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La Zona Reviews

2008

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Set within the gated communities of Mexico, La Zona follows three young men from the wrong side of the fence, who manage to break into 'The Zone'. After an attempted burglary goes badly wrong the boys flee for their lives, however, one gets left behind and hides. The members of La Zona decide to brandish their own form of .. Read more

Starring	Daniel Giménez Cacho, Daniel Tovar, Carlos Bardem, Marina de Tavira
Director	Rodrigo Plá
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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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
- 51013
- - 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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  - TheJim
  - 21 reviews
  - Paisley
  - 17 Mar 2009 at 14:34
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  Average
  
  Life in gated community in South America. Poignant due to the killing recently by a neighbourhood watch guy
  
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- - a customer
  - Midlands
  - 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
  - 58 reviews
  - Gerrards Cross
  - 17 Jan 2011 at 21:46
- - 1
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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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- 937041
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - 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
  - london
  - 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
  - 9 reviews
  - Redhill
  - 08 Oct 2010 at 13:09
- - 2
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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
  - 212 reviews
  - TUNBRIDGE WELLS, ENGLAND
  - 01 Oct 2010 at 12:42
- - 2
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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
  - 503 reviews
  - London
  - 06 Mar 2010 at 23:26
- - 0
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  Brilliant!
  
  Brilliant movie, a great story without the excesses of Hollywood!
  
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- - BUSA
  - 1 review
  - London
  - 08 Feb 2010 at 00:23
- - 0
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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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- - a customer
  - 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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- - 4Tell
  - 147 reviews
  - Edgbaston
  - 25 May 2009 at 22:29
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- - 12
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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 »
  
  Report this review
- 727828
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - TheJim
  - 21 reviews
  - Paisley
  - 17 Mar 2009 at 14:34
- - 4
  - 0
  Exceptional
  
  ... and it di not come from France or the UK.
  
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- - a customer
  - In the Sticks, England
  - 10 Apr 2009 at 08:11
- - 3
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  Power failure
  
  A powerful, well-made film, and in the final analysis very bleak. The conflict is between the politically powerful gated community and the local police. The ... read more »
  
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- - Leni
  - 179 reviews
  - London
  - 25 Apr 2009 at 17:10
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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 »
  
  Report this review
- 869781
- - Dungbeetle
  - 503 reviews
  - London
  - 06 Mar 2010 at 23:26
- - 2
  - 0
  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 »
  
  Report this review
- 927998
- - candid
  - 212 reviews
  - TUNBRIDGE WELLS, ENGLAND
  - 01 Oct 2010 at 12:42
- - 1
  - 0
  Class warfare makes for a class film
  
  This cautionary tale is set in Mexico, but its story of the growing divide between rich and poor resonates in any country or language. When a slum kid gets ... read more »
  
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  - Jon Duckworth
  - Nottingham, England
  - 17 May 2009 at 21:57
- - 1
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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 »
  
  Report this review
- 937041
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - rachelincolombia
  - 16 reviews
  - London, England
  - 04 Nov 2010 at 11:36
- - 1
  - 0
  Class divide
  
  This was very scary. The rich locked in their fortress and the poor locked in their ghetto. Very scary indeed.
  
  Report this review
- 954714
- - LehcarSnave
  - 58 reviews
  - Gerrards Cross
  - 17 Jan 2011 at 21:46
- - 0
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  CCTV Vigilantes
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  A strong, serious-minded Mexican thriller on the infiltration of La Zona, a wealthy gated community, by three boys intent on a little robbery.
  
  The ... read more »
  
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- - Calvin
  - 31 reviews
  - Edinburgh
  - 28 Mar 2009 at 16:32
- - 0
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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 »
  
  Report this review
- 762338
- - 4Tell
  - 147 reviews
  - Edgbaston
  - 25 May 2009 at 22:29

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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
- 51013
- - Dave Calhoun
  - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:21

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- La Zona
  
  Set within the gated communities of Mexico, La Zona follows three young men from the wrong side of the fence, who manage to break into 'The Zone'.
  
  After an attempted burglary goes badly wrong the boys flee for their lives, however, one gets left behind and hides. The members of La Zona ...