South Bronx Heroes (1985) Reviews

• A decent film despite the low production values

  filmbuff19742006-04-28

  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.

• S10 Reviews: South Bronx Heroes (1985)

  suspiria102006-04-10

  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.

• Here. Take my hat.

  nogodnomasters2017-11-04

  Two siblings (Brendan Ward/Melissa Esposito) run away from their foster parents and live in an abandoned building in the South Bronx. They get caught breaking into the apartment of Tony (Mario Van Peebles) and his sister Christie (Megan Van Peebles). The parents produce child pornography and Tony, fresh from a Mexican jail plans a shakedown. Mario's real life sister played his on screen sister. This film proved to be a career ender for her and the two kids. The acting wasn't that great. There was a seen of break dancing and some gangs (consisting of three people) attempting to rob people. Some people consider this film "a classic." I see it as "dated." Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity

• Unlikely to bond

  bkoganbing2014-11-05

  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.

• An amazing well done movie.

  Ckrisis2005-07-19

  I haven't seen a real good movie like this in a while.I cant understand why nobody knows about this movie because it should have been an all time classic .It is an all time classic to me though. The movie had lots of action and comedy provided by the one and only Mario Van Peebles and I was always wondering what was going to happen next. The movie is about two foster kids,a brother and sister who run away from there home where their foster dad had been using them and the other kids in child pornography. They go to south Bronx which in the movie seems like the worst place to be.The movie is also about a smooth talking happy go lucky man named Tony(Mario Van Peebles) who has just been released from jail who also comes to south Bronx to live with his sister.The movie was well made and sort of tells two separate stories of tony and the two runaways until they collide with each other.I would say if you see this movie around pick it up and watch it,I'm not sure how anyone couldn't love this movie.