full of sound and fury signifying nothing fresh; There'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
Esteban Arango, goes for something more subtle mining the ideas of cultural displacement with "Blast Beat", a drama that sharply inspects the concept of the American Dream and those who either pursue it or reject it altogether
Esteban Arango's slender, sincere drama; "Blast 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
a terrific bilingual debut that keenly scrutinizes the American Dream, those who pursue it vehemently, and the ones who reject it as the sole avenue to fulfillment
