Blast Beat

20202020
1h 45min

Wilmer Valderrama, Moises Arias, Mateo Arias, and Diane Guerrero in Blast Beat (2020)

On the cusp of the year 2000, Colombian brothers Carly (Mateo Arias) and Mateo (Moises Arias) prepare to move to the United States for their last years of high school. Metalhead Carly has his heart set on attending the Georgia Aerospace Institute and working for NASA, while his supportive parents (Diane Guerrero and Wilmer Valderrama) seize the chance to escape the political turmoil in Colombia and chase the American Dream. At first, Mateo is the only one to express any cynicism, but when the reality of their new life sinks in, the family struggles to adapt as their expectations are shattered. When events threaten to derail their future, Carly's dream becomes his only lifeline.

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When a family leaves their native Colombia for the United States in the summer of '99, a metalhead science prodigy and his aimless younger brother struggle to align the American Dream with t... Read allWhen a family leaves their native Colombia for the United States in the summer of '99, a metalhead science prodigy and his aimless younger brother struggle to align the American Dream with their new reality.When a family leaves their native Colombia for the United States in the summer of '99, a metalhead science prodigy and his aimless younger brother struggle to align the American Dream with their new reality.

Director
- Esteban Arango
Writers
- Esteban Arango
- Erick Castrillon
Stars

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Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination

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Official Trailer

Official Trailer

Wilmer Valderrama, Daniel Dae Kim, Moises Arias, Mateo Arias, Esteban Arango, Diane Guerrero, and Kali Uchis at an event for Blast Beat (2020)

Mateo Arias at an event for Blast Beat (2020)

Diane Guerrero at an event for Blast Beat (2020)

Kali Uchis at an event for Blast Beat (2020)

Daniel Dae Kim at an event for Blast Beat (2020)

Kali Uchis at an event for Blast Beat (2020)

Esteban Arango at an event for Blast Beat (2020)

Mateo Arias at an event for Blast Beat (2020)

Moises Arias at an event for Blast Beat (2020)

Daniel Dae Kim at an event for Blast Beat (2020)

Moises Arias at an event for Blast Beat (2020)

Diane Guerrero at an event for Blast Beat (2020)

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Colombian brothers Carly (Mateo Arias) and Mateo (Moises Arias) prepare to move to the United States for their last years of high school. Metalhead Carly has his heart set on attending the Georgia Aerospace Institute and working for NASA, while his supportive parents (Diane Guerrero and Wilmer Valderrama) seize the chance to escape the political turmoil in Colombia and chase the American Dream. At first, Mateo is the only one to express any cynicism, but when the reality of their new life sinks in, the family struggles to adapt as their expectations are shattered. When events threaten to derail their future, Carly's dream becomes his only lifeline. —Vertical Entertainment

Genre
- Drama
Parents guide
- Add content advisory

Trivia
Moises Arias is named Mateo in this movie. Arias brother is named Mateo Arias

Soundtracks
Destroyer of Angels
Performed by Soulburner
Written by Herrera, Parra, Vargas, Alfonso & Escobar
Courtesy of Herrera, Parra, Vargas, Alfonso & Escobar

Top review

9/10

WONDERFULL PERFORMANCES, AND A EMOTIVE STORY!!!!

This is a real colombian movie, with excelent performances of Mateo Arias and Moises Arias, they made a great job and they glow in the film, but all the other actors are excelent too. Visually is so beautiful, the songs are very well used in all the different scenes, the shots are great and the way they are filmed is so amazing, the story is real, is something that happens, not just in Colombia, this happens in pretty much all the countries in latinamerica, this is a movie in which you can relate with any of the characters, the actings are emotive and excelent, a great colombo american movie, without any doubt one of the best movies of the year.

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Release date
- January 26, 2020 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Also known as
- Blast Beat: Um Sonho na América
Production companies
- AG Studios
- MACRO
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Runtime
- 1h 45min
Color
- Color
Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1

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