A group of people trying to cross the border from Mexico into the United States encounter a racist man who has taken border patrol duties into his own hands.A group of people trying to cross the border from Mexico into the United States encounter a racist man who has taken border patrol duties into his own hands.A group of people trying to cross the border from Mexico into the United States encounter a racist man who has taken border patrol duties into his own hands.
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- 2 wins & 22 nominations
Butch McCain
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- TriviaNot a single scene has been shot indoors.
- GoofsRifle used, appears to be a sporterized M-1 Garand, with scope mounted too far forward to be useful. Gun is continually cocked after each shot, but this rifle is semi-auto, and reloads itself after ejecting the empty cartridge. It holds eight rounds, but shoots at least a dozen times in a row, and is never reloaded throughout the entire film.
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Desierto Leaves You Desolate
Chase movies can be a hit or miss genre - this one has exciting hit possibilities but misses on just about all the points it should score on. We know basically nothing about any of the characters - what drives them, where they are from, or quite why they do the things they do. The hapless runners are all Mexicans fleeing poverty - on their way to the USA via the 'back door' of the badlands (Donald's wall would actually have helped them!) and the Hunter...well, he's somehow just driving around the desert looking for people to murder. With him, he has his trusty dog - trained to hunt down and kill whatever his master sends him after - human or otherwise. Once the murderous chase is on you know exactly what's about to happen every bloodied step of the way.
No subtleties here, just people led to the slaughter - and so it goes, repetitively and soullessly on and on. Some nice visuals, a promising opening and a curious music score can't add any more to the threadbare script. Only a famous movie-making father (Alfonso Cuaron) could fund this, his son Jonas Cuaron's minor attempt at fame - surprisingly, this was Mexico's entry as 'best' foreign language film at 89th Acadamy Awards (must have been a very light year indeed!) Lovers of mindless excitement won't be too disappointed - thinkers can expect to be.
No subtleties here, just people led to the slaughter - and so it goes, repetitively and soullessly on and on. Some nice visuals, a promising opening and a curious music score can't add any more to the threadbare script. Only a famous movie-making father (Alfonso Cuaron) could fund this, his son Jonas Cuaron's minor attempt at fame - surprisingly, this was Mexico's entry as 'best' foreign language film at 89th Acadamy Awards (must have been a very light year indeed!) Lovers of mindless excitement won't be too disappointed - thinkers can expect to be.
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- krocheav
- Oct 21, 2017
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Box office
- Budget
- $3,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $2,002,036
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $514,282
- Oct 16, 2016
- Gross worldwide
- $4,924,990
- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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