▁that ▁no ▁dogs ▁were ▁har med ▁during ▁the ▁making ▁of ▁Am ores ▁per ros . ▁In ▁the ▁scenes ▁where ▁dogs ▁are ▁apparently ▁attack ing ▁each ▁other , ▁they ▁were ▁actually ▁playing . ▁Their ▁m uzz les ▁were ▁covered ▁with ▁fine ▁fish ing ▁line , ▁so ▁that ▁they ▁were ▁unable ▁to ▁b ite ▁another ▁dog . ▁In ▁the ▁sh ots ▁where ▁dogs ▁are ▁apparently ▁dead ▁or ▁dying , ▁they ▁were ▁sed ated ▁( under ▁super vision ▁of ▁the ▁Mexican ▁SP CA ). ▁The ▁g ritt iness ▁of ▁the ▁scenes ▁is ▁ampl ified ▁by ▁quick ▁cut s ▁and ▁sound ▁effects . ▁Another ▁unusual ▁aspect ▁of ▁the ▁production ▁of ▁Am ores ▁per ros ▁was ▁the ▁danger ▁to ▁the ▁cast ▁and ▁film ▁crew ▁while ▁film ing ▁in ▁the ▁poor ▁parts ▁of ▁Mexico ▁City . ▁The ▁director ▁and ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁crew ▁were ▁actually ▁ro bb ed ▁by ▁street ▁gang s . ▁The ▁Director ▁cut ▁includes ▁a ▁came o ▁from ▁the ▁veter an ▁Japanese ▁singer ▁Kaz uy o ▁T og awa ▁singing ▁A ▁c app ella , ▁cred ited ▁as ▁" F at ▁Lady ". ▁ ▁Re ception ▁and ▁awards ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁crit ically ▁acc laimed ▁and ▁received ▁many ▁nomin ations ▁and ▁awards . ▁Review ▁aggregate ▁Rotten ▁Tomatoes ▁reports ▁that ▁ 9 2 % ▁of ▁critics ▁have ▁given ▁the ▁film ▁a ▁positive ▁review ▁based ▁on ▁ 1 1 6 ▁reviews , ▁with ▁an ▁average ▁score ▁of ▁ 7 . 7 5 / 1 0 , ▁making ▁the ▁film ▁a ▁" Cert ified ▁F resh " ▁on ▁the