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Wednesday, 20 August 2025

Born in East L.A. (1987)


Not technically a Cheech & Chong film, this was Cheech Marin's first outing as a solo act, borrowing the title and premise from a music video featured in Get Out of My Room
A Los Angelino native forgets his wallet at home during an immigration raid where he's promptly deported to Mexico. It follows his unsuccessful attempts to get back across the border, while flirting with romance and trying to make some scratch on the side. It's a movie in desperate need of a third act. It was chopped to bits in its final edit, but a longer version exists in the TV cut.

2 Jesus holograms out of 5

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