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Cartel Land

  • 20152015
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  • 1h 40m
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7.3/10
19K
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Cartel Land (2015)
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Documentary
Filmmaker Matthew Heineman examines the state of the ongoing drug problem along the U.S.-Mexican border.Filmmaker Matthew Heineman examines the state of the ongoing drug problem along the U.S.-Mexican border.Filmmaker Matthew Heineman examines the state of the ongoing drug problem along the U.S.-Mexican border.
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
19K
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    • Matthew Heineman
  • Stars
    • Tim Nailer Foley
    • José Manuel 'El Doctor' Mireles
    • Paco Valencia
    • Matthew Heineman
  • Stars
    • Tim Nailer Foley
    • José Manuel 'El Doctor' Mireles
    • Paco Valencia
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 52User reviews
    • 110Critic reviews
    • 76Metascore
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar

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    Trailer 2:36
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    Trailer 2:31
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    Cartel Land (2015)
    Matthew Heineman in Cartel Land (2015)
    CARTEL LAND Sundance 2015 Poster
    Cartel Land (2015)
    Tim Nailer Foley in Cartel Land (2015)
    Estanislao Beltránin in Cartel Land (2015)
    Estanislao Beltránin in Cartel Land (2015)
    Nicolás Sierra in Cartel Land (2015)
    Alfredo Castillo Cervantes in Cartel Land (2015)
    José Manuel 'El Doctor' Mireles in Cartel Land (2015)
    Cartel Land (2015)
    José Manuel 'El Doctor' Mireles and Karla in Cartel Land (2015)

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    Tim Nailer Foley
    Tim Nailer Foley
    • Self
    • (as Tim 'Nailer' Foley)
    José Manuel 'El Doctor' Mireles
    José Manuel 'El Doctor' Mireles
    • Self - leader and founder, Autodefensas
    Paco Valencia
    • Self - Autodefensas Comandante
    Chaneque
    • Self - drug cartel thug
    Caballo
    • Self - drug cartel thug
    Enrique Peña Nieto
    Enrique Peña Nieto
    • Self
    Ana Valencia
    • Self - Manuel Mireles' wife
    Estanislao Beltránin
    Estanislao Beltránin
    • Self - spokesman, Autodefensas
    Janet Fields
    • Self - Tim Foley's girlfriend
    Nicolás Sierra
    Nicolás Sierra
    • Self
    • (as as Nicolás Sierra 'El Gordo')
    Karla
    • Self
    Alfredo Castillo Cervantes
    Alfredo Castillo Cervantes
    • Self - Mexican political
    • (as Alfredo Castillo)
    María Imilse Arrué
    • Self
    • (as María Imilse)
    Shawn Wilson
    Shawn Wilson
    • Self
      • Matthew Heineman
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    • Trivia
      The Autodefensas group shown in the film was created by civilians to stand up against the cartels because the government is overrun with corruption. Individuals speak about how little the Mexican president (Enrique Peña Nieto) is doing. In the film, the Autodefensas is shown celebrating its one year anniversary on February 24, 2014. On that exact same day, TIME Magazine ran an issue with the Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto with the headline "Saving Mexico." Nieto reportedly paid TIME $44,000 for this cover article coincidentally released on the same day as the Autodefensas anniversary.
    • Quotes

      José Manuel 'El Doctor' Mireles: Get everything you can out of him, and then put him in the ground.

    • Connections
      Featured in Late Night with Seth Meyers: Jason Sudeikis/Kelly Rohrbach/Matthew Heineman (2016)
    • Soundtracks
      En Las Calles
      Written by H. Scott Salinas and Jose Cancela

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    9/10
    When the state fails
    Are vigilantes reluctant heroes taking up arms to defend their communities? Or men of violence looking for a cause in which to fight? Can a band of local activists protect the people against a corrupt government? Or is an self-appointed institution always doomed, by its very nature, to be guilty of the same crimes it is founded to eliminate? Where does the greatest threat to a popular movement come from - the personal failings of a charismatic leader who can satisfy, but only for a moment, the people's desire for a saviour, or in the slime-ball sellouts who would replace him? These questions are deftly posed by 'Cartel Land', a documentary about the drug trade that focuses on the odd right-wing Minutemen of southern Arizona, who seem to feel it necessary to patrol the Mexican border for reasons unapparent, and the Atodefensas of central Mexico, a self-defence force fighting the drug cartels out of a self-evident desire for mere survival but which might possibly be just a new cartel in the making. The only certain conclusion from Matthew Heiman's bleak, compelling film is that the war on drugs is a war that can only be lost.
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    • Release date
      • July 3, 2015 (United States)
      • United States
      • Official site (Japan)
      • Spanish
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Phoenix, Arizona, USA
    • Production companies
      • A&E IndieFilms
      • Our Time Projects
      • The Documentary Group
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    • 1 hour 40 minutes
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