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  • Devil's Own
  • Devil's Own review by A customer from GLASGOW
    Rated - 4.0 stars TOP MOVIE !!! 2 November 2005
    ...s already in the midst of a personal crisis; his friend and partner Edwin Diaz (Ruben Blades) recently shot a man that he knew was unarmed in the line of duty, and while Ed...   Read customer review
  • Once Upon a Time in Mexico
  • Once Upon a Time in Mexico review by from STANMORE
    Rated - 4.0 stars 26 July 2004
    ...ing for the CIA to help double-cross a military coup (what??). Johnny Depp and Ruben Blades are fantastic and well worth watching for....   Read customer review

Ruben Blades - filmography


  • Spoken Word (2010)
    Starring: Kuno Becker,  Miguel Sandoval,  Ruben Blades
    Director: Victor Nunez
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A San Francisco spoken word artist returns to New Mexico to be with his dying father, only to find he loses his "voice" as he is sucked back in to the dysfunctional life of drugs and violence he left behind.
    2 stars out of 5 35% from 2 members
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  • Assassination Tango (2002)
    Starring: Robert Duvall,  Kathy Baker,  Ruben Blades
    Director: Robert Duvall
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: £2.49
    John J. is a seasoned hit man sent on a job to Argentina. When the General he's sent to kill delays his return to the country, John passes the time with Manuela, a beautiful dancer who becomes his teacher and guide into Argentina's sensual world of the tango. Spellbound by the rich and mysterious ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 44% from 504 members
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  • All The Pretty Horses on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Matt Damon,  Penelope Cruz,  Henry Thomas
    Director: Billy Bob Thornton
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Billy Bob Thornton's ALL THE PRETTY HORSES is about John Grady Cole (Matt Damon), a young rancher growing up just after WWII. After his mother sells the family ranch, John convinces his best friend, Lacey Rawlins (Henry Thomas), to accompany him to Mexico, where ranching is still a big part of life...read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 1,674 member
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  • Devil's Own - Blu-ray (1997)
    Starring: Harrison Ford,  Brad Pitt,  Margaret Colin
    Director: Alan J. Pakula
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    THE DEVIL'S OWN, Alan J. Pakula's last film, is a character-driven thriller that confronts suspense and gritty realism head-on. Harrison Ford plays Tom O'Meara, an Irish-American cop in New York who opens his home and family to Francis "Frankie" McGuire (Brad Pitt), whom they believe is a refuge-..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 599 members
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  • Devil's Own on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Harrison Ford,  Brad Pitt,  Margaret Colin
    Director: Alan J. Pakula
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    THE DEVIL'S OWN, Alan J. Pakula's last film, is a character-driven thriller that confronts suspense and gritty realism head-on. Harrison Ford plays Tom O'Meara, an Irish-American cop in New York who opens his home and family to Francis 'Frankie' McGuire (Brad Pitt), whom they believe is a refuge-..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 3,504 members
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  • Scorpion Spring on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Alfred Molina,  Ruben Blades,  Esai Morales
    Director: Brian Cox
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A man passing by the desert road which lies between California and Mexico, comes across a drifter who offers him money for his car in exchange for a trip to Los Angeles. But things are not what they seem...
    2 stars out of 5 38% from 81 members
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  • Color Of Night on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Bruce Willis,  Jane March,  Ruben Blades
    Director: Richard Rush
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A New York psychologist goes to California to get over a patient's suicide, only to have an L.A. colleague murdered. While conducting his own investigation into the killing he crosses paths with a gorgeous young woman and finds himself targeted by a mysterious killer. Bruce Willis received much ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 1,548 member
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  • The Two Jakes on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Jack Nicholson,  Harvey Keitel,  Meg Tilly
    Director: Jack Nicholson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    This Jack Nicholson-directed sequel to CHINATOWN, in some ways, is a long and dreamy epiloque to the first movie. THE TWO JAKES opens in the postwar boom of 1948 as developers rapaciously exploit the natural resources of Southern California. With his small, dingy practice expanded into a thriving ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 1,064 member
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  • Disorganised Crime on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Corbin Bernsen,  Ruben Blades,  Lou Diamond Phillips
    Director: Jim Kouf
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Frank Salazar has cooked up the perfect crime. Enlisting the help of four crooks he plans to rob a bank. But he didn't realise that he could be arrested before the crime over something completely different and neither did the rest of the gang...
    3 stars out of 5 65% from 150 members
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  • Homeboy on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Mickey Rourke,  Christopher Walken,  Debra Feuer
    Director: Michael Seresin
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Johnny Walker (Mickey Rourke) is a "punch-drunk" boxer. He's a bit old to keep on boxing but it's the only thing that he does well. He's in love with Ruby (Debra Feuer) but is too shy to tell her. Johnny meets Wesley (Christopher Walken), a smooth-talking wise-guy who is torn between greed and his ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 127 members
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  • Critical Condition on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Richard Pryor,  Sylvia Miles,  Joe Dallesandro
    Director: Michael Apted
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The storyline mixes outrageous comedy with a dose of suspense as it portrays the chaotic aftermath of a power failure in a big city hospital. Coupled to all this, Richard Pryor appears as a fake mental patient, hopefully avoiding going to prison.
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 717 members
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  • The Milagro Beanfield War on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Ruben Blades,  Richard Bradford,  Sonia Braga
    Director: Robert Redford
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Nothing has changed in Milagro, New Mexico, for 300 years. Then, one day, Joe Mondragon kicks the off-limits community water pipe and begins to irrigate the cracked, dry ground that was once his father's beanfield. The developers of a new luxury recreation area--which is sure to force the natives ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 252 members
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  • Cinema Collection - Vol. 9 and Vol. 10 on DVD
    Starring: John Mahoney,  Kurtwood Smith,  Frank Gorshin
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Features eight movies. In '12:01 PM' a man is forced to consult a physicist when he finds himself stuck in the same 59 minutes of his life. Also features: 'A Hard Rain', 'Bufford's Got A Gun', 'Leslie's Folly', '15th Phase Of The Moon', 'Heart Of The Deal', 'Astronomy' and 'The Great O'Grady'.
    2 stars out of 5 42% from 102 members
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Ruben Blades facts

5 most recent films

Spoken Word - 2.0 stars
Once Upon a Time in Mexico - 3.0 stars
Assassination Tango - 2.0 stars
All The Pretty Horses - 3.0 stars
Cradle Will Rock - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Milagro Beanfield War - 3.5 stars
Disorganised Crime - 3.0 stars
Cradle Will Rock - 3.0 stars
Critical Condition - 3.0 stars
Devil's Own - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Spoken Word - 2.0 stars
Scorpion Spring - 2.0 stars
Cinema Collection - Vol. 9 and Vol. 10 - 2.0 stars
Assassination Tango - 2.0 stars
Color Of Night - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Mickey Rourke - 3 times - show films
Willem Dafoe - 2 times - show films
Salma Hayek - 2 times - show films
Margaret Colin - 2 times - show films
Antonio Banderas - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Alan J. Pakula - 2 times - show films
Robert Duvall - 2 times - show films
Brian Cox - 1 times - show films
Victor Nunez - 1 times - show films
Michael Seresin - 1 times - show films