When Any Garcia, Forest Whitaker, and Eva Longoria lend their names to a movie, you normally expect greatness. I don't have words for how completely awful this movie is. Yes, it has a point, but it takes wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too long to get there. It's as if it was written by a 5 year old child, and acted out by his kindergarten friends. Being from Toronto Canada, I was hoping for a lot more out of a Canadian movie, but this just further stereotypes that we can't make a decent movie in Canada. It literally took me 3 tries to make it through this atrocity. I'd be embarrassed to put my name to this. What a joke. For the love of god people, don't waste your time. Go watch "Hansel and Gretel Get Baked" instead. At least it has character.

The casting of the movie is incredible. Which is always the case when a message is being delivered. It's not too much on the nose here or at least it is incorporated into the story quite good. The actors you know do what they can. Eva Longoria might have the least to do (especially considering her name/weight). It's nice seeing some old familiar faces in a movie, where they try to build character.There is quite a bit of cliché in this, but you wouldn't/couldn't expect otherwise. Kevin Durand has a great little role in it and he makes his decision, no matter how small or big they are, actually work. Apart from that it's mostly the Andy Garcia show, with some added drama by Kara Unger and Forrest Whitacker. A nice little drama, with a lot of action in it.

Whatever vices or virtues this movie has, it is a paean of really vicious hate propaganda against free market economics. The corporation in the story is blamed for an atrocious massacre which is actually committed by the Ecuadorian army, for a typhus outbreak and for the usual, general perversity and greediness that corporations are characterized with in this type of hate propaganda. I can only imagine what an Ecuadorian would think of the way his country is portrayed in this garbage can full of lies disguised as fiction. I would avoid watching this kind of trash if I could see it coming. Why don't movie reviews routinely include a commentary on the propaganda content of movies like this?

I've read most reviews here and can only think of one possibility: people don't believe, cause it's too sad. Well, on this matter (water privatizing and locals harmed) we have another 2 good examples: 1. An Oliver Stone documentary about politics in South America, and 2. A James Bond movie in which the main villain is doing almost the same thing.This movie was based upon real facts. When you're an ocean away from those stuff, the matter seems little. But as a South American, I must say that corporations buying governments causing death and suffering onto an entire nation is not a recent problem. Neither is the participation (or initiative) of G5 countries' governments.Well, to the movie: great information, good production despite its budget,awesome cast, great lines and balance between action and dialogues. I truly recommend it!PS: a good fellow wrote that the story is about something happening in some African country, but no, it's Ecuador - South America. Above Brazil, below Caribbean islands.