Compadres (2016)

Compadres is a movie starring Omar Chaparro, Joey Morgan, and Eric Roberts. As former cop Garza seeks revenge on Santos, the crime lord who framed him, he forms an unlikely team with a young hacker who successfully stole $10 million from Santos.

Director:

Enrique Begné

Writers:

Ted Perkins, Gabriel Ripstein

Stars:

Omar Chaparro, Joey Morgan, Eric Roberts

2 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Eric Roberts	...	Dalton
Kevin Pollak	...	Tex The Banker
Camila Sodi	...	Emilia
Héctor Jiménez	...	Guasa
Aislinn Derbez	...	María
Omar Chaparro	...	Garza
Joaquín Cosio
Joey Morgan	...	Vic
Erick Elias	...	Santos
Francisco De La Reguera	...	Nuncio
Natasha Esca	...	Nicole
Adrian Uribe	...	Agente Fronterizo
Irán Castillo	...	Comadre
Alejandra Guilmant	...	Valeria
Evan Henderson	...	Dalton's Partner

Storyline

As former cop Garza seeks revenge on Santos, the crime lord who framed him, he forms an unlikely team with a young hacker who successfully stole $10 million from Santos.

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Taglines:

Sort of armed. Kind of dangerous.

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Twitter

Country:

Mexico

Language:

English

Release Date:

31 March 2016 (Mexico)

Also Known As:

Крестные отцы

Box Office

Budget:

$3,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$1,397,434, 24 April 2016, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$3,105,269, 22 May 2016

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$7,353,544, 12 May 2017

Company Credits

Production Co:

Draco Films, Equipment & Film Design

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Porky's is a real strip club in Mexicali where some filming was done.

User Reviews

Entertaining bilingual romp

The IMDb indicated that this movie, in English, would open 6 April, so I was curious when it opened here in Acapulco on April 1, advertised as a Spanish language film. About half the dialog in the version I saw was in funny but very vulgar Spanish (without titles) and half in English (with Spanish subtitles).

Compadres (Buddies) is an above average buddy flick with more than a little violence. It starts Omar Chaparro and Joey Morgan as the buddies, and both are great. Eric Roberts and Kevin Pollack, who are listed first and second in the IMDb cast list have minor roles and both are them more than adequate. The 'storyline' says the cop's wife is killed but in the version I saw, it's his girlfriend (novia) who is kidnapped.