NO MAN'S LAND | FAMILY MOVIE REVIEW INFORMATION FOR PARENTS AND KIDS

"NO MAN'S LAND"
(2021) (Jake Allyn, Jorge A. Jimenez) (PG-13)

QUICK TAKE:: Drama: A young potential baseball pro goes on the run to Mexico and ends up hunted down by various people after he shoots and kills an illegal immigrant boy near the Texas border.

PLOT:

Jackson Greer (JAKE ALLYN) is a young man who lives on a Texas ranch with his brother, Lucas (ALEX MACNICOLL), and parents, Bill (FRANK GRILLO) and Monica (ANDIE McDOWELL). With a promising professional baseball career in his near future, all of them are proud of him, but Jackson hates being forced to sit out various things to protect his gift. And that includes joining his dad and brother in hopes of reclaiming cattle stolen from them by Mexican raiders who crossed the border. Despite being told to stay home, he grabs his rifle, jumps on his horse, and rides into the night to help them.

But during an ensuing skirmish where Lucas ends up shot and Bill is stabbed, Jackson goes to defend them. Instead, and in the heat of the moment, he ends up shooting young Fernando Almeida (ALESSIO VALENTINI), much to the horror of that boy's father, Gustavo (JORGE A. JIMENEZ), and local Texas Ranger Ramirez (GEORGE LOPEZ) who shows up on the scene. With Lucas in the hospital, Bill takes the blame for the shooting and makes Jackson agree to that, but the guilt of doing so eventually causes him to flee into Mexico to avoid Ramirez who's figured out who's responsible.

Having previously found Fernando's wallet and now knowing where he lives, Jackson hopes to make it there to allow the boy's father to avenge his death, unaware that the grieving man has given up on God and has enlisted a ruthless "coyote," Luis (ANDRES DELGADO), to help him find and kill the gringo.

WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT?: Maybe some older teens, but that's likely it.

WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: PG-13: For some strong violence and language.

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