Review Written By Michael J. Ruhland
Michael's Movie Grade: C
Review: This movie has interesting ideas and quite a few really suspenseful scenes, but it falls short of what it could have been.
This movie works best, when centering on a drug cartel leader's teenage daughter (Isabela Moner). This character is quite likable and feels more real than most of the characters around her. With her having no control over the situation she finds her self in, one begins to picture themselves in her shoes. This makes any suspense centered around her feel so much more real. On the opposite side are the scenes centered around a teenage boy (Elijah Rodriguez). We are never given any reason to connect with this character on any level. As such every scene centering on this character is simply quite boring and in the end adds nothing to the movie. These scenes could have easily been left out and the film would have been better. The film cuts from these stories and others. As such the movie too often feels unfocused. These multiple stories also make the film feel overlong, especially when one especially misses the mark. This film is always visually interesting though. Dariuz Wolski's cinematography is always great.
This movie has problems, but what works does work quite well and the film is worth seeing for that. Just except to get bored when it drifts to the story of the teenage boy.
-Michael J. Ruhland
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