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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Graphic Violence, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Profanity, Sexual Situations, Drug Content Movie Release: 2002 DVD Release: 03/26/2002 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 35 mins Studio: Live/Artisan Members Wishing: 0 Genres: Drama, Crime Drama, Buddy Film, Urban Drama

Three lifelong friends from East L.A. reach significant turning points in their lives that challenge their unshakable loyalty to one another. Danny (Jacob Vargas) desires to impress his handicapped father by taking a difficult, low-paying job at a bakery; Raymo (Clifton Collins Jr.) turns to selling drugs for a brutal local kingpin, Gramps (Lobo Sebastian); and ladies' man Alfonso (Greg Serano) meets his match in Lucy (Priscilla Garita), who is pregnant. When Raymo is robbed of 1,500 dollars of Gramps' profits, the friends come together to defend Raymo, with ugly consequences. ~ Buzz McClain, All Movie Guide

Clifton Collins, Jr. - Raymo
Greg Serano - Alfonso Carrasco
Jacob Vargas - Danny
Priscilla Garita - Lucy

There is a surprising number of special features in Artisan Home Entertainment's widescreen, anamorphic presentation of Road Dogz. Behind-the-scenes interviews shot during the film's production makes the package feel special, too bad the interviews are lamely self-aggrandizing -- and why wasn't director Alfredo Ramos interviewed? Ramos gets his say in the wall-to-wall commentary, along with cast member Jacob Vargas; the pair amplify the emotional content of the movie by describing the intentions (it's just too bad more of their goals weren't met). The Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound should be your first choice, but there's Dolby 2.0 as well. The production notes section goes into detail about the film, and the director and cast filmographies are useful only to see the titles of rising star Clifton Collins Jr. Full-motion menus, subtitles, and the trailer round out this substantial package. The image transfer isn't great -- most likely a consequence of the film stock -- but the bright colors are firm, so you can't really complain. ~ Buzz McClain, All Movie Guide