Cartel Land

2015 101 min ★ 7.2 Drama, Documentary

In the Mexican state of Michoacán, Dr. Jose Mireles, a small-town physician known as "El Doctor," shepherds a citizen uprising against the Knights Templar, the violent drug cartel that has wreaked havoc on the region for years. Meanwhile, in Arizona's Altar Valley—a narrow, 52-mile-long desert corridor known as Cocaine Alley—Tim "Nailer" Foley, an American veteran, heads a small paramilitary group called Arizona Border Recon, whose goal is to halt Mexico’s drug wars from seeping across our border.

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Cast

Robert Hetrick

Himself

José Manuel Mireles Valverde

Himself

Tim Nailer Foley

Self (as Tim 'Nailer' Foley)

Paco Valenciano

Self - Autodefensas Comandante

Chaneque

Self - drug cartel thug

Caballo

Self - drug cartel thug

Enrique Peña Nieto

Self

Ana Valencia

Self - Manuel Mireles' wife

Estanislao Beltránin

Self - spokesman, Autodefensas

Janet Fields

Self - Tim Foley's girlfriend

Details

Director

Matthew Heineman

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Revenue

$1,145,923

Production

The Documentary Group, Our Time Projects, A&E IndieFilms, Whitewater Films

Reviews

R

Reno

January 24, 2016

★ 8/10

> Two men stood against on the different side of the border for the same cause. I was not sure what to expect from this film. By seeing its poster, my mind was very clear that it definitely some serious subject. I'm kind of a person who's not okay with the lions killing a zebra on the animal planet, so I was worried about the clips they might show would be too violence. You know, in the movies ...