This a truly great film. It shows what people are capable of. For the good and for the bad. I not understand that this film is not quoted higher on IMDb. The story is simple, but acting is top not, every character is believable. It also works on different layers. It is a crime story, a tensed thriller, and even although the hard images, also surprisingly a "feel good movie". And it has a message, how bad people can be, there is always hope, when there are also people, who do the "right thing". When all you see in the movies today, is digital effects, really nonsense, action that goes so fast that you not even can follow what is happening, this is what cinema is all about, good story, that keeps you on the edge of your seat, about what is going to be happening next.

I really enjoyed this movie. Good story, good writing, very well acted, nice camera work… it pretty much hits all my buttons. But at its core, its a good story about good people caught up in a whirlpool of unfortunate events, some to be expected, some unexpected. But all sadly plausible. Here's a hot tip to those who drag around their political and racial baggage with them: leave your suitcase of gripes in the lobby. If you can't enjoy the movie for what it is without yapping about imaginary liberal/marxist/PC conspiracies and propaganda, better not see it at all. It might just challenge your prejudices.. and then where would you be? But I don't want to emphasize the wrong things in this review. Its a good movie. Go see it.

The production value and acting was fine - no issues. The story left a lot to be desired. It paints an anti-American view of how illegal immigration is perceived and dealt with in the US, trying to portray the illegals as the victims while concurrently suggesting US border patrol and police are corrupt.Sorry, way to PC for my taste. It struck me as a plot trying to paint the darkest picture possible of American immigration policy and the consequences from that policy versus the Mexican workers who simply want to "work hard."In addition - several plot points begun in the 1st half of the movie end up going nowhere - its as if the writer simply forgot about them. What of the family that is robbed? What of the 2 Muslim illegals who run off once in the US??

This film is not a documented case history of a recent event. Rather, it is a dramatization of troubles along the southern border of New Mexico. A couple problems come to mind. First, because Miguel was eventually identified as fleeing the scene, the Sheriff concludes that he is culpable in the death of Olivia. Was there a coroner's report? What was the cause of death? Did the film intend to portray the Sheriff as a simpleton? Roy disclosed to him that he rushed to the scene because he heard rifle shots, yet no firearms were found there. How is that evidence to be explained in the Sheriff's scenario? Second, asking when the group would cross the border, Paulina learns that they had just done so. She then turns to glance back at a pitiful 3-strand barbed wire fence. Later, the Sheriff blames illegals for what happened to Olivia, and Roy blames not changing the gun locker combination. Shouldn't the pitiful fence be worthy of some blame? What if there were better border security? What if the Executive Branch of the U.S. Government secured the border, issued appropriate Green Cards, implemented legal immigration, and enforced existing law as it should? Answer: illegal immigration would be a trickle instead of a flood, there would be more order and less chaos, and there would be less crime against persons and property. This film is really an indictment of the U.S. Government.