American Me
(1992)
★ 7.4 IMDb · 418 votes
Year: 1992
Runtime: 125 мин
Country: United States of America
Director: Эдвард Джеймс Олмос
Cast: Эдвард Джеймс Олмос, Уильям Форсайт, Пепе Серна, Panchito Gómez, Steve Wilcox, Danny De La Paz, Сэл Лопес, Dyana Ortelli, William Smith, Evelina Fernández
Plot
During his 18 years in Folsom Prison, street-gang leader Santana rules over all the drug-and-murder activities behind bars. Upon his release, Santana goes back to his old neighborhood, intending to lead a peaceful, crime-free life. But his old gang buddies force him back into his old habits.
This epic depiction of 30 years of Chicano gang life in Los Angeles focuses on a teen named Santana who, with his friends Mundo and Caucasian-but-Hispanic-acting 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 18 years 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 he last knew it.