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 year 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.
| Release Date: | Mar 1992 |
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| Genre: | Romance / Drama / Crime / Biography |
| Cast: | Sal Lopez (Pedro Santana), Vira Montes (Esperanza Santana), Roberto Martín Márquez (Acha (as Robert Martin Marquez)), Dyana Ortelli (Yolanda), Joe Aubel (Tattoo Artist), Rob Garrett (Zoot Riot Bystander), Lance August (Young Sailor), Cody Glenn (Older Sailor), Don Pugsley (Police Officer), Panchito Gómez (Young Montoya Santana (as Panchito...), Albert Joe Medina Jr. (Street Mechanic), Alex Solís (Street Mechanic (as Alex Solis)), Raymond Amezquita (Abuelito), Steve Wilcox (Young JD), Richard Coca (Young Mundo) |