South Bronx Heroes

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.

I picked up South Bronx Heroes on a DVD rack for a dollar.It was the second feature of a two feature DVD paired with South Beach.I guess Digiview Entertainment has done well for themselves picking up the rights to low budget films that fell through the cracks and might have been forgotten otherwise.

Anyway, "South Bronx Heroes" is about two children who run away from their foster family because the foster parents are child pornographers who put their foster children in their films and photographs.Paul and Michelle(the sibling children) run away to the South Bronx where they set up residence in the basement of an abandoned building. Later in the story they meet up with Tony and Chelsey (who are played by true-life siblings Mario and Megan Van Peebles) when they sneak into their apartment to take a shower.Both the older siblings help to bring their foster parents to justice.

This film was actually not a bad film despite the low production values.In 1985 it probably played in a theater on The Deuce (Times Square in New York City) as part of a triple feature and then probably disappeared quickly.Many films with just about the same production values as "South Bronx Heroes" did during the early eighties.

Just a final note, I saw on the actress profile for Megan Van Peebles that she passed away this year(2006).The Van Peebles Family have my deepest condolences for their loss.

The movie takes 50min to start. That's when then kid says the Fword.

If I had the powers of Dr. Strange, I would use his power, enter the movie and make out with Chrissy. She was so beautiful. It's very rare to see a natural beautiful actress in movies. Most actress look weird, merked and suspect. Although the late Megan Van Peebles.

Here we go...

SBH is about 2 runaways who are victims of predators. They meet up with a convict and the light at the end of the tunnel widens.

I don't know about great because this movie took 50min to get started. The positives are acting, ruthless original story, lesbian action and gritty Bronx that looks like Nuketown from cod.

A movie that's 6.5 at worse-best.

This was my first time hearing about Mario, Megan and Melvin aka the so-called founder of "blaxploitation" films. 🤣 (Who the heck comes up with these horrible names?) It's absurd.

Anyways... He's a good actor though underrated because I've never heard of him before and I've seen over 1000 shows/movies.

Overall a good little film.

You need to watch this film.

Real life siblings Mario and Melissa Van Peebles star as brother and sister about Mario coming home to the South Bronx after a stretch in a Mexican prison. Some of the neighborhood toughs find out in short order he can handle himself.

At the same time two other younger siblings Brendan Ward and Melissa Esposito are running away from a foster home they've been placed in after their parents died. This is one really bad foster home where the foster parents have a sideline in kiddie porn from the charges that are sent there. One of Ward's friends has gone missing and he's decided it's time to split.

Mario and Brendan are an unlikely pair to bond, but bond they do and in the end sort of help each other.

South Bronx Heroes is shot in the South Bronx, I certainly recognized some of the locations. It's a sincere effort and young Mr. Ward is most appealing in his performance. And they certainly sound like kids from New Yawk.

Sad to say the production values are lacking and the cast could have used better direction.

I read the box for this movie at a video rental store, BUT, the movie itself was never returned, so I had to wait almost (if not) 10 years to see this GREAT MOVIE! Worth the wait, this movie was VERY entertaining.

Notice this: The MAIN reason I liked this movie is because I have a relationship with the topic.! What is neat about this movie is that each person(s) has/have a particular spot of music that identifies the character(s) at representation!