Miss Bala

I suspect the original film was better. While the remake is okay, it's a functional outing with little to make it stand out amongst others of its kind.

"Meh" is the perfect rating for this movie. It is entirely mediocre in every way. The plot makes no sense, the (surprisingly few) action beats aren't super exciting, character motivations (what characters motivations)? are unclear at best and non-existent at worse. At several key parts, the movie struggles with what story it's actually trying to tell, and who we are supposed to sympathise with. I don't mean that in a deep, meaningful, thought provoking way. Whoever wrote the script just couldn't make up their mind. Overall, it's serviceable and a good background watch. I'm lucky with how much I like Gina Rodriguez, otherwise this would have been worse and I would have scored it lower. Glad I didn't see it in cinemas, but don't regret watching it on VOD.