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Cartel Land

2015 · 101 min

A grim, immersive plunge into vigilante justice on both sides of a violent border, gripping but morally unsettling and hard to shake.

Directed by
Matthew Heineman
Genres
Drama, Documentary
Starring
Robert Hetrick, José Manuel Mireles Valverde, Tim Nailer Foley
Overview
In the Mexican state of Michoacán, Dr. Jose Mireles, a small-town physician known as "El Doctor," shepherds a citizen uprising against the Knights Templar, the violent drug cartel that has wreaked havoc on the region for years. Meanwhile, in Arizona's Altar Valley—a narrow, 52-mile-long desert corridor known as Cocaine Alley—Tim "Nailer" Foley, an American veteran, heads a small paramilitary group called Arizona Border Recon, whose goal is to halt Mexico’s drug wars from seeping across our border.

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Directed by
Matthew Heineman
Genres
Drama, Documentary
Starring
Robert Hetrick, José Manuel Mireles Valverde, Tim Nailer Foley
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • violence
  • crime
  • corruption
  • justice
  • power
Places
  • countryside
  • wilderness
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
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Action5
Horror4
Humour1
Realism10
Romance0
Tension8
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama, documentary
Directed by
Matthew Heineman
Starring
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Music
Jackson Greenberg, H. Scott Salinas
Cinematography
Matt Porwoll, Matthew Heineman
Runtime
101 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, Spanish

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