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Director:
William Szarka
Writers:
Don Shiffrin (screenplay)
Marc Shmuger (additional dialogue)
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Release Date:
October 1985 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Drama | Mystery more
Tagline:
Now HE'S Calling The Shots
Plot:
A young man just released from prison and living with his sister crosses paths with two children, also brother and sister, who are on the run from their child pornographer foster parents. | add synopsis
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Cast

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Melissa Esposito ... Michelle

Mario Van Peebles ... Tony
Megan Van Peebles ... Christy
Martin Zurla ... Mr. Bennett
Barry Lynch ... O'Connell
Jordan Abeles ... Scott

Dan Lauria ... FBI Agent
Bo Rucker ... FBI Agent
Claude Vincent ... Paul's Father
Sean Ward ... Paul Age 12
Alysson Chiodi ... Michelle Age 6
Michael Trujillo ... Bartender
John Szarka ... Man At Bar
Thomas Anderson ... Tony's Grandfather
Hiebana Opuiyo-Yohannes ... Tony Age 6
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Revenge of the Innocents
The Runaways (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
85 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
USA:R | UK:18 | West Germany:16
Company:
Zebra Productions more

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S10 Reviews: South Bronx Heroes (1985), 10 April 2006
7/10
Author: suspiria10 from The Void

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.

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