No saguaro and a whole lot of stubby trees with thorns. Yup.
For those who've been to the area, it's very distinct, and this movie gives a good visual feel for what the area around San Antonio and central Texas looks like.
SMG's character wants to come back to Texas for work to get a shipping contract for her company, and it's a realistic job for the area, as well as a realistic position to have a "face" like Sarah Michelle Gellar in that kind of business. She's very realistic as one who goes to make deals with businesses, and she's completely believable in that role.
The exchange with her boss is realistic and great. The coworker jealous of her success makes sense to begin with... and then less so partway through.
There are other reviews that discuss more plot. I watched this cold, pulling it from a horror movie 4 pack, without even a menu screen. I was not disappointed, and letting it unfold without knowing anything about it probably made it more enjoyable.
I'll just address in vaguest terms minor issues I found that on viewing, you might see... or might not.
The movie has what seems like a few jarring errors that could be solved with a few lines of dialog. Without spoiling any plot elements (these are all peripheral issues):
1. What's up with jealous coworker after the first scene?
2. Why is she staying in that dismal hotel? Were there no other choices available? What woman chooses to stay somewhere that looks like that?
3. Why does a character give a warning where the character clearly knows why they're giving the warning but provides no substance to the warning? And why doesn't SMG just ask "why are you warning me about that" or "what's the story"?
4. Why don't people talk about the problems they know about when someone is clearly interested in them in more than a superficial way?
There are a few plot errors/bad decisions that seem needless and easily fixable with a couple lines of dialog, and they're not "turn your brain off" bad, but they're what takes the movie from great to just pretty good.
The visuals are fantastic, there's good use of showing changes in time, and aside from a couple scenes that drag a bit (and not in a bad way), its pretty solid.
For those who've been to the area, it's very distinct, and this movie gives a good visual feel for what the area around San Antonio and central Texas looks like.
SMG's character wants to come back to Texas for work to get a shipping contract for her company, and it's a realistic job for the area, as well as a realistic position to have a "face" like Sarah Michelle Gellar in that kind of business. She's very realistic as one who goes to make deals with businesses, and she's completely believable in that role.
The exchange with her boss is realistic and great. The coworker jealous of her success makes sense to begin with... and then less so partway through.
There are other reviews that discuss more plot. I watched this cold, pulling it from a horror movie 4 pack, without even a menu screen. I was not disappointed, and letting it unfold without knowing anything about it probably made it more enjoyable.
I'll just address in vaguest terms minor issues I found that on viewing, you might see... or might not.
The movie has what seems like a few jarring errors that could be solved with a few lines of dialog. Without spoiling any plot elements (these are all peripheral issues):
1. What's up with jealous coworker after the first scene?
2. Why is she staying in that dismal hotel? Were there no other choices available? What woman chooses to stay somewhere that looks like that?
3. Why does a character give a warning where the character clearly knows why they're giving the warning but provides no substance to the warning? And why doesn't SMG just ask "why are you warning me about that" or "what's the story"?
4. Why don't people talk about the problems they know about when someone is clearly interested in them in more than a superficial way?
There are a few plot errors/bad decisions that seem needless and easily fixable with a couple lines of dialog, and they're not "turn your brain off" bad, but they're what takes the movie from great to just pretty good.
The visuals are fantastic, there's good use of showing changes in time, and aside from a couple scenes that drag a bit (and not in a bad way), its pretty solid.