Review of The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) by Roy F — 21 Dec 2007

Dvd review:

I only saw this movie after a lot of people on here recomened and I have to say I was surprised how good this film was.

Tommy lee jones is great in this movie, berry pepper was surprising good.

N Texas nearby the border of Mexico, the newcomer arrogant border patrolman Mike Norton mistakenly kills the Mexican cowboy Melquiades Estrada and buries him in the desert. When Melquiades's body is accidentally found one week later, his best friend, the ranch foreman Pete Perkins, claims the body to fulfill his promise and bury Melquiades in his hometown Jimenez and presses the local sheriff Belmont to find the killer. However, Melquiades is not delivered to Pete because he is not his relative, and his body is reburied in the local cemetery. When Rachel discloses the identity of the killer, Pete kidnaps Mike and forces him to dig the grave and bring the body to Melquiades's family in Mexico. While in their journey to Mexico, the sad reality of the hopeless Mexicans that live in the proximity of the border with USA is disclosed.

Good: the good things about this movie is the acting and how cool tommy lee looks, the story, finding out what happen, and a great western movie.

The bad: sometimes can get to confusing at times, some things dont make sense.

Overall this is a great movie, very intresting story it may be slow placed but its good and picks up in parts of the movie. just an awsome movie to watch.