A group of Mexican emigrants attempts to cross the Mexican-US border. What begins as a hopeful journey becomes a harrowing, bloody and primal fight for survival when a deranged, rifle-toting vigilante and his loyal Belgian Malinois dog chase the group of unarmed men and women through the treacherous borderland. In the harsh, unforgiving desert terrain, the odds are stacked firmly against them as they discover there’s nowhere to hide from the unrelenting, merciless killer.
Practical Effects
Real desert, real heat, real suffering—no green screens here.
Direction
Jonás Cuarón strips survival to its bones, 88 minutes of pure dread.
Acting
Jeffrey Dean Morgan's Sam is terrifyingly banal evil.
Director
Jonás Cuarón
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during the 2016 U.S. election cycle, the film was criticized by some as 'too political' and praised by others for making border violence viscerally undeniable.
Jonás Cuarón is Alfonso Cuarón's son; this was his feature debut, shot in Baja California with a skeleton crew of 12 people.
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