This is definitely categorized as a crime drama, not a lot of action yet quite a bit of intrigue in spite of some slow spots. He's a border patrol official upset by the murder of his friend Wilford Brimley and a Mexican teen (Panchito Gómez) who was trying to join his mother (Karmin Murcelo) in La Jolla, not a drug runner as suspected. Bronson must break the sad news to Murcelo, and with her help, goes out of his way to bust the dangerous ring (led by a young Ed Harris and Bert Remsen) who exploit innocent Hispanics desperate for a new life.
Surprisingly sympathetic to the plight of illegal immigration, this utilizes the accidental murder of Gómez (former child star of "Sesame Street") and the deliberate murder of Brimley to motivate the heroic Bronson to end this cruel exploitation and trafficking. It's not doing anything to advise how to cross the border legally, just dealing with the particular brand of evil Harris is responsible for.
There's lots of time spent with Bronson and his newly arrived associate (Bruno Kirby) going around and talking to illegals in camps to get information, with Bronson declaring over and over that he's going to get whoever was responsible for these deaths. You don't feel like you're being preached to, but you also don't feel that there's any real solution here either. A nice try, just not fully successful.
Surprisingly sympathetic to the plight of illegal immigration, this utilizes the accidental murder of Gómez (former child star of "Sesame Street") and the deliberate murder of Brimley to motivate the heroic Bronson to end this cruel exploitation and trafficking. It's not doing anything to advise how to cross the border legally, just dealing with the particular brand of evil Harris is responsible for.
There's lots of time spent with Bronson and his newly arrived associate (Bruno Kirby) going around and talking to illegals in camps to get information, with Bronson declaring over and over that he's going to get whoever was responsible for these deaths. You don't feel like you're being preached to, but you also don't feel that there's any real solution here either. A nice try, just not fully successful.