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A tense thriller of survival set against a desolate landscape of quiet austerity until the deafening sound of our heroes’ pursuer returns after a brief respite allowing these st...

Desierto looks to the border for B-movie thrills.

This earthbound tale has a poignant political message — and not a subtle one.

Immigration has been a hot-button issue in the race for the White House. And there’s no denying that it’s a complicated subject. Sadly, you won’t find any of that complexity in ...

Gael Garcia Bernal plays a migrant worker crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in this brutal and relentless chase thriller.

When a truck full of migrants trying to cross into the U.S. breaks down, a vigilante begins to kill them one by one.

“Gravity” co-writer Jonás Cuarón goes heavy on tired action movie tropes and light on ideas in Mexico’s Oscar entry.

Writer-director Jonas Cuaron's sharply made but simplistic second feature shares a reductive view of immigrant and border issues.

With its combination of an unapologetically pulpy basic concept and overt sociopolitical commentary, “Desierto” seems like the kind of movie that the late, great Sam Fuller hims...

Desierto is one of those movies that's nasty without reason, and never really finds its stride by way of tone or message.

Director Jonás Cuarón has some of his father Alfonso’s knack for physical tension, but his second feature is limited by its monochrome morality.

A lean, mean chase movie that plays like equal parts Donald Trump’s immigration policy, Steven Spielberg’s Duel, and Wes Craven’s The Hills Have Eyes, Cuarón’s desert-based take...

Formulaic survival-horror flick Desierto, which pits a racist gringo against a group of Mexican border crossers, is only superficially different from other slasher films.

But the film quickly devolves into a third-rate The Most Dangerous Game.

The movie isn’t interested in fully developed characters, just carnage.