Fresh
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.
Tom Huddleston, Time Out
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Cartel Land
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.
Director and cast
- Matthew Heineman Director
- Robert Hetrick as Himself
- José Manuel Mireles Valverde as Himself
- Tim Nailer Foley as Self (as Tim 'Nailer' Foley)
- Paco Valenciano as Self - Autodefensas Comandante
- Chaneque as Self - drug cartel thug
- Caballo as Self - drug cartel thug
- Enrique Peña Nieto as Self
- Ana Valencia as Self - Manuel Mireles' wife
- Estanislao Beltránin as Self - spokesman, Autodefensas
- Janet Fields as Self - Tim Foley's girlfriend
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
89%
Tomatometer
Fresh
This raw and compelling (if necessarily incomplete) documentary focuses on the recent battles between drug cartels and vigilantes along the Arizona-Mexico border.
John Hartl, Seattle Times
Fresh
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.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Fresh
Even if it leaves you wanting more, "Cartel Land" deserves to be seen.
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Fresh
Much of the documentary Cartel Land, an immersion into the Mexican drug traffickers and citizen vigilantes, is hair-raisingly intense.
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
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