Written by Guillermo Arriaga, and thus not presented in a strictly linear manner. However it becomes clear that Jones' Mexican buddy Julio Cesar Cedillo has been killed, by border control officer Barry Pepper - it's a revenge tale as Jones kidnaps the cop and forces him to accompany him and the corpse into Mexico to bury him in his home town.
As soon as we meet Pepper he punches a fleeing Mexican woman hard in the face - I was hoping something bad would happen to him in return and pleasingly, it does, for much of the film. He also had a dreadful attitude to his wife January Jones.
It's quite amusing, had me in mind of both The Good the Bad and the Ugly and Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia. Good make-up of the corpse.
Beautifully filmed by Chris Menges. Edited by Roberto Silvi.
With Dwight Yoakam, Melissa Leo, Levon Helm (blind man), Mel Rodriguez.
I'd long wanted to see this - now I have.
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