Illegal Tender

2007
R
1h 48m

IMDb RATING

5.4/10

2.8K

YOUR RATING

Music video: "Dame Dame" by Que No, featuring Dicky Ranking and Abusivo

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Crime Drama Thriller

When the thugs who killed his father come looking for him, a young Latino man and his mother flee from their home.When the thugs who killed his father come looking for him, a young Latino man and his mother flee from their home.When the thugs who killed his father come looking for him, a young Latino man and his mother flee from their home.

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IMDb RATING

5.4/10

2.8K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 nominations total

Trivia
The film was shot in just 28 days with locations in New York and Puerto Rico.

Goofs
When Randy is "playing" on his Xbox 360, there are no working control pads connected to it. There are no wired controllers plugged in to it, and if he is using a wireless controller, the controller light on the front of the Xbox should be on. It isn't.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: The Nanny Diaries/Illegal Tender/Resurrecting the Champ/Mr. Bean's Holiday/The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007)

Soundtracks
Que Lio
Written by Willie Colón, Hector Lavoe, Joe Cuba
Performed by Willie Colón
Courtesy of Emusica Records, LLC

User reviews27

Featured review

regards to This movie is an embarrassment and a disgrace to people of Mexican heritage

I think you need to see the movie again because it is not about Mexicans (you wish) the movie is about Puerto Ricans, I enjoyed watching the movie it showed how true family power can overcome anything, how a mother is willing to do anything die or kill for her family safety. It's about pride,honor and values. Wilson De Leon, Jr. is an exceptional college student with an adoring girlfriend, doting mother and a future full of promise. He has never wanted for anything, and he has never been forced to stand his ground. But when ghosts from his mother's past come back to haunt his present, he must defend his family and quickly turn into the strong man his father prayed he'd become.