American Me - Sin remisión

Título original: American Me

1992
18
2h 5min

PUNTUACIÓN EN IMDb

TU PUNTUACIÓN

William Forsythe, Edward James Olmos, and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa in American Me - Sin remisión (1992)

Period Drama Tragedy Biography Crime Drama Romance

Un capo de la mafia mexicano-estadounidense es liberado de la prisión, se enamora por primera vez y crece introspectivamente sobre su estilo de vida de gánster.Un capo de la mafia mexicano-estadounidense es liberado de la prisión, se enamora por primera vez y crece introspectivamente sobre su estilo de vida de gánster.Un capo de la mafia mexicano-estadounidense es liberado de la prisión, se enamora por primera vez y crece introspectivamente sobre su estilo de vida de gánster.

Ver la información de la producción en IMDbPro

PUNTUACIÓN EN IMDb

7,1/10

11 mil

TU PUNTUACIÓN

Ver la información de la producción en IMDbPro

Premios
- 3 premios y 2 nominaciones en total

Vídeos1

Trailer 1:48

American Me

Imágenes38

+ 31

Más del estilo

7,9

Sangre por sangre

7,3

Mi familia

7,3

Lecciones inolvidables

6,9

Compensation

6,5

Mi vida loca

Zora Lathan Student Films

7,5

Infierno en Los Ángeles

5,5

Will

6,7

Colors: Colores de guerra

6,8

Al sur de Los Ángeles

7,2

Bad Boys

8,1

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

Argumento

Editar

¿Sabías que...?

Editar

Curiosidades
According to 60 Minutes (1968), three people who acted as consultants on this film were later murdered because of the depiction of a homosexual rape scene that reportedly deeply offended the Mexican Mafia's machismo. The victims were: Charles Manriquez (known as Charlie Brown), a Mexican Mafia member and unofficial consultant to the film, killed on early 1992; actress Ana Lizarraga, a community youth counselor and official consultant to the director who was shot in her driveway in front of her son and her boyfriend; and Manuel Luna (known as Rocky), a former gang member who also worked as consultant, killed a year after the film's release.

Pifias
The lingo/street talk many of the gang members use didn't start to be used until the late '70s or early '80s.

Citas
Montoya Santana: I hear Little Puppet's name is on a piece of paper, ese.
J.D.: I want you to cosign it.
Montoya Santana: I'm taking it off, ese.
J.D.: That punk got you kicked back in the hole, set us all back. Now he's running around talking loud shit about how he wants out of La Eme. His number's up, homes.
Montoya Santana: I said I'm taking it off, ese.
J.D.: What's gonna happen is gonna happen. Don't try to stop it. You understand me? I'm asking you, carnal.
Montoya Santana: Is that where it's gotten to, ese?
J.D.: Brothers are talking about you.
Montoya Santana: What are they saying, ese?
J.D.: They're saying that you're not showing them anything.
Montoya Santana: You know, a long time ago, two best homeboys, two kids, were thrown into juvie. They were scared, and they thought they had to do something to prove themselves. And they did what they had to do. They thought they were doing it to gain respect for their people, to show the world that no one could take their class from them. No one had to take it from us, ese. Whatever we had... we gave it away. Take care of yourself, carnal.

Conexiones
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: My Cousin Vinny/Article 99/American Me/The Lawnmower Man/Shakes the Clown/Daughters of the Dust (1992)

Banda sonora
El Gaban
Arrangement by Alfredo Lopez, Abel Rocha, Fernando Nataren
Performed by Quetzlcoatl

Reseñas de usuarios65

Comentarios

Reseña destacada

8/10

American Me. Thumbs up!

I seen this film when it first came out, back in 92 on VHS. The film stuck in my mind since-there have not been many films like it to date.

Edward James Olmos is magnificent as actor and director. You may not have seen him in many films but he does have a quality about him that casts him perfectly in the principal role of gang leader / drug cartel.

If you like prison films this is one of the best. It hasn't got too many clichés and avoids being overtly pretentious.

William Forsythe is great as Edward James Olmos's buddy and as he-Forsythe-usually does when acting (doesn't try to overact or steal any scenes) he just does the business and blends in as his character engrossing you into the film giving it a more realistic depiction of the setting.

Many prison films usually fit the same formula, showing you the in's and out's, morals and stereotypes usually associated with prison films. American ME just gets right into it and takes you along without preaching those usual morals and overdone cliché characters. This film is on a par with BLOOD IN BLOOD OUT. Check it out!