MISS BALA | (2019) Anthony Mackie, Gina Rodriguez |Sony

Gerardo Naranjo's latest feature, Miss Bala, explores the many extremes of modern Mexican society when the world of beauty pageants and the current drug war collide. Stunning Laura, the only witness to a night-club massacre by a group of narcos, realizes her goal of becoming Miss Baja California -- although the gang's hand in the coronation makes it fall short of what she had dreamed it would be. From the very first shot, the story is told through the eyes of the innocent Laura Guerrero (Stephanie Sigman). A tall, willowy girl from a poor family in Tijuana, she dreams of participating in a beauty pageant with her best friend Suzu. Their plans take a nasty turn in a gangland disco. Laura is in the bathroom when armed men slip over the wall and start firing on the dancers, leaving a bloodbath behind them. As an eyewitness, she's kidnapped by the hitmen. Her ravishing looks may be what saves her life because instead of killing her, the inscrutable drug lord Lino (Noe Hernandez) forces "the skinny girl" to become a driver and drug runner for the gang. From that moment on, the film's pace races through events in a chain of escalating violence, tension, smoke and gunfire. The gang lords appear to control the police but not the American DEA agents who are their implacable enemies. They speed through Baja in SUVs and huge trucks full of corpses as the action shifts unexpectedly, leaving the viewer uncertain what will happen next. To save her father and brother, Laura lets Lino tape wads of money around her tiny waist. She gets past U.S. border police and is flown in a small plane to a rendezvous with Lino's American cohort (James Russo), who sends her back with fresh weapons and ammo. But someone has betrayed them, and when Laura arrives in Baja, trouble is waiting for her.

US Release Date: January 25, 2019 Starring: Gina Rodriguez, Anthony Mackie, Matt Lauria Directed By: Catherine Hardwicke Synopsis: A beauty contest winner is forced to work for a crime boss after she witnesses a murder. A remake of the 2011 film, 'Miss Bala.'

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