Carrillo is a dynamic presence on the screen and he definitely has a future in American martial arts movies, if he ever gets that big - he appears to be a likable all-around good guy, and all he really needs to do is develop the necessary acting skills to better carry a film production.
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So he certainly has the goods as a fighter, but can he act? For my late-night viewing pleasure, watching a Latin martial artist on TV was a welcome change. He is also a three-time national Karate champion and holds five black belts in three fighting disciplines. According to his biography here on IMDb, Carrillo was born in South America (his specific country of birth is not listed), but was raised in The Bronx, New York having been raised here in the United States, it certainly explains his surprisingly firm grasp of the English language, despite the occasional odd word or two of Spanish-language dialogue in the movie. Now I'm not sure about the exact validity of such a claim, but I guess I'll have to take it as the literal truth since as a fan of martial arts and martial arts movies, I cannot come up with a single martial arts actor who is said to be of Hispanic heritage. The film was directed by Scott Brown and co-written by Fabian Carrillo (who according to the blurbs on this movie's cover art), is the world's first Latin martial arts hero/sensation. 2004's "Latin Dragon" is one of those movies. No, I'm not talking about late-night soft-core porn shows/movies, but it's really more of the late-night, "B"-movie action fanfare.
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There's a certain kind of movie that should always appeal to anyone who truly appreciates movies, and that's of the late-night variety. Was that supposed to be his "Fortress of Solitude"? If this comes to television, it's worth watching. If you go for that "post-hurricane" look. Interesting house "the Dragon" has at the end.
And to quote Jules Winnfield (Pulp Fiction), "Charm goes a long way." Still, watching it only one time would be fine with me. "Stop playing around Tommy!" Still, there was some minor charm in this film.
It's like back in school if you had the hyper kid running the movie projector. It was like a broken record with the speeding up and slowing down and almost stopping the camera. The shots were edgy for the first 3 minutes and then they over-did it with 'edgy'. Seriously, the acting was pretty bad, and the fighting was pretty.
Fabian Corillo looked just like Ray in that one where Ray was trying to act cool and got a tan and dyed his hair black. This movie made me think of what it might be like if Ray Romano decided to do martial arts.