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While visiting Tijuana, a woman is forced to work for both a ruthless cartel and a DEA agent in order to save her kidnapped friend. Watch trailers & learn more.
Jun 20, 2024 · Miss Bala is a 2011 Mexican crime thriller film directed by Gerardo Naranjo. The movie is based on the 2011 novel of the same name by Argentine author, Carolina Rivera. The film stars Stephanie ...
Feb 13, 2020 · Miss Bala. IMDb. Not to be confused with the 2019 film starring Gina Rodriguez, the original Miss Bala from 2011 is a superb movie with heart-pulsing action that thrusts a Mexican beauty queen into the crosshairs of Mexican drug cartels and the U.S. narcs hunting them.
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Miss Bala: Directed by Catherine Hardwicke. With Gina Rodriguez, Thomas Dekker, Vivian Chan, Barbarella Pardo. Gloria finds a power she never knew she had when she is drawn into a dangerous world of cross-border crime.
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- Action, Crime, Drama
- Catherine Hardwicke
- 2019-02-01
Apr 30, 2019 · Miss Bala subverts the typical thriller that centers on violence around the U.S.-Mexico border in many ways. One way is in how it depicts Mexico and the U.S. in relation to one another.
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Gloria Fuentes is a Latin-American makeup artist from Los Angeles visiting her best friend Suzu in Tijuana, Mexico. The pair go to a local nightclub where Suzu plans to impress the local police chief, Saucedo, in order to get into the upcoming Miss Baja California beauty pageant.
