Cartel Land

Cartel Land

  • Director: Matthew Heineman
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English, Spanish
  • Release date: July 3, 2015
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: Земля картелів
  • "Cartel Land" is a documentary directed by Matthew Heineman, featuring Tim Nailer Foley and José Manuel'El Doctor' Mireles.
    The film tells the story of a battle between the security police at the border of the two countries and the vicious drug cartel of the United Mexican States .
    Director Heineman won the best director and best photography awards in the American documentary section at the 2015 sundance film festival .

    Details

    • Release date July 3, 2015
    • Filming locations Phoenix, Arizona, USA
    • Production companies A&E IndieFilms, Our Time Projects, The Documentary Group

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $704,352

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $15,581

    Gross worldwide

    $1,145,923

    Movie reviews

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    • By Liana 2022-01-17 08:01:46

      Production logic

      Marx said: Capital came to this world, from head to toe, every pore was dripping with blood and dirty things.

      If there is a profit of 10%, capital will be guaranteed to be used everywhere; with a profit of 20%, capital can be activated; with a profit of 50%, capital will take risks; for 100% of profit, capital will dare to trample all the world Law: With more than 300% of profits, capital will dare to commit any crimes, and even risk hanging their heads.

      This is the case with dp....

    • By Thaddeus 2022-01-17 08:01:46

      Every "peaceful" life has a price

      When the people realized that the former self-defense force against drug cartels had deteriorated, they shouted "We only need to live in peace." However, behind every peaceful life, there are unspeakable costs, especially in this unclear intertwining of justice and evil. A place for drug trafficking.

          Fighting against drug trafficking, brave self-defense, when Dr. Meireles fired his first shot against the drug cartel, the goal of his drug cartel was to restore the people to a...

    • By Rozella 2022-01-17 08:01:46

      Kindness is a choice, and the cycle of violence can be stopped.

      First extract some confessions from the movie.
      At the beginning, the drug maker: "What can I say, I know that drugs are harmful to those places, but what can we do? We are born in poverty. If we do well, we may be like you, like you These guys travel the world the same way to make clean money. But if we start paying attention to our own conscience, we are done. As long as God allows, we will do it. As long as he allows, we will make drugs."
      At the end, Nailer said: "The world is...

    • By Stephon 2022-01-17 08:01:46

      Cartel Land is not complete without the U.S. line

      Cartel Land is not very brilliant in the documentary, because it is not good in terms of the picture, the narrative angle, the color, and the recording angle. Compared to all kinds of beautiful documentaries nowadays, it's really not good. And the selection of materials is not new, it is a cliché about drug trafficking.

      The film wins from the selected angle. The main contradiction it presents is not the harm of drugs to people, but the contradiction between the individual and the...

    • By Peter 2022-01-17 08:01:46

      "The Land of Drug Trafficking": the collapse of order, the reincarnation of violence

      sequence:

      In the southern state of Arizona, on the border between the United States and Mexico, there is an area called the "drug corridor" through which armed drug lords traffic drugs manufactured in Mexico to the United States. In the face of these drug lords, on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, there was an old man who called on his compatriots to take up arms and form alliances to fight against this organized crime. However, the fate of them and their allies was completely...

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    • By Roselyn 2023-08-03 12:17:39

      Does it feel like a...

    • By Dedric 2023-01-26 01:28:37

      Eating taco and drinking cerveza is good; there is no business, no harm, the people who are hurt are always the common...

    • By Sarai 2023-01-06 19:46:11

      Super first-class material, but it's really the last stream...

    • By Armando 2022-04-24 07:01:21

      When the leaders of the anti-gang Liberty Army finally fled with their tails in their hands, they suddenly found that there is no opposition between justice and evil in the place of drug trafficking, because no matter who is more or less tied to this...

    • By Darby 2022-04-24 07:01:21

      An organization starts small and breaks down strong. Create another in the name of fighting gangsters, unite the weak, and then fall apart. This is the life and death of a loose civil organization. An incendiary leader, a group of followers. As for drug trafficking, anti-government, justice, they are slowly...

    Movie plot

    This character-led movie has triggered in an unprecedented way people ’s in-depth thinking about lawlessness, the collapse of the legal order, and whether Violence must be met by violence .
    This is a documentary about the United Mexican States drug war. The film focuses on how the Self-Defense Forces organized by the border villagers of the United Mexican States confront the local drug lords in order to defend their homes. One of the...
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    Behind the scenes gags

    The story   is filmed in the documentary way of a documentary, the shaking of the hand-held lens, the beauty of the scene, and the post-editing, all give people a strong and real sense of the scene.
    Director Matthew chose the Canon C300 as the main camera for shooting. He said that the camera has been dropped, smashed, shot, and even shot in sandstorms and heavy rains, but the camera has been working. , Never let him down.
    98% of the...
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    Background creation

    In the southern state of Arizona, the border area between the United States and the United Mexican States, there is an area known as the "drug corridor" through which armed drug lords traffic drugs manufactured in the United Mexican States. America. In the face of these drug lords, on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, there was an old man who called on his compatriots to take up arms and form alliances to fight against this...
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    Movie quotes

    • José Manuel 'El Doctor' Mireles: They took off the shirt of the Autodefensas only to put on the shirt of the government. But they continue to be a mafia, they continue to be criminals.

    • Papa Smurf heckler: If we don't believe in the institutions of the state, we are finished as citizens!

    • Timothy Foley: So, the cycles can change. It just takes somebody to change them. But we're stuck in a cycle where nobody wants to change. They're spouting they're changing but they're not doing anything.They're doing the same thing but just with a different look.

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