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Transpecos (2016)

Transpecos poster
Directed by
Greg Kwedar
Genre
thriller film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 26m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 80 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Three border patrol agents in a remote Texas outpost find a stash of drugs. They become entangled with a Mexican drug cartel that threatens their lives and their loyalties.

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What happens

Transpecos is a 2016 American thriller film directed by Greg Kwedar, and written by Kwedar and Clint Bentley. The film stars Johnny Simmons, Gabriel Luna, and Clifton Collins Jr. as border patrol agents who encounter a Mexican drug cartel. The film premiered at South by Southwest on March 13, 2016. The film was released on September 9, 2016, in a limited release and through video on demand by Samuel Goldwyn Films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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