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Chop Shop

By Ramin Bahrani

Chop Shop

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Started Watching: 1st July 2008
Finished Watching: 1st July 2008

Review

Rating: 9

In a bustling wasteland of stolen cars, mechanics and street hustlers, Alejandro (Alejandro Polanco), a tough and ambitious street orphan, and his older sister, Isamar (Isamar Gonzales), must rely on each other to survive. Living and working in the Iron Triangle, a sprawling junkyard in Queens, New York, the two find their dreams threatened by the hard truths of life, only to find hope and salvation in one another.

A vastly under-appreciated and underexposed film. Find a time to watch this. You won’t regret it.