Bajo La Sal

Solid
Our continued fascination with serial killer movies has prompted a constant raising of the bar. While this might not reach the artistic level of "Silence of the Lambs" or "Se7en", It's still a great exercise in craft.

Here's the scoop. The body of a murdered young woman is found in the salt of a salt factory in Mexico. The bodies of other young women have been found over a few year period and the only common factor is that they all went to the same high school. A detective from Northern Mexico, who has a dark cloud overhanging him, begins to investigate the case.

This is a very good movie. The script is well measured with a few very unexpected turns. The characters are written well and the actors handle their roles well. These are not cardboard cutouts. Even the local chief of police, who has a history with the detective, and doesn't get a lot of screen time, gets a couple of scenes worth note. The directing and all other aspects of the production are of a very...

Ongoing Mystery
This film's spoken language is in SPANISH. The subtitle thing does not bother me when it is a good movie. Storyline holds: Mystery, suspense, Love, Sadness, action. With a song from Mariyln Manson and other great bands that now I have started listening to more.

There have been several cases of woman being disapeard in a small town in Mexico (Santa Rosa de La Sal- In English meaning: Saint Rosa of the Salt) where the SALT is cultivated. That is where the investigation starts, the bodies of these missing girls start to emerge from the salt mines. A new detective comes along from another city, in a way running away from certain past actions and decides to come to Santa Rosa de La Sal, Where there he is introduced to the case of missing woman by his long time police friend. He assists in the case and invastigate who is the murderer and trys to stop him before he kills another woman. They have their clues, but will those clues lead them to the right person? The whole movie is...

Good film
Just watched this movie on Netflix streaming. It is a well done (and slightly different) thriller. The acting is good and the plot is okay but somewhat predictable. I gave it 5 stars in comparison to the usual no brain movies produced by Hollywood.

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