A young low-class student gets involved with the wrong people and takes part in a non successful video rental robbery.A young low-class student gets involved with the wrong people and takes part in a non successful video rental robbery.A young low-class student gets involved with the wrong people and takes part in a non successful video rental robbery.
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- 3 wins & 2 nominations total
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- TriviaA remastered version of the movie was re-released in Chile in August 7th, 2017 due to the upcoming premiere of ''Johnny 100 Pesos: Capítulo Dos''. Quite fittingly, for this special showing the movie tickets costed a mere 100 Chilean pesos.
- GoofsThere is a visible shadow of the camera during the television van explosion sequence.
- ConnectionsFollowed by Johnny 100 Pesos: 20 Years and A Day Later (2017)
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This 1994 film is based on a true story and directed by Gustavo Graef-Marino. Johnny, a young Chilean student, becomes involved with a group of criminals who decide to rob a clandestine money exchange office that fronts as a video store in an apartment building in Santiago. They pretend that they are customers and suddenly whip out guns and demand the money. The police are alerted and they decide to take the employees as hostages. The whole ordeal spirals out of control when the media gets involved and what was supposed to be a minor crime becomes the center of attention while all of Chile watches it unfold on their TV screens.
There is a real critique of the media and the role that they play in situations like this. The TV reporter is very persistent and will stop at nothing to get a story that will capture the interest of the viewers. He goes to interview people from Johnny's life and ends up pushing them past their breaking point just for ratings.
Overall this movie is a bit strange at times, but it is definitely dramatic and contains an unexpected ending.
There is a real critique of the media and the role that they play in situations like this. The TV reporter is very persistent and will stop at nothing to get a story that will capture the interest of the viewers. He goes to interview people from Johnny's life and ends up pushing them past their breaking point just for ratings.
Overall this movie is a bit strange at times, but it is definitely dramatic and contains an unexpected ending.
- abigail-sawyer
- May 11, 2011
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- $500,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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By what name was Johnny One Hundred Pesos (1993) officially released in Canada in English?
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