The documentary is a hollow experience, emotionally stifled by its plotless nature and lack of any visual edge.
Kingdom of Shadows
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Mexico, United States · 2015
Rated PG-13 · 1h 15m
Director Bernardo Ruiz
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Genre Documentary
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Kingdom of Shadows grapples with the hard choices and destructive consequences of the US-Mexico drug war. The film follows an activist nun living in deeply scarred Monterrey, Mexico; a U.S. Federal agent on the border; and a former Texas smuggler to reveal the human side of an oft-misunderstood and mischaracterized conflict.
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The New York Times by Andy Webster
The American demand for drugs, which feeds the cartels, is mentioned, though regrettably not expanded upon. But as a rendering of Mexico’s agonized convulsions, Kingdom of Shadows is unforgettable.
Los Angeles Times by Martin Tsai
Director Bernardo Ruiz never manages to weave the multiple narratives into a complex but cohesive big picture.
Though at times too splintered by its various points of interest, Bernardo Ruiz's up-close-and-personal documentary is nonetheless harrowing in its details.
The visible numbness and empty stares of the doc's three subjects painfully evoke years of being gripped by the war on drugs.
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