How sad is this?

Admirable film.

A Masterpiece!

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

We are safe in our cities, in our homes and at our jobs for the most part. Then a film as this shows how everyday life in a Mexican village, town and city is so terrorized by cartels. No humanity and all over drugs and money. There is no doubt - evil exist and the good honest Mexican people are paying with pure terror of any day, any time, anywhere and anyone will be the cartels next victim. How sad for mankind to be so brutal to it's own kind.

What is most admirable in this excellent film is how Heineman risks his life in the middle of the crossfire with his camera so that he can show us this tragic, appalling and complex situation to which there seems to be no solution and where one step forward means two steps back. Watch it. Now.

This is the most real and most different perspective I have seen in this doco subject. It is an eye opening, jaw dropping, heart aching ride that will more than likely leave you feeling like you have lost all hope in humanity but in my opinion if a film can draw out emotion and make you think too it has done a good job. The doco gives different points of view but mainly it is divided into two alternating perspectives. One perspective is from the Mexican side and one from the U.S.A side which, without giving too much away, kept me very interested all the way through.If your after a feel good ending with butterflies and fairy floss then you might want to reconsider watching this doco. This is a must watch for any person who has some type of fascination or interest in this topic.

The Mexican side of this documentary is more than intriguing. What people go through is incredible. The patrol they created to fight against crime is something that most people probably stand behind and support too. The Arizona patrol on the other hand? A whole different beast (quite literally, especially considering the views they express and because it's not the same situation as across the border).Having said that, and if you are able to judge on your own and not take some things that are being said as more than they are: there is a real tension that builds up and even concerns families, bullying and trying to bring order where order is not wanted by the government (at least the current government in Mexico that is). And that's the thing: While the documentary takes a stance against drug and criminality, it almost embraces racism on the other hand ... either stay neutral or really make a good point