FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

ActuallyGlimmer The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Ava-Grace Willis Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Isbel A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

andres_el_gigante As a film director I found the movie simple and great, interesting mix. Its a very believable story and makes you really care about the characters. It presents a very good topic but if you are prejudiced you shouldn't watch the movie. Its unfair that people give reviews based on their personal values instead of really talking about the movie, I can see that happening in the comments section. I have this movie on the list of movies that I aspire to create or at least study.

Michael Ledo Another human hunting film. It is Sam (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) vs. illegals. If the desert and snakes don't kill you, Sam and his dog will. Sam calls in the crossing, but nothing is done so he takes matters into his own hands. Sam drinks a cloudy form of Jack Daniels, most likely ice tea. Like all human hunting films, the hunted takes it back to the hunter...yawn. Formula and shallow film. Of course it takes a real man to hunt unarmed people with a high powered rifle from 1,000 + yards. Made me pity the immigrants instead of creating a meaningful discussion of the issue.Guide: No sex or nudity.

The Couchpotatoes Desierto is a good entertaining movie with a story that makes you think about how some people are just evil to the bone. Jeffrey Dean Morgan does an excellent job playing the racist border controller with his loyal but lethal dog. He's the kind of guy you hope something really bad will happen to him during the entire movie. He plays the redneck racist American that can not stand immigrants while he's himself a descendant of immigrants. There are a lot of those people right now so this movie could teach them a lesson even though I think they are too stupid to understand. The movie is beautifully shot. If you are a nature lover you could just watch the movie just for the nature shots. For the rest the story is what it is, illegal immigrants being chased by a racist killer. But it's captivating to watch.

lavatch The opening scene of "Desierto" is filmed in a quasi documentary style with a dozen illegal immigrants seeking to cross into the United States across the Mexican Border. But after the first scene, the drama lapses into a routine action film.After the truck breaks down in the desert, the immigrants begin to walk through the desert en route to their new life in America. But suddenly, a psychopathic killer and his efficient tracking dog begin to hunt down the defenseless people, knocking them off one by one.A man and a woman are the only two survivors, and the long final stretch of the film is the cat-and-mouse game played on the desert.While "Desierto" may have provided one of the most nefarious villains of recent memory, the film itself is not memorable at all. Rather than explore profound themes about the current issues of immigration, the filmmakers content themselves exclusively with a long chase sequence.By the end, we do not even learn the motivation of the psychopath. This film lacked depth, and the ending scene was especially inconclusive. A much better "desert" film is the silent classic "Greed" as directed by Erich von Stroheim. At least in that film, there was a great payoff in the final scene filmed in Death Valley.