If you wanna see a movie where nothing is gonna happen, than watch this. You're gonna see a lot of talking between the characters and A LOT of shots from the ground, filmed from a helicopter.. Such a wast of time..

With a high IMDB rating and reviews, I decided to watch this movie and was disappointed. It seems like a Documentary or a TV show packaged as Movie. Someone who has grown up on 80's action, the type of action shown in this, fails to impress. In the name of realism, there is only sound and light show. With movies like this, labelled as action/thriller, I can see why comic book movies are doing so good. Even if its CGI, its action, its thrill, its fantasy. In the name of realism I came across something boring. I don't care about that technical brilliance, if its dull and boring. Even the plot doesn't have much substance. I mean, there are many loose ends. Who were those people, whose bodies we saw in opening and why were they killed etc etc. From kidnapping, to illegal immigrants, it finally zeroes on to drug use.Everyone is clueless in movie about why certain things are happening, what to do etc etc. Only Josh Brolin and that other guy Benicio Del Toro seem to know everything and they are keeping it to themselves. In the end they reveal everything, with a casual one liner. Which doesn't even raise an eye brow, neither from the viewers or even actors. Emily Blunt, she looks tired and worn out. Better to call it a Drama, with a international border drug smuggling theme than an action/thriller, because there was hardly any thrill in it.

Upon recommendation I watched this feature with anticipation. After the first ten minutes I thought yeah great, original and feasible action. And that was it until ten minutes from the end where it picked up again. Whole feature could have been condensed into 25 minutes. Direction good, production okay, cast average and storyline poor. Wont get that two hours back.

Just a handful of movies that i wish it wouldn't end after the first 100 minutes...griping from the first second. The cinematography was captivating and beautiful with its areal shots....just watch this movie and enjoy it...it deserves much more accolades and awards than what its gotten...