Miss Bala (English Subtitled) [HD]

"I want to represent the beauty of my state."
MISS BALA is a strong film from Mexico (apparently based on a true account of the unending drug war focused in Tijuana produced by actors Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna and James Russo who has a role in the film as a corrupt DEA agent) - a film that is unafraid to uncover the ruthless activities by the drug cartels, the Mexican police, and the US DEA agents in the endless battle against drug trafficking. It hits like a punch in the stomach and remains in the memory long after the credits have rolled.

Laura Guerrero (Stephanie Sigman) dreams of being a beauty queen in the Miss Baja California Beauty Pageant, a position that will raise her out of her meager existence as a dress maker in the outskirts of Tijuana where she lives with her little brother and father. She and her best friend Zuzu work their way into the line of women vying for the contest title. After winning entry into the pageant Laura reluctantly agrees to go to a sleazy nightclub with Zuzu. In the club's...

Excellent Film.
This is a realistic, violent, and non-stop action film. The plot is also incredible, the actors make a very accurate portrayal of civilian life in Mexico's ongoing Narco wars. The film is in Spanish, but that should not deter anyone from watching it. As soon as the film's story begins to unfold, you'll find yourself ready to watch it the whole way through.

What Price Beauty?
This is based on a true story and is all the more shocking for it. It is about Laura Guerrero (Stephanie Sigman), she wants to be a beauty queen and escape the poverty she has to endure. She goes with her friend to sign up for the `Miss Baja' pageant and is accepted. Its like the Miss Worlds of yesteryear. Her friend then decides to go and do a bit of partying with some low life crime types at Club Millennium.

Laura decides to go and get her and whilst powdering her nose another gang turn up and decide to kill absolutely every one in the club. She manages to escape and after much soul searching she decides to go to the police. She approaches a traffic cop who says he will take her in. This he indeed does, he takes her in to the drugs lord.

What happens next is well off the beaten track of how you expect these types of film to work. She does not become an over night hard ass, but remains herself, being very scared and just doing what she has to do to survive and...

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