Well I wouldn't want to live in Mexico, based on the this film. Seen through the eyes of Laura Guerrero (Stephanie Sigman), crime and corruption, death and violence seem to be endemic to Mexico with the authorities often powerless to stop the carnage and the drug industry.
What I found most interesting about 'Miss Bala' was that Laura gets caught up, against her will, in this vicious world yet when she does have the chance, more than once, to flee - she doesn't. Her motivations become hazy. Why does she choose to stay with such violent men? These are killers and she's only still alive because she's pretty and they can use her to get to men in positions of power.
The unfortunate effect of this situation is that Laura becomes a character we, the audience, gradually come to like less and less.
It's almost inconceivable that a nation exists where this level of out-of-control-violence actually exists, but here it is. So this is just an entertainment? Does it serve a need in Mexico, calling upon its citizens to do something about it?
For me, it's rather terrifying that this sort of world exists, but maybe to Mexicans it's a call to action...
*** out of *****
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