American Me
This epic depiction of thirty years of Chicano gang life in Los Angeles focuses on a teen named Santana who, with his friends Mundo and the Caucasian-but-acting-Hispanic J.D., form their own gang and are soon arrested for a break-in. Santana gets into trouble again and goes straight from reform school to prison, spending eighteen year there, and becoming leader of a powerful gang, both inside and outside the prison, while there. When he is finally released, he tries to make sense of the violence in his life, in a world much changed from when last he was in it.
R
HD
Biography, Crime, Drama
1992
125 min
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Movie Info:
- Full Name : American Me
- Duration : 125 min
- Languages : English
- Writers : Floyd Mutrux (story), Floyd Mutrux (screenplay), Desmond Nakano (screenplay)
- Directors : Edward James Olmos min
- Imdb : 7.2 (5424 votes)
- Tomatoes : 4.1 (10091 votes)
- Actors : Sal Lopez, Vira Montes, Roberto Martèn Mèrquez, Dyana Ortelli
Movie Storyline
This epic depiction of thirty years of Chicano gang life in Los Angeles focuses on a teen named Santana who, with his friends Mundo and the Caucasian-but-acting-Hispanic J.D., form their own gang and are soon arrested for a break-in. Santana gets into trouble again and goes straight from reform school to prison, spending eighteen year there, and becoming leader of a powerful gang, both inside and outside the prison, while there. When he is finally released, he tries to make sense of the violence in his life, in a world much changed from when last he was in it.