True to the intent

Rating: 8/10 (23 April 2007)

This movie, in all its length, is compelling and absorbing to watch. The reason for that is more because of what it doesn't show than what it does show. There are no real heroes, the feel of the movie is one that is gritty, down-to-earth, naked truth.
The inevitable result of what man has done to man is painfully and often gruesomely put to the screen. I'll be frank: lots of people die in this movie, in explicit detail. It has strong gruesome violence and terror throughout.
The acting is, for all rights and purposes, excellent. The tension and heavy emotions involved in the situation in the New Mexico Desert this family finds itself in are very real.
Definitely worth watching if you can stomach the detailed graphic violence. Definitely not one for the faint of heart!