Perros Callejeros is based on the juvenile delinquency of the 1970s and 80s in Spain. The story is set in Barrio de la Mina in Barcelona one of the most conflict neighbourhoods in Spain. The characters chosen were real juvenile delinquents all with criminal records, which the director used to give the film a realistic touch. This film is very powerful and dramatic, it shows how these kids were brought up to survive on the streets.
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This film contains a very serious matter,and it`s shown with 100% realism.It`s probably the best street-crime film ever made.From the poorest and lowest suburbs in Spain,comes El Torete and his juvenile gang of modern out laws.Searching for a better life and fighting for there liberty the best way they can,they will stop at nothing to escape the horrors of reality, most of us forget it exists.Car thefts,bag snatches,armed robberies,breaking's, and spectacular car chases by the police are seen in this powerful and shocking film.See how true crime is created by poverty and misery,something we are all guilty of.10/10
Minor Spoilers! I rented this movie on a whim back in the late 80s. I kind of wish I had copied it, because I think I'd get more from it now, now that I've matured quite a bit. I was probably too immature to handle the scene where a character's privates are cut off. I also felt the violence was quite exploitative and existed for no particular reason. I still feel that way, but maybe since times have changed, it won't seem quite as bad. That said, it was indeed an interesting character study which showed that Spanish youths can be as brutal as Americans. 4/10
Perros Callejeros is based on the juvenile delinquence of the 1970`s and 80`s in Spain. The story is set in `Barrio de la Mina` in Barcelona one of the most conflict neighbourhoods in Spain. The charectars chosen were real juvenile delinquents all with criminal records, which the director used to give the film a realistic touch,and maybe to give them the chance to change, but unfortunately non of them live today.This film is very powerful and dramatic, it shows how these kids were brought up to survive on the streets, and how life mistreated them because they were poor!The movie is very realisticly made and has a strong content of the Marginated life in Spain. Something that everyone seems to ignore when they have no direct relation with. It is full of realistic action and suspence. Car thefts, Car chases, Bag Snatchers, Armed robberies, Sex and a soundtrack that comes straightout of this world - `Rumba`.Angel Fernandez Franco, `El Torete` was one of the most famous deliquents of that time, which the director `Jose Antonio de la Loma` Contracted him to play himself as he had a natural talent to act. The Success of this film drove `de la Loma` to use `El Torete` for two more films based on his life, which were `Perros Callejeros 2` and `Los Ultimos Golpes del Torete`. Unfortunately when the films were over `El Torete` turned back to his normal life and died at the age of 29, in 1989 victim of H.I.V. NOT TO BE MISSED AS ITS MORE THAN JUST A MOVIE!ITS A DOCUMENT OF THE REAL WORLD
This film is about juvenile delinquents. Most filmmakers want the audience to identify with and like their lead characters, but these kids have no redeeming qualities. They commit every type of crime imaginable - murder, rape, robbery, burglary, breaking and entering - you name it, they do it. Are we supposed to like these kids? They seem like a bunch of jerks. There is brief flash of male nudity when the lead character suffers the surprising consequences of his actions - and this is carried out by thugs who are even more distasteful than the teens. The film is interesting in an odd way, but why couldn't they have made even one of the teens a decent human being.