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    Forget âbroken Britainâ; Mexico is in tatters. This slick, serious-minded tale of upper-crust vigilantes protecting... read more on Time Out

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    • Dave Calhoun
    • Time Out
    • 04 Nov 2008 at 00:21

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    Hurry!

    Be prepared to see a quality original before it gets given the Hollywood treatment. Borrows some heavy Orwellian overtones but very prescient in our current ... read more »

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    • Paisley
    • 17 Mar 2009 at 14:34

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    Life in gated community in South America. Poignant due to the killing recently by a neighbourhood watch guy

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    • 21 May 2012 at 10:56

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    Class divide

    This was very scary. The rich locked in their fortress and the poor locked in their ghetto. Very scary indeed.

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    • LehcarSnave
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    • Gerrards Cross
    • 17 Jan 2011 at 21:46

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    Necessary but overly simplistic 'critique' of gated communities

    For years, Latin American cinema has been calling out for a film to shine a critical spotlight on the region´s elites, and in particular the creeping ... read more »

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    • rachelincolombia
    • 16 reviews
    • London, England
    • 04 Nov 2010 at 11:36

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    SCARY LA ZONA!

    Very powerful movie that will leave you with a very bad taste in your mouth of a terribly selfish society! a scary place to live.
    
    Great movie not to ... read more »

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    • a customer
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    • 20 Oct 2010 at 00:21

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    Fantastic film!!!

    Lord of the flies meets the middle classes in a private neighbourhood.
    
    Pretty good, well paced, well written with a really good tone and knowing when... read more »

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    • Peyotitlan
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    • Redhill
    • 08 Oct 2010 at 13:09

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    INFERIORITY COMPLEX

    Clever critique of gated communities and their false unity based on hating the outside world. Like monasteries and convents, such institutions become prisons ... read more »

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    • candid
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    • 01 Oct 2010 at 12:42

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    Corupt police or Vigilantism - who would you prefer

    Spanish Mexican film with subtitles. A strong portayal of the different opportunities and options between rich and poor. An excellent film well directed and ... read more »

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    • Dungbeetle
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    • London
    • 06 Mar 2010 at 23:26

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    Brilliant!

    Brilliant movie, a great story without the excesses of Hollywood!

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    • BUSA
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    • London
    • 08 Feb 2010 at 00:23

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    Good Mexican Drama

    A group of residents of a Mexican gated community decide to take the law into their own hands when a young intruder is found. Good, gripping drama.

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    • Portsmouth,UK
    • 30 Oct 2009 at 14:25

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    Mexican magic

    This is a really well told tale accompanied by a very large helping of social critique.
    
    It is set in a completely secured, wealthy housing complex (... read more »

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    • 25 May 2009 at 22:29
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