ok - so I didn't HATE this movie - but I didn't exactly LIKE it either. Any time I have to look at my watch to see how much time is left is not good. It was done very much like a documentary - jumping around between 4 different storylines - which never really do connect. It's a story about drug trafficking and the damages of drugs - definitely a good movie to show kids in high schools... "Don't do this!"
The acting was wonderful - I was especially impressed by Benicio Del Toro (playing the Mexican policeman, Javier Rodrigues) - I thought he was outstanding, very convincing, but again- something was lacking for me. Maybe I just wasn't in movie-mode this weekend, but 2 out of the 3 movies I watched (see my review for The Cell) gave me nothing really to speak of! The one thing this movie did was if I ever had an inkling to go to Mexico - it has been officially banished from my head! |
