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La clave 7

  • 19991999
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  • 1h 30m
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7.3/10
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La clave 7 (1999)
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After the deaths of several DEA agents, the Mexican government launches a ferocious operative named "Code 7" to capture the one responsible- the powerful drug lord Pedro Aviles.After the deaths of several DEA agents, the Mexican government launches a ferocious operative named "Code 7" to capture the one responsible- the powerful drug lord Pedro Aviles.After the deaths of several DEA agents, the Mexican government launches a ferocious operative named "Code 7" to capture the one responsible- the powerful drug lord Pedro Aviles.
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
15
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    • Jorge Reynoso
    • Jorge Reynoso(screenplay)
    • Gilberto de Anda(story)
  • Stars
    • Horacio Almada
    • Edna Bolkan
    • Felipe Castillo
    • Jorge Reynoso
    • Jorge Reynoso(screenplay)
    • Gilberto de Anda(story)
  • Stars
    • Horacio Almada
    • Edna Bolkan
    • Felipe Castillo
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    La clave 7 (1999)
    La clave 7 (1999)
    La clave 7 (1999)
    Mario Becerra, Edna Bolkan, Gilberto de Anda, Los Broncos De Reynosa, David Fuentes, Arturo Gonzalez Pulido, Alfredo Gutiérrez, Delfino López, Francisco Javier López, Bernabé Melendrez, Jorge Reynoso, Fernando Sáenz, Paulino Vargas, Miguel Angel Saldaña, Óscar Torres, Javier Quintero, Isabel Quibrera, Angel Soto, Daniel Sanchez, Pedro Madrid, Javier Perez, Felipe Castillo, Horacio Almada, Javier Olguin, Jesus Navarro, and Jose Angel Lopez in La clave 7 (1999)

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    Horacio Almada
    Edna Bolkan
    Edna Bolkan
    Felipe Castillo
    Los Broncos De Reynosa
    David Fuentes
    Arturo Gonzalez Pulido
    Alfredo Gutiérrez
    Jose Angel Lopez
    Francisco Javier López
      Pedro Madrid
      Bernabé Melendrez
      Bernabé Melendrez
      Jesus Navarro
      Javier Olguin
      Javier Perez
      Isabel Quibrera
      Javier Quintero
      Jorge Reynoso
      Miguel Angel Saldaña
      Miguel Angel Saldaña
          • Jorge Reynoso
          • Jorge Reynoso(screenplay)
          • Gilberto de Anda(story)
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        8/10
        Another extraordinary movie adaptation!.
        I will start with an anecdote (which is real):

        In order to talk about this sucessful adaptation from one of the best corridos I ever heard, we must talk first about the man behind the creation of it's song; we must talk about mr. Paulino Vargas(R. I. P). Paulino Vargas Jimenez born in Promontorio, Santa Maria del Oro, Durango, Mexico in 1939. At the age of 13, Vargas met Javier Nuñez, with whom he later will form ''Los Broncos de Reynosa".

        Years later, Vargas decided to learn to read and write (according from an online spanish interview published online); and once he had accomplished it at the age of 22, he decided to read plenty of stuff, including history. And thanks to that, Vargas began to cultivated literature ideas to create some of the hundreds of songs he composed; and here's an list of some of he's compositions:

        1: La Banda del Carro Rojo.

        2: El Corrido de Lamberto Quintero.

        3: Carga Ladeada.

        4: La Fuga del Rojo.

        5: El Corrido de Chico Fuentes.

        6: R-1.

        Etc,etc.

        Unfortunately, Paulino Vargas died at the age of 70 on January 17, 2010.

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        Now is time to talk about this successful adaptation:

        Even if this movie is a work of fiction, based on the song of the same name (Clave 7); the story behind the song is based on the death of Pedro Aviles Perez, a powerful drug dealer, and the event took place on September 15, 1978; when Aviles and a group of he's people where heading to a certain location in Sinaloa. And they were shot on a highway on as ''La Y", by the army. (Later this event will be immortalize by Paulino Vargas' Clave 7 song; which tell how Aviles' death took place, and it had been performed by plenty of music bands.)

        Even if the movie's story has plenty of fiction (because it is very well understood, that ''they" have 1 hour to tell the story) the movie it is completely loyal to the details told by the song; and also for very obvious reasons that we know, some names, and some situations had been changed.

        My final opinion: La Clave 7 is another one of few movie adaptations, that manage to stay loyal to it's song (and like I had said on other reviews: it also have to do with who wrote/adapt it, which in this case two famous celebrities contributed for the success of it: Gilberto de Anda (wrote the "Story by"), and Jorge Reynoso (Directed and wrote the ''Screenplay by").
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          • 1999 (Mexico)
          • Mexico
          • Spanish
          • Tijuana, Baja California Norte, Mexico
          • Baja Films Internacional
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