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03/07/2015 Drama, Documentary 1h 41m
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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.

  1. Matthew Heineman

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Robert Hetrick

    Himself

  2. José Manuel Mireles Valverde

    Himself

  3. Tim Nailer Foley

    Self (as Tim 'Nailer' Foley)

  4. Paco Valenciano

    Self - Autodefensas Comandante

  5. Chaneque

    Self - drug cartel thug

  6. Caballo

    Self - drug cartel thug

  7. Enrique Peña Nieto

    Self

  8. Ana Valencia

    Self - Manuel Mireles' wife

  9. Estanislao Beltránin

    Self - spokesman, Autodefensas

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Reviews

A review by Reno
Written by Reno on 2016-01-24
> Two men stood against on the different side of the border for the same cause.

I was not sure what to expect from this film. By seeing its poster, my mind was very clear that it definitely some serious subject. I'm kind of a person who's not okay with the lions killing a zebra on the animal planet, so I was worried about the clips they might show would be too violence. You know, in the movies everything's fake, and this isn't a movie, but a documentary. That's why I simply disliked 'The Act of Killing'.

The opening scene was something like 'Breaking Bad', so I thought it might told from...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$1,145,923.00

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