2026 · action · drama
Mexicali
Directed by Luke LaFontaine1h 39m2026
A former special forces contractor is forced out of retirement as an avocado farmer in Mexico when local gangsters try to force him and his family off their farm.
Our read: Mexicali (2026) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded action · drama entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, extreme action / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
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