I'm rarely on this site anymore but this question was stuck in my mind. I was always a fan of American Me and thought it was better than BIBO for the reasons I said before. I've watched BIBO like 5 times since and it is still really corny in parts, especially Miklo., but I think overall it's more enjoyable than AM. Benjamin Bratt was excellent throughout, as was the dude who played Cruzito. But the dude who played Popeye and even the Montana guy were pretty awful actors. There were parts where BIBO is better and I like the ending a lot more, but AM was definitely more true to real life, had better acting overall, and it seems like BIBO copied a number of things from AM too?