Herod's Law 2000  R, 120 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Luis Estrada
Cast: Damian Alcazar, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Leticia Huijara, Eduardo Lopez Rojas, Salvador Sanchez, Isela Vega, Alex Cox, Guillermo Gil, Luis de Icaza, Juan Carlos Colombo, Manuel Ojeda, Ernesto Gomez Cruz
In 1949, a loyal party member–junkyard custodian Juan Vargas (Damian Alcazar)–is appointed mayor of a small Mexican town where corruption runs rampant. It doesn't take long before Juan learns and adopts the already-accepted process of bribes, abuse, and blackmail as the methods to accomplish what he wants for his town.
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His Most Serene Highness 2000 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Felipe Cazals
Cast: Alejandro Parodi, Ana Bertha Espin, Rodolfo Arias, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Blanca Guerra, Isaura Espinoza, Ana Ofelia Murguia, Jose Carlos Ruiz, Salvador Sanchez, Abel Woolrich
General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna (Alejandro Parodi) won the Battle of the Alamo, but his delay cost Mexico the War of Texas Independence, and the U.S. gained great expanses of land. Santa Anna was exiled but later allowed to return to Mexico. The final three days in his life are the focus of this historical drama.
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Salvador 1986 R, 123 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: James Woods, James Belushi, John Savage, Michael Murphy, Elpidia Carrillo, Tony Plana, Colby Chester, Cynthia Gibb, John Doe, Will MacMillan, Valerie Wildman, Jose Carlos Ruiz, Jorge Luke, Juan Fernandez, Salvador Sanchez
Richard Boyle (James Woods) is a down-on-his-luck photojournalist who joins his disc-jockey friend Dr. Rock (Jim Belushi) on a car trip to El Salvador in 1980 to cover the war. Boyle forms uneasy alliances with both the guerillas and the right-wing military and realizes that the U.S. press is not adequately reporting the situation. Meanwhile, Boyle falls in love with a Salvadorian, Maria (Elpidia Carrillo), and must find the means to get her out of the country alive. This is based on a true story and conveys the excitement of the time. Woods was nominated for an Oscar.
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Under the Volcano 1984  R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Huston
Cast: Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Andrews, Ignacio Lopez Tarso, Katy Jurado, James Villiers, Emilio Fernandez, Dawson Bray, Carlos Riquelme, Jim McCarthy, Jose Rene Ruiz, Eleazar Garcia Jr., Salvador Sanchez, Sergio Calderon, Araceli Ladewuen Castelun
World War II is about to begin, and the former British Consul in Mexico, Geoffrey Firmin (Albert Finney), is drinking himself to death over the state of the world and the infidelity of his former wife Yvonne (Jacqueline Bisset). Yvonne arrives in Mexico with Geoffrey's brother Hugh (Anthony Andrews) hoping to stop his drinking and to talk him into coming to the United States. But, Geoffrey has other plans for his future, and they don't include redemption. This is Malcolm Lowry's autobiography. Finney's performance is great, and he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.
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| 1. Herod's Law (2000)
2. His Most Serene Highness (2000)
3. Salvador (1986)
4. Under the Volcano (1984)
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