American Me (1992)
R 13 Mar 1992 • Biography, Crime, Drama • 2h 5m
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 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 last he was in it.
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Language:
English, Spanish
Awards:
1 nomination
Country:
United States
Metacritic Score:
66
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Box Office Total:
$13,086,430