american me

Director: edward james olmos

Actor: edward james olmos,william forsythe,sal lopez,vira montes

Data Published: Fri Mar 13 1992

Genres: Biography,Crime,Drama,Romance

Key Words: gay rape,hood,prison,gang,reform school

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103671/

WIKI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Me

Description: American Me is a movie starring Edward James Olmos, William Forsythe, and Sal Lopez. A Mexican-American Mafia kingpin is released from prison, falls in love for the first time, and grows introspective about his gangster lifestyle.

Plot: The film depicts 30 years of Chicano gang life in Los Angeles. It focuses on Montoya Santana, a teen who, with his friends, J.D. (William Forsythe) and Mundo (Pepe Serna), form their own gang. They soon find themselves comitting crimes and are arrested. In juvenile hall, Santana murders a fellow inmate (Eric Close) who had raped him and as a result, has his sentence extended into Folsom State Prison after he turns 18. Once there, Santana (now played by Edward James Olmos) becomes the leader of a powerful gang, La Eme. Upon his release he tries to relate his life experiences to the society that has changed so much since he left. La Eme has become a feared criminal organization beyond Folsom, selling drugs and committing murder. Santana starts to see the error of his ways but before he can take action, is sent back to prison for drug possession. There, he tells his former lieutenant J.D. that he is no longer interested in leading La Eme. However, following a precedent set by Santana himself earlier in the film, his men murder him to show the other prison gangs that, despite having no leader, they are not weak.