Predictable and ignorantly biased

Rating: 2/10 (2 April 2008)

Watching a marry-go-round arouses more emotions than this completely predictable movie. Besides, it's an insult to the people of Bogota, Colombia, depicted in the first scenes as a hot Mexican shanty village with gunfire, smoke and chickens in its streets, untidy hotel rooms and golden toothed police officers. Bogota is in fact one of the most modern, beautiful and safest metropolis in Latin America with nothing to envy to Chicago, Berlin or Buenos Aires, a murder rate lower than Washington D.C., and a springtime, somewhat cold weather. Director Doug Liman either is too disrespectful or never made any research for his film, at least on the wikipedia website. Whether they want it or not, Hollywood filmmakers are trendsetters and form opinions, so they have a great responsibility especially when referring to actual places or cultures. Otherwise they might reinforce biased stereotypes and unnecessarily hurt susceptibilities.