Synopsis
For three US Border Patrol agents, the contents of one car reveal an insidious plot within their own ranks. The next 24 hours may cost them their lives.
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Cast
- Gabriel LunaLance Flores
- Clifton Collins Jr.Lou Hobbs
- Johnny SimmonsBenjamin Davis
- Lora Martinez-CunninghamAgent Lupo
- Will BrittainAgent Hendricks
- Luis BordonadaValdez
- Alma MartinezMarisa
- Alex KnightMan in car
- Jake LockettAgent Jaeger
- Robert Douglas WashingtonYoung Agent
Recommendations
- 80
Arizona Republic
With Transpecos, Kwedar doesn’t offer any easy answers. Instead he points out the problems, how entrenched and intertwined they are, and asks other questions: How far will you go to survive? And will it be enough in the end? - 80
Los Angeles Times
Unlike the highly charged “Sicario” and other recent drug trade-themed movies, the film, shot in New Mexico, eschews explosive confrontations and political judgments in favor of complex, thoughtfully portrayed characters and tense, compelling situations. - 78
Austin Chronicle
All three leads bring the goods, but it is Luna, carrying much of the emotional weight of the film, who shines the brightest, showing a depth and countenance well beyond his years. - 75
Slant Magazine
Violence in Transpecos is sparse, but the filmmakers use it with a narrative precision that highlights the unforgiving consequences that accompanies every choice in this desolate borderland. - 75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
The song playing sombrely over the tail credits is Afraid of Everyone, which is a hell of a way to die, but an even worse way to live. There is no cheer to Transpecos. - 70
Village Voice
Transpecos distinguishes itself with a sharp ear for dialogue, keen attention to ground-level detail, and an ending that unexpectedly chooses cautious optimism over blanket cynicism. - 70
The New York Times
Though rife with implausibilities, Transpecos is fortified by strong acting and a location whose desolate beauty is a gift to Jeffrey Waldron’s serene camera. - 67
Entertainment Weekly
Transpecos is a lean-and-mean atmospheric thriller that starts off tautly but ultimately slackens as it goes along.
