Synopsis
The American Dream becomes a nightmare for a group of undocumented day laborers hired by a wealthy couple. What they expect to be their biggest payday turns into a terrifying fight for survival.
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Cast
- Lynn CollinsLiz Rhodes
- Rigo SanchezAlejandro
- Josue AguirreMemo
- James TupperBen Rhodes
- Roberto 'Sanz' SanchezHector
- Thomas ChaviraTonio
- Nicholas GonzalezHomero Silva
- Edy GanemSandra Silva
- Andrew BurlinsonRichard
- David CastroJesus
Recommendations
- 79
TheWrap
Beneath Us never lets the exploitation cinema elements get in the way of the serious conversation about actual, real-life exploitation. That makes it frightening, and that makes it bold. - 60
Los Angeles Times
A mediocre screenplay renders the movie far less thought-provoking than it could be. By-the-numbers jump scares, perplexing speeches and a glaring score further hurt its impact. - 50
Movie Nation
It’s brutishly heavy-handed, with a performance or two so hammy they came straight from the smokehouse. But those quibbles aside, Beneath Us is a torture porn satire that never fails to hold one’s interest, even if it doesn’t quite come off. It takes you from point A to point U — underground, literally “beneath us,” with efficiency and visceral verve. - 40
Film Threat
If Pachman intended to reiterate the difficult plight of migrant workers, our disregard and abuse of them, then point made, I guess. Yet for a film titled Beneath Us, it certainly never digs deep under the surface. - 30
The Hollywood Reporter
Unfortunately, despite its uncomfortable resonance, Beneath Us barely scratches the surface of its provocative ideas, sacrificing nuance in favor of cheap shocks. - 0
Observer
This moronic parable inspired by Donald Trump’s treatment and attitude towards illegal immigrants is a disgrace, but so is almost everything else on the screen these days.
