Monday, May 1, 2017

American Me (1992) R - 2½ Stars

Santana Montoya (Edward James Olmos) is a gangster from East L.A. in the 50's. A big player in the Mexican Mafia, he spends 18 years of his life running the drugs scene from behind bars at Folsom Prison. When he finally gets out, he chooses to lead a clean life but his old buddies drag him back into bad habits which finds him up back in jail, eventually being killed.

Universal Pictures
Director: Edward James Olmos
Writers: Desmond Nakano, Floyd Mutrux
Producers:Irwin W. Young, Robert M. Young, Floyd Mutrux
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