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Title: Meh
Review: The movie's premise is sound and topical enough with the current cartel violence in Mexico spilling over into the US. Plot details are available in the other reviews, so I'll share general thoughts. About half way through I kept watching because I was invested, but had pretty much lost interest. All the performances were good, but the poor writing and length of the movie began to make the whole thing redundant. Opening a film with a character saying "I may or may not be dead" indicates a weakness in the writing since you see things in the movies and shouldn't need a character telling you what to think. The ending(s) were a poor attempt to tie up all the threads, and having two once more shows poor writing, masquerading here as "cleverness." If you liked "Traffic," a far better movie, you'll find this interesting but won't want to see it again and probably won't think about it after you pop the disc from the player.
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