Miss Bala

2019 • 103 minutes

About this movie

Gloria (Gina Rodriguez) drives to Tijuana, Mexico, to visit her best friend who is competing in the local “Miss Baja” beauty pageant. During a night out, her friend is abducted and Gloria finds herself a pawn in a dangerous game being played by the CIA, the DEA, and a charismatic yet ruthless cartel kingpin. Finding a power she never knew she had, Gloria plays one organization against the other as she seeks to rescue her friend. Surviving will require all of her cunning, inventiveness and strength. This edge-of-your-seat action thriller is being hailed as a “kick-ass origin story for a new kind of action hero” (Peter Debruge, Variety).

Ratings and reviews

Very boring, I sat through the whole movie wondering why? A gang of men acting like children that seemed impossible to beat till the end. There wasn't as much action to make this one seemed to make the heroine total package instead of an underdog, not putting down any underdog but I really wanted to see more they could have down with her character, as well as some characters that made it seemed to be choosing to make this movie more of a drama than most seen in real action or just put down.

Rodriguez is such a terrible one dimensional actor, I felt like a cardboard cutout could have played her role. Beyond that, the script just doesn't move. If you want a very good movie that has a female playing a kick butt role go check out "Anna". Great acting with a very good script.

same movie retold every time... a feminist trying to be a man, and delusionally beats up men and talks down to them. complete fairy tale. it's as harmful to women as pushing anorexia