Good but excessive violence

Rating: 6/10 (29 November 2005)

The plot is relevant nowadays when gangs are operating freely in several Latin American countries, but the film contains too much violence and scenes of torture. Denzel Washington appears here as a hard man, ex- CIA agent, who knows how to kill and to get the right answers using any abusive method. Everything goes around that explosive area of Juarez-El Paso, where certainly violence occurs very often and kidnapping is a job. The film shows well how corrupted is the police, something that seems to be common in that site. At the end police, lawyers, and even the father of the little girl were all involved in kidnapping an innocent for getting a heavy ransom. The director Tony Scott, in addition to the excess of violence, used some camera movements very unpleasant to my eyes. Those persons beside me also criticized this "innovation". The film is worth to be seen, but it has these deficiencies.