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IMDb rating 6.5
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Critic rating 6.7

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Critic Scott Tobias
rated 8

...this isn’t some flaccid docudrama about how the cartels are poisoning the country, it’s a lively, white-knuckle thriller...

Read full review at The A.V. Club
Critic Anna Smith
rated 6

That innocuous title disguises a Mexican thriller with genuine bite...

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Critic Peter Bradshaw
rated 6

...a violent pulp opera, set amid the brutal drug wars of the Mexican gangs.

Read full review at The Guardian

Cast & Crew

Gerardo Naranjo
Director
James Russo
As Jimmy
Noé Hernández
As Lino Valdez
Irene Azuela
As Jessica Berlanga
Jose Yenque
As Kike Camara
Miguel Couturier
As General Salomón Duarte

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In a lawless Mexico, where drug cartels reign supreme, a young woman named Laura dreams of becoming a beauty queen. Her life takes a drastic turn when she witnesses a brutal massacre at a nightclub and is kidnapped by a powerful drug lord. Forced to work for the cartel, Laura must use her beauty and cunning to survive amidst the violence and corruption. As she navigates this treacherous world, she must confront her own moralities and make impossible choices to stay alive. But when she learns that her friend Suzu was a casualty of the nightclub shooting, Laura decides to take matters into her own hands and switch sides, using her newfound power to take down the cartel and bring justice to those who wronged her. Will she emerge victorious or become another casualty of the never-ending drug war?

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