Waste of time

the audience applauded

People are voting emotionally.

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

Human borders regardless doing bad or good are visible with difficulties. When I think about Mexico, first associations are food (for example burritos), mariachi and sadly so many news about brutal murders. This movie is about Mexico and some good people (Jennifer Lopez and Antonio Banderas) trying to find people involved in killing many woman workers from factories near border with USA. This is movie about huge deviation in Mexican society. Origin of this deviation is poverty in all aspects,mental, material, human... Mexican governments are solving this problem with military and corrupted police, without trying to deal with cause. Because of that you have " domino effects " on Mexican border with USA. We have two people putting their career way ahead lives. From mine point of view, it's stupid and wrong but this is moral victory for them. They are trying to do something impossible from their position but if it is possible to change position everything is possible. One life of good person is lost. Put your life in front of career, because career may trick you that it is life. Don't be tricked. When you realize career is not life, life can become your career. This movie is like life not so easy to watch, but good for thinking about...

It was sad to me when people on this site asked if Gandhi was a fictional character, when they thought Judi Dench in "Ladies in Lavender" came off as a "dirty old lady," when they thought Kenny O'Donnell in "Thirteen Days" was a fictional character to give Kevin Costner a part when the film used White House transcripts (I guess they just stuck Kenny's dialogue into transcripts?) - it was sad. But to laugh and give a negative review to a movie that tells an important story, whether or not it stars Jennifer Lopez, is awful and shows that there are people who are regulars on this board who are not just stupid. They're complete morons.This is based on a true story about murders of young women that have been taking place in Juarez, Mexico for years, with a large number of women have been raped and murdered or simply disappeared. The women work in the maquiladoras, 24/7 companies that employ cheap labor, usually women, and create disposable products. Apparently the women are disposable too. The women are normally attacked as they are going home.Jennifer Lopez plays a reporter who is assigned this story against her will but becomes involved in it, protecting a young woman who dug herself out of her own grave, and going undercover in a maquiladora herself to uncover one of the murderers.This horrible situation is not dealt with efficiently by the government or the police. In part, this is due to political pressure and the fact that mob and drug money is often involved in the ownership of the factories.The North American Free Trade agreement, NAFTA, was expanded in 1994 and provided new opportunities for the maquiladoras. This was an issue director Gregory Nava wanted to explore, and Jennifer Lopez, Martin Sheen, and Antonio Banderas signed on. Because of the R rating and the opinion of several focus groups, it was not released in theaters. It's not a great movie. As a TV movie, it would have been much better. It also doesn't look very expensive. I don't happen to think Jennifer Lopez is a horrible actress. Unlike some here, I thought her back story, shown in flashback, was very clear.This is an important story, made by sincere people. One can at least appreciate that they wanted to raise awareness of this issue. It's easy to sit and criticize a film; it's another to go out and make one. And maybe a few people will think about a rich country like Mexico - rich in minerals, tourism, manufacturing -- that pays people $3 to $5 a day and has a population that lives in poverty while the people that control the money send it out of the country. Is it any wonder they try to sneak into the U.S.? Anything is better than how they are forced to live. And nothing is done to help them. Nothing.

I must admit I had my doubts at first since I have never considered Jennifer Lopez a good actress however but her performance was terrific she delivers her best performance in this movie that tells the true story of how thousands of Mexican women are killed in Juarez, I must say critics are not always right when it comes to classify a movie good or bad, most of the times they would praise movies because of their A-list well known directors and actors which is obviously not the case on this movie since Lopez and Bandera's are the only well known actors in this movie and none of them are considered to be A-list actors or Oscar's nominees I was terrified to see how bad things are in Juarez I could not believe such a terrible thing could happen in a city that shall be considered to be a civilized society but this movie really help us all understand how women rights are violated in certain places in the world. These victims are mostly young attractive women in their early 20's and their already facing the consequences of poverty and the government's conspiracy with women assaulter's.I personally feel Lopez performance stole many peoples heart because it felt so real how she connected herself with the story, she delivers a excellent performance in this movie. If you're not planning to put your critical hat on before you watch this movie I would highly recommend it because I am sure that you will learn things and you would get the message which is don't be part of what you know its killing thousands of innocent women who are trying to make a living. I definitely must give this movie 4 star out 5 stars because I felt connected with the events and the movie is great.

This movie was OK and Jennifer Lopez was not her usual terrible self. She plays a journalist, Lauren, who goes to a Mexican town to investigate the murders of young women. The numbers are reported to be in the hundreds but are actually in the thousands. The government wants to hide it. A young woman survives one of the attacks and Lauren wants to interview her but certain people want to prevent that from happening. She gets help from a guy who runs a local paper. She begins to find out that some important, rich people may be connected to the murders. She sets herself up as bait and gets a terrifying experience. But in the end the whole story remains unsolved.The story was somewhat interesting and easy to follow.FINAL VERDICT: If you like Lopez, then you'll like this. If you come across it on cable, it's worth watching.