****1/2
I’m sort of biased in this movie considering the fact that my favorite types of movies are gang movies but this one really is great. Sin Nombre is one of the best gang movies I have seen since American Me. The movie however isn’t only a gang film; it also shows how the gang world intersects with the trial, tragedy and triumph of illegal immigrants coming to America. It opens your eyes to the inner workings of what has been dubbed as America’s most dangerous gang (MS-13), and to the world of illegal immigration through train hopping.
The movie follows “Casper” a teenage gang member who is having a teenage love affair with a middle class teenage girl and attempts to hide it from his gang to keep her out of trouble. Meanwhile a sub plot shows Sayra, a teenage Honduran girl heading to the US with her father and uncle. Due to a twist of events you find Casper boarding the train towards America and Sayra becoming fascinated with Casper and his story after he saves her from an attempted rape.
The way that the gang is depicted seems to be very realistic. Based on what I have heard, read and seen in El Salvador. One thing that really stood out were the hand signal tagging seen on the walls of the movie which a saw identically made on walls in El Salvador. Another thing that I noticed that was very authentic was the tattoos, types of tattoos and placement of their tattoos. In El Salvador it is not uncommon for gang members to tattoo their faces, heads, lips or anything else. Also their heartless politics stood out and reminded me of a cousin of mine that was killed in El Salvador due to gang involvement with MS-13 itself.
In all this movie is a must see in my book so I left out the ending since I didn’t want to spoil the ending for you. Rent it, folks!
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