Blast Beat

Name: Blast Beat
Genre: Drama
Released: May 21, 2021
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 53
Cast: Andrene Ward-Hammond, Ashley Jackson, Ava Capri, Daniel Dae Kim, Diane Guerrero

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Vertical Entertainment | Release Date: May 21, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: Andrene Ward-Hammond, Ashley Jackson, Ava Capri, Daniel Dae Kim, Diane Guerrero, James Healy Jr., Kali Uchis, Mateo Arias, Moisés Arias, Renell Gibbs, Sam Ashby, Wilmer Valderrama

Summary: When a family leaves their native Colombia for the United States in the summer of ‘99, a metalhead science prodigy and his aimless younger brother struggle to align the American Dream with their new reality.

Director: Esteban Arango

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 105 min

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Carlos Aguilar

Jan 28, 2020

Niche as some of the situations Arango poses are, his movie is the rare work of art that viscerally understands the immigrant experience but is cerebral enough not to oversimplify it, allowing it to appear messy and imperfect, and all the more truthful for it. Read full review

Alex Saveliev

May 21, 2021

Whether you’ll have a blast with this beat has nothing to do with your affinity for metal music and everything to do with your tolerance for “heart-on-the-sleeve” independent filmmaking. Read full review

Amy Nicholson

Jan 28, 2020

Blast Beat cares far more about testing the limits of the family’s togetherness, and while the resolution doesn’t have the sweetness of a pop song, Arango is happy to settle for heavy metal discordance. Read full review

The Film Stage Glenn Heath Jr.

Jan 28, 2020

While both central performances give Blast Beat an inescapable urgency, the film can’t overcome its decision to embrace tired genre tropes that ultimately mark the screenplay. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Christy Lemire

May 21, 2021

Their many challenges wrap up too neatly, but there are enough genuine moments of truth in Blast Beat to make you wish there were even more. Read full review

David Rooney

Jan 28, 2020

There's plenty of potential here to bring original insights to the immigrant experience, but not enough skill in the plotting or execution to tap into it. Read full review

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