Her acting was brilliant. She scared me, annoyed me and turned me on all at the same time.
OHHH GOOOD FOR YOU!!

Her acting was brilliant. She scared me, annoyed me and turned me on all at the same time.
OHHH GOOOD FOR YOU!!

Are you guys talking about La-La?

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But, was it odd that those dudes let the chica drive the stolen car?
I guess they were comfortable with their masculinity.

But she's exactly like the MExican girls here in Socal, especially trash girls like the ones in the gang, just because you've never met anyone from your world doens't mean girls like her don't exist..

Yeah it was almost like Lady Gaga as a mexican gangster
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I am originally from Southern California, and she played the part perfectly. People who haven't lived around that, don't get it and I understand that. The mexican female gang-bangers can even be more ruthless than the guys.

She was perfect - she disappeared into the role as only truly gifted performers have the ability to do. You are
supposed
to be irritated by her character.

Properly irritating. I was glad when she got blasted. I don't think her acting was bad though, I just hated the character.
then whoa, differences

Are you talking about "La La" played by FLakiss?
She made the entire movie. To me she was one of the
dominating roles; she called a lot shots in her posse
"You're watching too much Sopranos, when you give your kids their allowance in envelopes"

If you mean the character played by Diamonique I'd say she's pretty much playing herself. Looks that way from her rap videos anyway.

Doesn't she remind you of Lady Gaga? She looks a lot like her.

was doing a driveby. I doubt that she had an actual job. Too hardcore.
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I am glad someone brought this up. I am half-hispanic and use to live in both ela and s. central (willowbrook). i judge these types of movies by how real AND REPRESENTATIVE the latino/a portrayals are. this chica was the most realistic portrayal i've ever seen in a banger flick. that is saying something. she went as high as you can go without going over the top. i swear they were copying a chica i knew in ela in 93-94. even the glasses while driving. these totally ganged out chicas who are somewhat near a power base, as opposed to the chicas who are just there to get beep easily play it many ways. one way for mama, one for a job(remember she mentions going to work?-many of these chicas have real jobs, the shot-callers love that). she looked one way at the party, one way driving the van on the aborted hit and another way for the hit later. and hey, who can argue with the lesbian thing. this was easily the best characterization in the movie. and sure, maybe i have a crush on her. just sayin.

you mean the girl with the baby who was angry because the cops chose to go into her apartment building possibly risking her baby? yeah, really annoying. just stfu, hide behind a hard cover. but it's possible a realistic portrayal. people become beep idiots under stress.

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No offense but she was very well done. Maybe you just haven't experienced this in life.
Are you not entertained?!

Which one? I saw lots of "Mexican chicks" in this movie.

AGAIN I THOUGHT IT WAS REALISTIC THAT THEY WERE AWKWARD UNPLEASANT AND NOT EASY TO WATCHTHAT TO ME IS WHAT BEING AROUND A GANGSTA ISTHEY MAKE YOU FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE ACT LIKE LITTLE CRAZY IMMATURE KIDS AND YOU THINK YOU CAN GET SHOT AT ANY MOMENTI DIDNT ENJOY WATCHING THEM ON SCREEN..BUT I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE POINTIT MADE ME FEEL LIKE WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO BE AROUND THEM..

I thought all of the Mexican gangsters were kind of bad. Like, their reactions seemed like when extras are told to react to what's around them, but they didn't exactly know what to do. That was my issue. Not that anything they said was actually unrealistic, just the portrayal of it came off a little fake.

Which Mexican chick because there were a lot of them in the movie.

the character was disgusting. (NOT the actress, I had nothing against the Actress)
I knew the actress was just playing a role, And I've never been to Cali, So if people are saying she was spot on, then that's cool. I guess she did a really great job.
But I couldn't stand the character. too cheesy, too loud, just really gross, it made me cringe when I saw her on screen, I was just really really glad she was not on screen too much
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Not sure which "Mexican chick" you are talking about but if you are talking about La La (Yahira Flakiss Garcia), not only did I think her acting, mannerisms, ETC., were absolutely spot on, but I thought who ever cast her made a great decision to go with her when she was on-screen, I had a hard time keeping my eyes off of her.
Btw- this was, at least according to IMDB, her first film! 10/10

I thought it was good and that's how gangs act anyway.