Colombian brothers Carly (Mateo Arias) and Mateo (Moises Arias) prepare to move to the United States for their last years of high school. Metalhead Carly has his heart set on attending the Georgia Aerospace Institute and working for NASA, while his supportive parents (Diane Guerrero and Wilmer Valderrama) seize the chance to escape the political turmoil in Colombia and chase the American Dream. At first, Mateo is the only one to express any cynicism, but when the reality of t... (Full plot summary below)
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Colombian brothers Carly (Mateo Arias) and Mateo (Moises Arias) prepare to move to the United States for their last years of high school. Metalhead Carly has his heart set on attending the Georgia Aerospace Institute and working for NASA, while his supportive parents (Diane Guerrero and Wilmer Valderrama) seize the chance to escape the political turmoil in Colombia and chase the American Dream. At first, Mateo is the only one to express any cynicism, but when the reality of their new life sinks in, the family struggles to adapt as their expectations are shattered. When events threaten to derail their future, Carly's dream becomes his only lifeline.
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| TheWrapCarlos AguilarNiche as some of the situations Arango poses are, his movie is the rare work of art that viscerally understands the immigrant experience but is cerebral enough not to oversimplify it, allowing it to appear messy and imperfect, and all the more truthful for it. |
| Film ThreatAlex SavelievWhether you’ll have a blast with this beat has nothing to do with your affinity for metal music and everything to do with your tolerance for “heart-on-the-sleeve” independent filmmaking. |
| VarietyAmy NicholsonBlast Beat cares far more about testing the limits of the family’s togetherness, and while the resolution doesn’t have the sweetness of a pop song, Arango is happy to settle for heavy metal discordance. |
| The Film StageGlenn Heath Jr.While both central performances give Blast Beat an inescapable urgency, the film can’t overcome its decision to embrace tired genre tropes that ultimately mark the screenplay. |
| RogerEbert.comChristy LemireTheir many challenges wrap up too neatly, but there are enough genuine moments of truth in Blast Beat to make you wish there were even more. |
| The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThere's plenty of potential here to bring original insights to the immigrant experience, but not enough skill in the plotting or execution to tap into it. |
