The movie follows a seemingly badass career oriented police chick who ends up joining the CIA and Army on a inter-department crossborder special operation in Mexico concerning the Mafia.
Thematically its about a self assured confident cop realising that their side is not always the "good" side as she looks into the dark underbelly of how her country operates and deals with its "enemies" using underhanded unethical tactics. Especially as she's confronted with a man on the "other side" Of legal fence who she has to work with.
I think the action was alright. It was not flashy like say John Wick. But reserved and tense.
They were trying to go for a brutal potrayal of Mexican Mafia but didn't go too far into the R rated territory.
Overall it was a mid movie. Watch it if you find it interesting and want to kill some time. It has Josh Brolin so that's a plus.
The ending (in fact the entire movie) is very "post modernist" in its structure. The main character's central conflict doesn't get resolved as she is forced to abandon her values, under threat of life and comply with things her conscience couldn't agree with. Infact her involvement with the entire operation is passive. They fulfill their mission but the ending is not "happy" in any meaningful way
