Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

CheerupSilver Very Cool!!!

Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever

AshUnow This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Paul Magne Haakonsen The first hour of the movie was adequate entertainment, but then the chain snapped somewhere and the movie just went astray, and I was finding my attention starting to slip away.There were some interesting aspects to the story, for sure. The obvious one being a walled-in rich area in an otherwise rundown city, and the fact that there was a massive social difference between those within and outside the wall of La Zona (The Zone). And the aspect of difference between laws between the two was also interesting, as outside The Zone ordinary police were the law, and inside The Zone local guards were the law.Storywise "La Zona" started out quite okay, but it never really took hold and never really turned into something overly impressive. And as mentioned above, then it totally lost its bearing after about an hour.The acting was adequate, but nothing extraordinary though. At least I didn't take notice of anyone in particular."La Zona" is a mediocre entertaining movie. But not being overly familiar with Mexican cinema, I can't say whether or not this movie is an overall representation of mediocrity there.

paul2001sw-1 Thise of us who favour the establishment of a more equal society argue that it would even benefit the rich themselves - what's the point of having money if you have to live in fear of someone taking it off you? And the idea of a film set in a secure community might seem to be a good way of exploring the corrosive effect on personal morality that comes from living on either side of a state of siege. In 'La Zona', we see residents of a posh enclave in Mexico, slum kids and a corrupt police force: at times, the movie seems to be suggesting they're all as bad as each other. After a botched robbery sees an intruder stuck in the zone, the residents resolve to track him down: unfortunately, the plot doesn't make perfect sense. In particular, the motivation of the residents, to risk their own lives for a notion of revenge, never seems wholly logical; it's hard to believe that such influential people would not have appropriate police protection, if they didn't antagonise the cops by insisting on doing it themselves. The ending is thus less powerful than it tries to be; what's really chilling is the way that legal systems often seem to care only about property rights. Some of the worst behaviour on this planet is carried out by those who never need to break a law.

sharkies69 Saw La Zona last night as part of the Hola Mexico film festival.Whilst I found the film reasonably entertaining I was ultimately left disappointed. Considering it was a feature film, I felt like I was watching something that was made for television.The actors do their best but ultimately the script is lacking and there is a real by-the-numbers feel to this.The characters are not fleshed out and the film lacks genuine tension which is a shame as the premise is a good one. There were lots of potential angles and ideas that were not explored.Some of the techniques used though worked well. Particularly the opening scene of the neighborhood houses in the reflection of the cars window which appears again later in the film. The security cameras in place around the zone also worked well.

madrasell-1 There is nothing wrong with the synopsis, the "gated community" - dilemma could be delivered with a twist like this, no doubt. But the problem is how it is executed.There is not one character here with any kind of depth whatsoever. Its all one-dimensional cardboard-pieces responding to some really incoherent twists of the plot.The dialogue is embarrassingly bad sometimes and the actors fight to get some kind of guidance in their performances. The story kind of wants to be both drama and suspense-thriller but fails on both parts.Not that a drama cant be in the vein of a thriller and vice versa. (Check out Buenos Aires 1977 for some chilling thrills and high drama.)The stage is great though. The scenes of the clean cut streets clashing with the outside slums is alone thought-provoking. And the watchful eye of the surveillance-camera is perhaps tiresome by now but never the less effective here. But thats hardly a reason to spend time and money on this shoddy piece.