Diana Golden Movies
The action thriller Prensa Corrupta concerns an aspiring journalist who attempts to get revenge on the drug dealers and killers who caused the death of his mentor. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
Bonded together since childhood due to their mutual love of horse racing, two lifelong friends find their relationship tested when one is paralyzed in an accident and someone starts killing off all of the champion horses. There was a time when Raul and Chava were inseparable. When Raul is paralyzed in a tragic accident during a particularly intense race, however, the man who once loved galloping in the wind quickly withers into a bitter shell of his former self. These days Raul would love nothing more than to kill every championship horse - including the one which belongs to Chava. As the horses begin to fall one by one and the community sets out to uncover the sadistic fiend behind the cruel crimes, Chava remains determined to protect his prize-winning equine racer at all costs. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
Maten Al Candidato concerns a gangster who plots the assassination of a political candidate. A mime suffering through some serious problem with his wife becomes embroiled in the plan. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
This Mexican political thriller follows the feud of a mobster and a noble politician intent on bringing down organized crime. When congressman Jose Ramirez (Hector Bonilla) has Ramon Alvarado (Manuel Ojeda) arrested and jailed, Alvarado retaliates by having Ramirez' brother Julian (Rafael Rojas) kidnapped and killed. Meanwhile, mime Jorge Zepeda (Jose Alonso) is conned into believing that he has leukemia, with only a few months left to live, and will receive money in advance if he kills Ramirez. Shown at the 1998 Guadalajara Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- José Alonso, Hector Bonilla, (more)
A malevolent investor looking to take control of a small ranch town finds his nefarious bid for power challenged when the wealthiest farmer and local benefactor bands together with the locals to fight back in this tense, south of the border drama. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
In this sexy comedy from Mexico, Ponchito is the head of a large and successful corporation who is asked by Ismael, one of his most trusted employees, to become the godfather of his young son. Ponchito accepts this honor, but soon finds another way to ingratiate himself with the family when he begins having an affair with Ismael's wife. When Ismael gets wind of his wife's infidelity, he demands an unusual tribute from Ponchito -- a big raise and greater authority in the company. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- 1987
In Central America, the peasants are nearly all "Indios," or people whose cultural values are those of indigenous people (rather than European or Spanish). Since the landowning and propertied classes abuse them horribly, these same ruling-class types live in perpetual fear of a bloody uprising. As a result, they suppress and abuse the peasants even more. Ironically, for the most part these peaceable people only want to be left alone. Those who do want to foment revolution have virtually no weapons and few allies to help them. In this action/adventure movie, based on a true incident, a group of Guatemalan peasants who have sought refuge in Mexico are sought out by Guatemalan death squads, and those who aren't tortured and killed are taken away in captivity. The hero in the story is a Mexican hunter whose family is mistakenly included in the raid and who teams up with a few of the survivors to win his family back and take revenge. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Mario Almada, Gilberto Trujillo, (more)
This routine disaster melodrama is based on the actual earthquake that occurred in Mexico City on September 19th, 1985. Paty (Diana Golden) is an unwed expectant mother who has been discarded by her idiotic boyfriend Miguel (Miguel Angel Rodriguez). She is taken to the hospital just before the calamity, which causes the shaken shirker Miguel to realize he does love Paty after all. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, Mario Almada, (more)
An innocent local dance marathon takes on deadly undertones when the violently jealous ex-boyfriend of the most sought-after dancer in town threatens to kill any man who takes her as a partner in this sexy and intense dance drama starring former Miss Costa Rica Maribel Guardia. Lupita (Guardia) is a talented dancer who also happens to be the most beautiful woman in town. When a popular radio station announces plans for an upcoming dance marathon, every man in town wants to take Lupita as his partner. Trouble soon arises, however, when as Lupita's obsessive ex-boyfriend is released on parole and vows to murder any man who dares step on the dance floor with the fearful object of his affections. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Maribel Guardia
