This is not a great movie at all. But it does present illegal immigration, black revolution, and the white people who help them as all being righteous, justifiable and likeable. This is even the case where these revolutionaries hurt innocent people, who fade away into the background because their lives are irrelevant, just as is any exploration into the issues surrounding this strong message. Authorities are all evil, white, racist men. I'm no conservative but became quickly bored to tears by the very long opening which tells you nothing about why the revolution is taking place. You just need to accept that illegal immigration is good, authorities trying to uphold the law are terrible people. And the story only gets going when one of them gets caught. Of course, this person isn't 'bad' per se, but the way out of it involves even more ugliness and a twist that makes no sense whatsoever other than to show how evil old white men are. Care about the characters? There wasn't much reason except if you're a true leftist and these are the people fighting the above good fight because... well... that's good. Read the reviews here that keep stating how important this film is for our times. Why? Because it paints the military, ICE and authority figures as twisted white supremacists? This is a completely self-indulgent film that engages into comedy which was somewhat funny in the same vein as every other "stoned out of his mind" film goes, saying nothing new. The farfetched convenient ending is completely predictable and, while satisfying in its comeuppance it is by no means brilliant in any way. Gorgeous landscapes and great acting doesn't make for a great film. It's overlong and slightly better than average - and completely shallow.

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