Review 3.5 out of 5 - Thought provoking, worth renting
On Monday I went to see Miss Bala. It was a Mexican movie about a young woman who dreamed of being a beauty queen. One night she is in a night club with a friend when some men attach the club and kill the patrons. She witnesses the events and becomes entangled with a drug cartel.
The movie kept you guessing. You watched this women get deeper and deeper into trouble and you kept asking yourself how she was ever going to get free. It showed how bad the drug situation is in Mexico and that there is no one you can turn to for help because you don't know who is corrupt. The movie was loosely based on two separate events, a beauty queen that was arrested for carrying a large amounts of ammunition and a DEA agent that was killed by a Mexican drug gang.
At the end of the movie, it notes that 36,000 people have died in the last five years due to drug related crimes in Mexico. In the Q&A session with the Director and cast it was noted that this is now up to 50,000 and growing. The director made this movie out of anger for the situation that is happening in Mexico. It is not a safe environment and the drug situation is getting worse.
The director left some interesting twists in the movie that make you question who is honest and who is corrupt. He even mentioned in the Q&A that this is how is works in Mexico. People will be arrested for terrible crimes and judges will let them go. There is no rational for what happens in Mexico.
The movie will keep you on the edge of your seat. It was a first time performance for the female lead and she did an excellent job at portraying fear without speaking. The ending will leaving you asking questions.
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