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The place: Mexico. The time: The near future. Memo Cruz has always dreamed of leaving his tiny village and heading north to a big city where he can work in a modern, high-tech factory. Finally, his dream becomes a reality…and his reality becomes a nightmare! Memo finds himself in a terrifyingly bizarre world of border walls, shanty towns, high-tech factories, remote control drones and aqua-terrorists a world of tomorrow that will soon be today! Winner of two prestigious awards at the Sundance Film Festival, and nominated for both the Gotham Awards and Independent Spirit Awards, this groundbreaking film has been praised by critics and audiences alike.
MPAA rating : PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 3.2 ounces
Item model number : MA1091
Director : Alex Rivera
Media Format : Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC, Widescreen, Subtitled
Run time : 1 hour and 30 minutes
Release date : September 8, 2009
Actors : Luis Fernando Pena, Leonor Varela, Jacob Vargas
Subtitles: : English
Studio : Maya Entertainment
ASIN : B002FUI4CE
Number of discs : 1
Best Sellers Rank: #76,423 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV) #620 in Foreign Films (Movies & TV) #1,618 in Science Fiction DVDs
Customer Reviews: 4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 146 ratings var dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction; P.when(‘A’, ‘ready’).execute(function(A) { if (dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction !== true) { dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction = true; A.declarative( ‘acrLink-click-metrics’, ‘click’, { “allowLinkDefault”: true }, function (event) { if (window.ue) { ue.count(“acrLinkClickCount”, (ue.count(“acrLinkClickCount”) || 0) + 1); } } ); } }); P.when(‘A’, ‘cf’).execute(function(A) { A.declarative(‘acrStarsLink-click-metrics’, ‘click’, { “allowLinkDefault” : true }, function(event){ if(window.ue) { ue.count(“acrStarsLinkWithPopoverClickCount”, (ue.count(“acrStarsLinkWithPopoverClickCount”) || 0) + 1); } }); });
Customers say
Customers find the movie’s storyline engaging, describing it as a fascinating film with a good mixture of sci-fi elements and social commentary. Moreover, the movie receives positive feedback for its entertainment value, with one customer noting it seems ahead of its time, and customers appreciate its attention to immigration issues. Additionally, the film’s art direction is praised, with one review highlighting its gorgeous color palette, and customers consider it a great low-budget movie. However, the special effects receive mixed reactions, with several customers finding them hilariously bad.
Nesher –
Awesome
This is an amazing movie. There are so many humanity issues that this movie exposes. Overall This movie left me with a happy-sad feeling. The storyline is done well and even though this seems to be a non-Hollywood movie, it is just as good or better than good Hollywood movies. I will list some of the things that this movie depicts (Spoilers):-in this future, instead of migrant workers physically crossing the border and being exploited (worked) in person at a location, the workers work virtually through robots in long shifts. These ‘workers’ can then send money to family but with high taxes and fees. Instead of injuries in person from lack of safety protections by the employer, these workers can get injuries from electric surges and viruses.-Drone warfare and ‘security’ are in full swing in this future, and just suspecting a person of any wrongdoing means a drone operator is sent to assassinate the suspect. When the drone operators realize they did something wrong, they are fugitives.-People are so empty from being exploited that they are willing to exploit others by selling memories of them.-instead of drugs, people get some kind of stimulation to their nervous system through the nodes they have in their bodies.-Water is a means of controlling people and charging them high prices while keeping them in poverty.
Midnight322 –
it was good
I all honesty you must understand this is an independent film so some of the seens might trip you out cause you can see how low budget it is but besides that the film is great its the first sci fi from the persective of the third world its a good mixture of issues sci fi and how technology has become part of us literaly, the realtionship between the unted states and mexico and its good especially for its price plus ive been to a screening where the dirctor was at and he was a chill dude
Roy Clark –
A VERY, VERY WELL-DONE MOVIE FROM MEXICO
… ACTUALLY, BETTER-DONE THAN MOST HOLLYWOOD MOVIES TODAY. Compleat with very good CGI effects, art direction, concept and writing/direction. In short, a fine film. It seems that many countries (most-recently China, Japan and Korea) are now producing very sophisticated films; watch out Hollywood!This is a topical science-fiction drama which spins the Mexican worker phenomenon into the near future, personalizinga good many aspects of their increasing education, many political and ethical issues. All the while putting forward all thethe action American/Western audiences can hope for.In a way, it reminds me of Bruce Willis’ recent, superb SURROGATES.
Richard Hamilton –
Interesting concept si-fi.
A low budget movie that gets many points accross. Interesting for some, but not for everyone.
alan pogue –
Good movie, bad copy
The Matrix meets The Border, La Migra in cyberspace. Unfortunately the copy i was end did not play. Got my money back. Will try again since many people have recommended the movie.Alan Pogue
Steve Kuehl –
Fascinating film, low quality BD
The premise of this film and storytelling vision are exceptional, but the first warning sign was the lowest cost BD I have seen in recent memory (my cost was lower than the DVD).The story follows a man becoming part of a futuristic version of slave labor being used in America, but from south of the border via cyber links instead of physically being here. Workers are connected to their counterpart machines working both dangerous and agricultural jobs here in the United States. There are several subplots involving love, redemption and corporate treachery, but the main theme of sending the money home still rings true, even in this cyberfuture. The special effects are low grade, but they only get utilized a few times to showcase the military drones and robot workers (less than 5 minutes screen time).The Blu quality is non-existent. There is an overwhelming orange/yellow tint that drowns out any clarity (tried to be like Traffic – Criterion Collection but didn’t work). There was a different camera used in the overhead city shots so they turned out clear, but otherwise the scenery is overexposed, and the grain and artifact are prevalent throughout. The 5.1 is used minimally but sounds flat. The supplements include a decent 10 minute making of and a commentary. The making of is worth the watch and has a narrated track describing the origins and process of making a passion piece like this.3.5 for the film and .5 for the supplements, but zero for the BD quality. But for this price, why not give it a try?
David Sandner –
Great movie
An amazing science fiction take on our world and its border regions right now!
S. M. Hortin –
Low Budget and Hard to Follow
I had to watch this for a film-studies class. The special effects are certainly low-budget, which can result in some unintentionally humorous moments (I should not have laughed when the protagonist’s father gets blown up, but I did). The plot is hard to follow. I think that it’s an interesting statement on immigration, on capitalism, and on a lot of other hot button political topics, but overall, I wouldn’t recommend this film to anyone.
gonzalez herve –
bon film .
Alison Stevenson –
Brilliant film. The DVD itself is an Italian edition with no English subtitles and therefore useless to me since I only speak English, but having checked just now the page DOES say that, so it’s entirely my own fault lol
Robert Hansen –
Mit offensichtlich verdammt wenig Geld entstand der politisch-ambitionierte visionäre Sci-Fi-Thriller. Es geht um staatlichen Machtmissbrauch, lebennotwendigen Ressourcenhandel, moderne Sklaverei und seelische Verödung – dies könnte auch eine deprimierende Doku über Mexiko sein, aber die Fiktion arbeitet effektiv mit seinen Science-Fiction-Elementen und schafft so einen kritischen Film im Cyber-Gewand. Der Film ist ruhig und nimmt ein paar Klischeefallen mit, überzeugt aber mit auÃergewöhnlichen Bildern als originelle, kämpferische C-Perle.
John Garth O’Donnell –
No UK subtitle?
F. Marylene –
Science fiction ; aborde plusieurs sujets actuels qui font réfléchir : réalité sociale au Mexique, problème de l’eau, immigration, nouvelles technologies etcFilm dynamique.