The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (Trois enterrements) (2005)
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15 years, 2 months ago at Nov 29 18:10
Overall, Tommy Lee Jones delivers a great message but the ending falls short of expectations. Great location and setting.
A good movie
11 years, 5 months ago at Aug 15 8:36
Since I kept hearing good things about this flick, I was really eager to watch it. Furthermore, I was really curious to see a movie directed by the great Tommy Lee Jones. Eventually, I thought it was pretty good but, somehow, I wasn't really blown away by the whole thing. Obviously, the whole cast gave some impressive perfomances, the movie was very well directed and the story was good enough but ... read more
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In Texas nearby the border of Mexico, the newcomer arrogant border patrolman Mike Norton mistakenly kills the Mexican cowboy Melquiades Estrada and buries him in the desert. When Melquiades's body is accidentally found one week later, his best friend, the ranch foreman Pete Perkins, claims the body to fulfill his promise and bury Melquiades in his hometown Jimenez and presses the local sheriff Belmont to find the killer. However, Melquiades is not delivered to Pete because he is not his relative, and his body is reburied in the local cemetery. When Rachel discloses the identity of the killer, Pete kidnaps Mike and forces him to
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Release date: 17 November 2005
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