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Cartel Land
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The film focuses on Tim 'Nailer' Foley, the leader of Arizona Border Recon, and Dr José Mireles, a Michoacán-based physician who leads the Autodefensas. Across the U.S. border, a veteran heads a paramilitary group working to prevent Mexico's drug wars from entering U.S. territory.
The film focuses on Tim 'Nailer' Foley, the leader of Arizona Border Recon, and Dr José Mireles, a Michoacán-based physician who leads the Autodefensas. Across the U.S. border, a veteran heads a paramilitary group working to prevent Mexico's drug wars from entering U.S. territory.
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January 21, 2016
More than a great documentary, this is a great piece of journalistic work. [Full review in Spanish]
February 25, 2016
Cartel Land shows us things we haven't seen before, and its last act contains startling revelations. But the film is also pretty tacky in its numbingly high-octane presentation
July 16, 2015
Shot in times of serious danger, it balances idealism and violence, triggering an adrenaline high and a sense of soul-crushing hopelessness in the same instant.
January 20, 2016
The longer it goes, the easier it becomes to be turned off by the frequent graphic violence that so frequently punctuates the narrative.
July 16, 2015
Even if it leaves you wanting more, "Cartel Land" deserves to be seen.
July 10, 2016
A little bit of critical distance could surely only have helped make this is a real discussion of the issues, not just a vivid depiction of them.
September 01, 2015
There are scenes here unlike anything you've seen. Timely, thoughtful and supremely well-constructed, we'd be stunned if this isn't the doc to beat on Oscar night.
February 23, 2016
Cartel Land is surprisingly effective in its on-the-ground approach.
July 13, 2015
Much of the documentary Cartel Land, an immersion into the Mexican drug traffickers and citizen vigilantes, is hair-raisingly intense.
February 16, 2016
A real-life action thriller, a terrifying, companion piece to Sicario. Do we want the wild West in the 21st century? Because that's what we've got.
July 16, 2015
This raw and compelling (if necessarily incomplete) documentary focuses on the recent battles between drug cartels and vigilantes along the Arizona-Mexico border.
July 12, 2015
One of the year's most important documentaries ...