A Steven Seagal movie staring Del Toro

Rating: 4/10 (25 December 2015)

Good cinematography and good actors only get you so far in a movie. If it was an action movie I would have been willing to suspend my disbelief, but as a realistic drama it borders the ridiculous given the plot holes.
Some secretive CIA group deeply involved in the drug war decide to recruit FBI agent Kate Mercer because of her ability to look both frightened and confused at any given time. It's her only facial expression during the whole movie and you'll see it a lot. She also whine and complain a lot while the scruffy CIA\paramilitaries tells her to shut up or give her cigarettes. I wish I could say there is more to her character in the movie but...
As any law enforcement person will tell you, it's always best to have an unstable , psychopathic person in your ranks to do some serious-police-work/torture for you. That's where Alejandro played by Del Toro gets in.
When he is not torturing someone, he just sit brooding or tell Kate how much she, a mid twenties law enforcement woman from USA remind him of his lost Mexican teenager daughter. He also know how to resolve the cartel problem in Mexico, you shoot the evil boss! Why hasn't anyone though of that before? It's genius!
As a suspense drama movie based on real event, the plot is just too silly despite the beautiful scenes and able actors. As an action movie, it's too boring and the action is too mild to make it entertaining. Oh and there is no humor whatsoever, nobody smiles, everybody is miserable and sad in this part of the world, I guess they read the script...