Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Tommy Lee Jones | ... | Pete Perkins | |
Barry Pepper | ... | Mike Norton | |
Julio Cesar Cedillo | ... | Melquiades Estrada (as Julio César Cedillo) | |
Dwight Yoakam | ... | Belmont | |
January Jones | ... | Lou Ann Norton | |
Melissa Leo | ... | Rachel | |
Levon Helm | ... | Old Man with Radio | |
Mel Rodriguez | ... | Captain Gomez | |
Cecilia Suárez | ... | Rosa | |
Ignacio Guadalupe | ... | Lucio | |
Vanessa Bauche | ... | Mariana | |
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Irineo Alvarez | ... | Manuel (as Irineo Álvarez) |
Guillermo Arriaga | ... | Juan | |
Josh Berry | ... | Border Patrolman | |
Rodger Boyce | ... | Salesman |
A man is shot and quickly buried in the high desert of west Texas. The body is found and reburied in Van Horn's town cemetery. Pete Perkins, a local ranch foreman, kidnaps a Border Patrolman and forces him to disinter the body. With his captive in tow and the body tied to a mule, Pete undertakes a dangerous and quixotic journey into Mexico. Written by Anonymous
This movie not only has some of the best acting I've seen in a while; but also it features a full cast of interesting characters - from the protagonists to random encounters, each one seems... to exist somewhere beyond the screen. Top notch photography, emotionally wrenching, dealing with complex issues of today's society and depicting everything unashamedly, this movie is simply awesome. Every little detail seems to have been worked at, pondered over and hammered out until it was just perfect. Every single character is memorable. Every single shot is beautiful. I could simply find no flaws with it.
While some may find the subject of the movie distasteful, I found the manner in which it is approached to be just perfect. There are of course clichés - these are inevitable. But the attention to detail brings this movie to such heights of perfection that you cannot help but twist your face into a satisfying grin while the movie is on, and for much time afterwards.