• Is it age appropriate?

  About our ratings

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  Not age appropriate for kids under 14, age appropriate for kids over 15; suggested age 14.

• Is it any good?

  3.0

• Common Sense says

  Subtitled heist movie for teens and up scores.

Why We Rated This for Ages 14–15

What to watch out for

• Messages:

  The villain is completely reprehensible, a man who preys on anyone, including the weak and the infirm, to make money. The heist -- while used as a device to send messages about standing up for the disenfranchised and remembering your roots -- is basically a plan to rip off a rich person. One character makes chauvinistic statements about women, which one female character seems to find, confusingly enough, attractive. Also, Alejandro makes a living by pirating movies.
• Violence:

  Not particularly frequent, but fairly brutal when it happens. In one long scene, Valdez's henchmen beat a man to a pulp (he's later shown spitting up blood); guns are drawn. Early in the movie, Valdez establishes his villain status by menacing an innocent man on the set of an infomercial; he also threatens and hollers a lot. Within the first 15 minutes, there's a close-up of a gun; soon after, a man points it toward Emilio's head.
• Sex:

  A couple wakes in bed; later, they kiss passionately. Another couple gropes each other in a bathroom.
• Language:

  In subtitles; one use of "f--k," plus "damn," "a--hole," "ass," and "bastard."
• Consumerism:

  Mercedez Benz; the movie Crash (spelled Crach); the villain makes infomercials and sells products, which are "advertised" in the movie.
• Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

  Drinking and some smoking in social circumstances (a big party).