El padrino (2004)

In the streets of East Los Angeles, Manny is a formidable drug dealer. Impressed by his extravagant lifestyle and prowess, his young son, Kilo, yearns to follow in his footsteps. Kilo ... See full summary »

Director:

Damian Chapa

Writers:

Troy Barker (screenplay), Troy Barker (story)

Stars:

Damian Chapa, Sal Lopez, Emilio Rivera

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Damian Chapa	...	Kilo
Sal Lopez	...	Loco
Emilio Rivera	...	Rudy
Jennifer Tilly	...	Sebeva
Faye Dunaway	...	Atty. Gen. Navarro
Ismael 'East' Carlo	...	Manny
Joanna Pacula	...	Jessica Lancaster
Robert Wagner	...	Paul Fisch
Gary Busey	...	Lars
Stacy Keach	...	Gov. Lancaster
Brad Dourif	...	Cyrus
Ralf Moeller	...	Special Agent Kurt Meyers
Melora Hardin	...	Jane
Rachel Hunter	...	Newscaster
Kathleen Quinlan	...	Judge Scorsi

Storyline

In the streets of East Los Angeles, Manny is a formidable drug dealer. Impressed by his extravagant lifestyle and prowess, his young son, Kilo, yearns to follow in his footsteps. Kilo resolves to learn how to prosper in the drug world, and his new life as a dealer begins. Starting off small, dealing to the high school and college market, Kilo discovers the drug business to be very profitable. With a little help from the well-connected and seductive daughter of a Colombian gangster, he becomes a drug kingpin with a nationwide monopoly on drug running. While conquering the drug world, Kilo falls in love with a local Latina who quickly becomes pregnant. Shortly thereafter, Kilo is involved in a drug deal with a wired frat boy that goes bad, and he is imprisoned. His exciting and stylish life as a drug lord seems to have come to a halt. But prison life does not stop Kilo from running his operation. He enlists the support of other prisoners including Crips, Bloods, and a very powerful ...

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Plot Keywords:

drugs | prison | gangster | drug dealer | lowrider | 

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Taglines:

The epic story of the rise and fall of the Latino Godfather, El Padrino.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for pervasive strong violence and language, drug content and sexuality

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 September 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

El padrino: The Latin Godfather

Filming Locations:

East Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$1,750,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

El Padrino LLC, Heartless Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

128 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

After a car crashes through a row of cars and totaling a parking enforcement car, the parking enforcement cop is seen jumping behind a parking enforcement car that is not totaled. He is then seen getting back up in front of his totaled car.

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Quotes

Lars: You are a wasted species. You don't belong here.

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Connections

Followed by El Padrino II: Border Intrusion (2011)

User Reviews

Its just sad how we show our ignorance!

Some weeks ago, at a movie theater, I saw a movie poster of El Padrino (2004) with the tag "The Latin Godfather". How lame have we become, I thought, Latin just because he is a Mexican? Let me remind you that ANYTHING Latin comes from or is related to Latium, Italy, So the original guy in the Godfather movie is more Latin than the Mexican Godfather and this is why: We are called Latin-American people because we speak Spanish, a language based in the Latin language that originated in Rome now Italy. So to place a tag in a movie poster like "The Latin Godfather", is not just ignorant, of course if we are trying to related this movie to the original Godfather, but a desperate and uncreative attempt to get some credit by copying the title of a movie classic. Now about the movie, I just hate overacting so from 1 to 10 I guess is 3 the most.