mawkyjones-
- The only signifigant characters that die toward the end are 'lil Puppet' and 'Santana'; And the reasons for their deaths are made clear in the last 30 minutes of the film. So, I just don't get your point on how, 'everyone dies'.
- The Mexican Mafia controlled the drugs and violence inside of prison, therefore, people outside of prison had to respect their title; Otherwise, one of them could wind up in prison, as people involved with drugs often do, and they wouldn't get protection.
God forbid, imagine you somehow wind up in prison. For the sake of argument, your from California. If your just some typical citizen, your in trouble. But, as akward as it sounds, if you are related to a drug dealer, and that drug dealer has made money for mexican drug dealers involved with a gang like EME, they will see to it that you don't get raped. This is no B.S. That's really how it works. However, if your drug dealing relative decided to screw over high ranking mexican drug dealers, your even worse off in prison than an average citizen; hense, the Italian mobsters son.
That WAS the racket, and the ORGANIZATION. And, that organization still exists in California prisons; which makes 'American Me' relevant to this very day. I take it you don't live in California, otherwise you'd be aware of this; And you certainly wouldnt' have given this film a 5 out of 10!
This is an excellent film; And it's unfortunate that this genre has been ditched by Hollywood, being that the gang life in California is far worse today than it was then.
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