Street Hitz (1992) is the tale of Junior and Joey. Junior wants to finish college and go to law school and become a lawyer, Joey is just trying to survive in the South Bronx and does whatever it takes so his younger brother can finish school. But the stork comes visiting and and puts Junior's dreams in jeopardy. The video box promises a violent gangster tale. This is a grainy, street level drama that shows the lives of people living in the South Bronx and doing what they have to do just to survive. It took a lot of guts for Joseph B, Vasquez to do this movie after he made Hanging With the Homeboys (1991). Instead of kowtowing to New Line Cinema, Joseph B. Vasquez financed and shot this movie with very little help from outsiders. Despite the obvious lack of a major budget and well known actors, Joseph B. Vasquez makes this movie work by returning to his roots. If you liked The Bronx War (1990) then you'll like Street Hitz.
Recommended.
Recommended.