Highway Patrolman

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1991-12-28

Languages:

Spanish

Countries:

USA, Mexico, Japan

Runtime:

104 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (452 Reviews)

Director:

Alex Cox

Genres:

Crime Drama

Cast:

Roberto Sosa Bruno Bichir Vanessa Bauche Zaide Silvia Gutièrrez

Writer:

Lorenzo O'Brien (screenplay)

Fullplot:

An episodic look at a young man's life in Mexico's national highway patrol. We follow Pedro Rojas from cadet training and his rookie assignment in a northern border area, to his quick courtship, his taking of bribes ("la mordida"), and his slow exposure to drug smuggling. Rojas re-forms his idealism as youthful naivete gives way to an adult's complicated choices.

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