El Patrullero (1991)

Original title

El patrullero

Directed by

Alex Cox

Genre

drama film

Country

Mexico

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

18A

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 28 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young Mexican man becomes a highway patrol officer. He gets a first-hand look at the everyday violence and corruption on the roads.

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What happens

Highway Patrolman (Spanish: El patrullero) is a 1991 Mexican crime drama film by the British director Alex Cox. It was produced by Lorenzo O'Brien, who also wrote the screenplay, and stars Roberto Sosa, Bruno Bichir, Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez and Vanessa Bauche. The cinematography is by Miguel Garzon and the production designer was Cecilia Montiel, who went on to work on The Mask of Zorro as well as on Cox's Alan Smithee film The Winner. Cox considers El Patrullero to be his best work while a number of prominent film critics have expressed the same opinion as well. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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