A female American reporter searches for her missing brother against the backdrop of violence and human smuggling across the US/Mexican border.
Acting
Stone gives 110% to material that gives her 12% back.
Direction
Woman director tackling exploitation with exploitative execution.
Director
Gabriela Tagliavini
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Originally titled The Mule, changed after 2013's The Mule with Bradley Cooper entered development. Timing is everything.
Tagliavini intended social commentary on border violence, but the film's grindhouse execution undercut its own message—Stone's serious performance trapped in exploitation aesthetics.
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