Due Justice (2023)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
An attorney with a military past hunts down the gang who killed his wife and brother and took his daughter.
Starring: Kellan Lutz, Efren Ramirez, Jeff Fahey, Cynthia Geary, Manu Intiraymi, Chelsea Lopez
Director: Javier Reyna
Walkout (2006)
Drama
Based on a true story, student activist and Mexican-American Paula Crisostomo, tired of being treated unequally, decides to take action and stage a walkout at five East Los Angeles high schools in 1968, to protest educational conditions and complain of anti-Mexican educational bias along with some 10,000 students. Paula Crisostomo is not Mexican- American–she is Filipina-American. She and her husband, then boyfriend were roommates of mine in college. We are very good friends and I see her often.
Starring: Alexa PenaVega, Efren Ramirez, Michael Peña, Tonantzin Esparza
Director: Edward James Olmos
Endgame (2015)
Biography | Drama
Since he was 5 yrs old, Jose's abuelita taught him to play chess like his grandfather who was a champion in Mexico. Now as part of the Brownsville school team, Jose has the chance to use his skills and for once in his life, finds himself in the spotlight, as he tries to help his team make it to the Texas state finals. As their coach, Mr. Alvarado, teaches his students the meaning of perseverance and team effort in the face of adversity, Jose discovers his own strengths and uses them to bring his broken family together.
Starring: Rico Rodriguez, Efren Ramirez, Ivonne Coll, Justina Machado
Director: Carmen Marron
Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
Comedy
Napoleon Dynamite is a new kind of hero, complete with a tight red 'fro, sweet moon boots, and skills that can't be topped. Napoleon spends his days drawing mythical beasts, duking it out with his brother, Kip, and avoiding his scheming Uncle Rico. When two new friends enter Napoleon's life – shy Deb and mustachioed Pedro – the trio launches a campaign to elect Pedro for class president and make the student body's wildest dreams come true. But if Pedro is to beat by stuck-up Summer, Napoleon will have to unleash his secret weapon…
Starring: Jon Heder, Jon Gries, Aaron Ruell, Efren Ramirez, Diedrich Bader, Tina Majorino
Director: Jared Hess
Employee of the Month (2006)
Comedy | Romance
For years Zack Bradley (Dane Cook) has been working hard at hardly working at the local Super Club. That's until a hottie named Amy (Jessica Simpson) becomes the new cashier. After discovering she's willing to date the next guy to become "Employee of the Month", Zack takes on current titleholder (Dax Shepard) in a super-smackdown to see who will win the honor – and Amy's heart – in this outrageous comedy that proves you can't succeed at life and love till you get your shift together.
Starring: Dane Cook, Jessica Simpson, Dax Shepard, Andy Dick, Tim Bagley, Efren Ramirez
Director: Gregory Coolidge
National Lampoon's Ratko: The Dictator's Son / Ratko: The Dictator's Son (2009)
Comedy | Thriller
The son of a dictator travels to the U.S. to attend college.
Starring: Efren Ramirez, Katrina Bowden, Jeffrey Ballard, Curtis Armstrong, Charlie Fleischer, Kato Kaelin, Adam West, Dennis Haskins
Director: Savage Steve Holland, Kevin Speckmaier
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Crank : High Voltage / Crank 2 (2009)
Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller
Hitman Chev Chelios is kidnapped by a mysterious Chinese mobster. Three months later, he wakes up to discover his nearly indestructible heart has been surgically removed and replaced with a battery-operated ticker that requires regular jolts of electricity in order to work. After a dangerous escape from his captors, Chev is on the run again, this time from the charismatic Mexican gang boss El Huron and the Chinese Triads, headed by the dangerous 100 year-old elder Poon Dong. Once again turning to Doc Miles for medical advice, receiving help from his friend Kaylo's twin brother Venus, and re-connecting with his girlfriend Eve, who is no longer in the dark about what he does for a living, Chev is determined to get his real heart back and wreak vengeance on whoever stole it, embarking on an electrifying chase through Los Angeles where anything goes to stay alive.
Starring: Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Clifton Collins Jr., Efren Ramirez, Bai Ling, Dwight Yoakam
Director: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Crank (2006)
Action | Crime | Thriller
There are a thousand ways to raise your adrenaline, and today hit man Chev Chelios (Jason Statham) will need every one! He has one hour to settle the score and say good-bye to his girl and go out with a little style! The only question is, will he stay alive long enough to see it happen?
Starring: Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Efren Ramirez, Dwight Yoakam, Reno Wilson
Director: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
The Pool Boys (2010)
Comedy
A pool boy and a gardener turn an empty mansion into a home for women who belong to the world's oldest profession.
Starring: Matthew Lillard, Brett Davern, Efren Ramirez, Rachelle Lefevre
Director: J.B. Rogers
