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By Mark Kermode (1,002) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 25 May 2014

Heli paints a harrowing and often unbearably grim picture of a lawless bandit country, the indignities of which are made all the more powerful…

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By Geoffrey Macnab (1,253) for Independent (UK) (2,026) on 22 May 2014

The director Amat Escalante shows plenty of visual flair but his detached, matter-of-fact approach to the suffering endured by his protagonists…

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By Allan Hunter (1,486) for Daily Express (UK) (2,141) on 21 May 2014

Rarely has a lawless land felt so pitiless and inescapable…

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By Steve Rose (110) for Guardian (4,584) on 21 May 2014

It's forceful stuff, but the way the story drifts and dissipates in the latter stages is disappointing…

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By Calum Marsh (242) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 21 May 2014

This relentless torrent of Mexican miserabilism makes for alienatingly grim and violent viewing…

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By Danny Leigh (85) for Financial Times (1,822) on 21 May 2014

Soon, the stylistic flourishes don't just seem self-conscious but cribbed, karaoke shades of Nuri Bilge Ceylan and Harmony Korine…

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By Carlos M (2,069) on 20 May 2014

Definitivamente no es una bonita pelÃcula, si mereciÃ³ mÃ¡s el ser enviada a representarnos al Ã…

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By Siobhan Synnot (412) for Scotsman (1,471) on 18 May 2014

Amat Escalante's brutal account of a Mexican family who attract the wrath of a drugs cartel…

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By Andrew Lowry (88) for Total Film (3,532) on 18 May 2014

There's much to admire in Escalante's verve and daring…

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By Andrew Osmond (34) for Empire Magazine (3,326) on 17 May 2014

Grim and gritty. Warning: contains punishing scenes of testicle burning…

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By Jonathan K (715) on 17 May 2014

Excruciatingly painful movie to watch. I guess it is a good movie because of that. None the less, not something I will recommend…

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By Hannah Mcgill (136) for The List (2,018) on 12 May 2014

If the story it tells about a contemporary Mexico mired in corruption and violence is a familiar one, it's still one of undeniable pertinence…

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By Marvin B (403) on 11 May 2014

Heli is one hell of a movie. It hits you hard when you see an innocent man being castigated by a drug cartel in Mexico…

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By Erik Mcclanahan (15) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 30 Mar 2014

The imagery is equal parts ugly and beautiful as the tale descends into a nightmare most could never conceive…

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By Martin Y (43) on 05 Mar 2014

Forget social realism. This is all real and there's nothing social about it…

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By Özkan T (178) on 15 Feb 2014

A movie about the very particular and personal collateral damage to one family the Mexican drug wars brush against…

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By Rahul B (87) on 29 Jan 2014

Perturbadora. Es real por lo tanto es cruel…

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By Aleks C (62) on 27 Jan 2014

Love these type of films. Captures my attention from beginning to end…

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By Rolando M (29) on 20 Jan 2014

A simple yet gritty low budget Mexican film that depicts the struggles of a small town dealing with drug cartels and government corruptness…

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By Lety C (146) on 29 Dec 2013

Complete RUBBISH. It amazes me to read reviews for this movie along the lines of: Raw Extraordinary Sleek etc etc etc…

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