Hijos de la guerra

2007
1h 30m

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Hijos de la Guerra ("Children of the War") is a feature-length documentary film about the world's largest and most violent street gang: the Mara Salvatrucha, also known as MS-13. The MS-13 g... Read allHijos de la Guerra ("Children of the War") is a feature-length documentary film about the world's largest and most violent street gang: the Mara Salvatrucha, also known as MS-13. The MS-13 gang spans the Americas with an estimated membership of 100,000 people across the United St... Read allHijos de la Guerra ("Children of the War") is a feature-length documentary film about the world's largest and most violent street gang: the Mara Salvatrucha, also known as MS-13. The MS-13 gang spans the Americas with an estimated membership of 100,000 people across the United States and Central America. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has declared the MS-13 the f... Read all

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Live by the gun, die by the gun

Finally, it's on IMDb. Highly recommended for anyone who's got any interest, whatever small, in gang culture, turf wars, gang lords, tattoos, or Latin rap. I think it's fairly accurate in its portrayal of one of the world's most infamous gangs, Mara Salvatrucha Trece. I enjoyed the cinematography (after all, it has Alexandre Fuchs written all over), the interviews, the whole approach, etc. What I did not like was its somewhat over hyped tone in respect to MS-13. It's as if these media portrayals, although they're not glorifying a gangster's life style, are still selling out 'MS -13' as THE most dangerous gang. I mean, come on, it's too hip for its own good. (But, come to think of it, so were the Bloods or the Crips).

After you see this, go check out on 'Ross Kemp on Gangs', an equally interesting piece of work, as well.