Héroes del Bronx

Two Bronx kids (a brother and sister) run away from foster care and hit the streets. The kids go from abandoned tenement to tenement to avoid being found by their foster parents. Their so-called faster parents it turns out use the kids and several others to make money by putting them in kiddie porn. One day the run into Tony (Mario Van Peebles) in his sister's apartment where they broke in to use the shower and eat. Tony's fresh out of Mexican prison and reluctantly helps the kids get back at the pornographers.

'Heroes' isn't as sleazy as the plot may suggest it's actually a pretty decent drama as the kids are quite believable in their roles. Van Peebles character is a smart-alec but he's smarter than the neighborhood ruffians and has a soft spot for his pet ferret. A little light on action but in the end it's a decent flick.