12 Jun 2021
Leylak
In present-day Queens, a Turkish gravedigger is unable to face a shattering truth and risks losing the dearest connection left in his life.
Undefeated
A winner always knows where he 's going. A champion never forgets where he's from.
Lex 'El Animal' Vargas is a promising Portorican boxer in Queens, but lacks ambition to aim for the big career. That changes after his brother Paulie is accidentally shot dead by a teenager in an amateur hold-up on their late dad's shop, which he now closes to turn professional boxer. His star rises fast, but success brings its own problems, as he he lacks experience to handle professionals and resist the abuse they and his ghetto past entourage make of his generous nature.
Top Billed Cast
John Leguizamo Lex Vargas
Clifton Collins Jr. Loco
Vanessa Ferlito Lizette Sanchez
Omar Benson Miller Mack
Nestor Serrano Victor
Robert Forster Scott Green
David Zayas Paulie
Juan Carlos Hernández Franky
Guillermo Díaz Mommy
Adrian Martinez Chewey
Robert Montano Resto
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