierra
Blas Jaramillo	...	El Orejón
Andres Toro	...	Zabala (as Andrés Toro)
Julian Caicedo	...	Portero
Hansel Camacho	...	Don Pascual
Paulina Rivas	...	La bruja Iris
Diego Quijano	...	Don Pablo
Luis Ariel Martinez	...	Dominguez
Rodrigo Vélez	...	Torres
Hector Mejia	...	Mellizos
Harold Devasten	...	William Medina
Guillermo Piedrahita	...	Don Omar
Gianina Arana	...	Muchacha

Storyline

In the crime world of Colombia, there is an unwritten code. When Víctor and Eusebio, two hoods who bungle a shake-down job, break that code, they unwittingly sign their own death sentence.

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Plot Keywords:

joke | black magic | spit | violence | accidental killing | 

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Genres:

Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Colombia

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

18 April 2008 (Colombia)

Also Known As:

Aima gia aima

Filming Locations:

Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$80 (USA) (23 January 2009)

Gross:

$80 (USA) (23 January 2009)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Antorcha Films, Patofeo Films, Dynamo

Technical Specs

Runtime:

106 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Colombia's 2009 Academy Awards official submission to Foreign-Language Film category.

User Reviews

Columbian Tarantino

I recently saw this at the 2009 Palm Springs International Film Festival. This was Columbia's official submission for consideration in Best Foreign film to the Academy Awards. This is also the debut film of writer/director Carlos Moreno and he offers up a dark crime drama mixed with dark comedy in this film set in infamous drug cartel city of Cali. victor (Marlon Moreno) and Eusedio (Oscar Borda) are two low level criminals, one who has stolen a bag of his bosses drug money and the other who has killed the bosses godson. The consequences of their actions drive the darkly witty plot with lots of twists, turns and gruesome killings. It's a fast paced script from director Moreno along with Alonso Torres and colorful cinematography by Juan Carlos Gil. Still it's a typical blood and guts mob movie about greed and betrayal but it does have several interesting characters and some strange comedy like a Quentin Tarantino might have. I would give it a 7.0 out of 10.