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R Released Apr 22, 2016 1h 42m Action Comedy TRAILER for List
40% Tomatometer 15 Reviews 51% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
After his release from prison, a former Mexican lawman (Omar Chaparro) works with a teenage hacker (Joey Morgan) to find the crime boss (Erick Elías) who framed him.
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Glenn Kenny RogerEbert.com I only stayed to the end out of professional obligation. Rated: 1/4 Apr 22, 2016 Full Review Neil Genzlinger New York Times There are laughs in this bilingual yarn, but the story grows convoluted, and Enrique Begne, the director, relies far too much on the stock cop-movie scene ... Apr 21, 2016 Full Review Randy Cordova Arizona Republic Is it predictable? Oh, sure. But it's also fun, for the most part. Rated: 3.5/5 Apr 21, 2016 Full Review Yvonne Condes Common Sense Media Buddy action comedy from Mexico is convoluted, violent. Rated: 2/5 Apr 29, 2016 Full Review Lucero Calderón Excelsior (MX) This isn't a big Hollywood blockbuster, but it achieves its goal: to entertain you. [Full review in Spanish] Apr 11, 2016 Full Review Edgardo Reséndiz Reforma It has a great cast, but a failed premise and a weak script work. [Full review in Spanish] Apr 11, 2016 Full Review Read all reviews

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carlo c Comedia/Accion al estilo Lethal Weapon o Bad Boys, pero tropicalizada, con algunas buenas puntadas. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member For me is a good film, I thing that this film will sucks, but in my opinion, I like this action film. Principally because I love this kind of movies Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member "You should've helped me scratch." Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member Wow, really bad, on so many levels. It's only saving grace was Omar Chaparro, whose portrayal of Garza was believable and entertaining, but due to a terrible script was not compelling. The film tries a little too hard to fit too much story into too little time. We are asked to understand and sympathize with Garza's motivations before his character is even given a chance to develop. SPOILERS: Within the first 5 minutes, Garza and his partner are introduced, drive to a drug dealer's stash house, beat up the guards, crash through the door, engage in a gunfight, and the partner is killed. How on Earth are we supposed to sympathize with the loss of a character that we've known for less than 5 minutes and have very little development of? How are we expected to understand the true emotional motivation of Garza to get revenge when we know just as little about his character? The film is filled with cliched sequences (slow-mo shots of attractive girls with "sexy music" overlaid), unbelievable behavior from many characters, non-convincing acting from most of the cast, and an unnecessarily accelerated pacing. FURTHERMORE: This film's portrayal of Americans suggests neither the script writers, nor the actors, nor the director have ever actually been to the United States or interacted with Americans. Every American in the film is portrayed as racist towards Mexicans (EVERY American), but anyone who lives or has been to America should know that the type of racism (open, outlandish, proud) portrayed in the movie is virtually non-existent in the US. Americans certainly do say racist things (like every nationality of people), but outright racist statements (i.e. "you beaner!" or "you must be the gardener!") made in public and/or to the face of the minorities in question are exceedingly rare. In my 30 years of living in America I have only seen that behavior a handful of times and it was not done in an off-the-cuff way like it is in the movie, but was done for the purpose of insulting and angering, like immediately prior to a fight. Open racial hostility is just not common in the US, and the few times it does happen it is usually met with extreme pushback. Worst of all, the movie was entirely predictable. I was able to see every twist coming nearly 30 minutes before it was revealed. All in all, this movie was not worth the $5 rental fee nor the time it took to watch it. I wouldn't bother watching it unless you have absolutely nothing better to do. That being said, it wasn't the worst movie I've ever seen, so I guess it could've been worse. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member muy padre, very funny. go watch it. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member I went in thinking this movie was going to suck big time, and it was actually pretty hilarious. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis After his release from prison, a former Mexican lawman (Omar Chaparro) works with a teenage hacker (Joey Morgan) to find the crime boss (Erick Elías) who framed him.
Director
Enrique Begné
Producer
Jose Nacif, Francisco González Compeán, Coco Levy, Ben Odell
Screenwriter
Ted Perkins, Gabriel Ripstein, Enrique Begné
Distributor
Lionsgate Films
Production Co
Draco Films, Cinemax
Rating
R (Violence and Language)
Genre
Action, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 22, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 6, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$3.1M
Runtime
1h 42m
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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