Boneyard

This could have been a really good film as the plot was based on a true story but unfortunately, it failed on account of the awful 50cent has-been mumbling through his lines as if he was drunk and the irritating Ortega with his horrible coarse and irritating voice. Acting was sub-standard, even Mel's acting (sorry Mel)... and casting the beautiful Kesia (Puerto Rican) as the sister of a white American just didn't stand true. The whole film seemed so empty and weak. Ignore the fake 10/10 reviews and me giving it a 3 is being kind. Maybe a 1 or 2. Anyways, if I were you, knowing what I know, I wouldn't waste my time with this!

I live in Albuquerque and have followed and researched this particular case pretty closely with all available evidence and theories from other researchers and people.

This movie is nothing more than a imaginary tale developed by a Hollywood up and coming that wants to debut his craft.

The beginning, or the discovery of the crime scene was legitimate. It was a woman walking her dog beside an up subdivision at which the dog uncovers a human bone(femur bone) and the dogs owner who was a nurse was able to identify it as human and alert the authorities.

The remains of 11 women and a fetus were discovered buried in shallow graves in a certain area of the west mesa area of Albuquerque NM.

Something that was left out that was pretty important to the case was how the review of satellite images of the particular area of the west mesa between the the year of 2004 to 2009 showed the appearance of tire tracks and what appeared to be graves on the very lot of land that these bodies were discovered at in 2009. The interesting part is how the tracks increased in length off the desert dirt road and the number of supposed graves grew from one set of satellite images to the next. That development was conveniently left out of the movie which is sad.

Furthermore the actual suspects in the case were completely different than those portrayed in the movie as well as the events and characters that led to the narrowing down to the final suspects.

So this movie is pretty much a Hollywood caricature of what really happened in the high desert New Mexico city of Albuquerque. And it's unfortunate because it is basically a fictional exploitation of the victims of the West Mesa Bone Collector and their demise.

The only reason I started watching this movie was because I wanted to see a thriller/detective AND Mel Gibson was starring in it. Could this be worth a watch?

The bad: Mel Gibson only has got a small supporting role. We only get to see the guy a couple of minutes. Unfortunately the rest of the cast are B-movie actors, who simply can not act and it painfully shows. Not terrible, but way below par...

More bad: what's really annoying though is the fact that this story NEVER becomes thrilling or suspenseful for a second. I dont mind watching predictable B-movies, BUT they HAVE TO BE thrilling and this isnt. Not for a second! To be avoided!

Was Mel Gibson's inspiration that one mugshot of Nick Nolte looking completely insane in a Hawaiian shirt and frizzed-out psycho hair? Oh, but it gets better (worse?) when Mel goes into action Sad Max mode and tries to run ten feet in one scene. Yeah, that's just a whole lot of booze belly coming at us.

50 Cent is woefully miscast as the gruff police chief who I can only assume is "one day away from retirement" or "too old for this stuff" or any number of tropes.

Also, I am not entirely sure what the resolution to anything is - which makes the entire point of the movie moot. That is because it isn't played as a respectful representation of the true crimes it was exploiting...I mean, based off of.

Nearly every character has to explain in the most infantile or corny way what serial killers are, what this police procedure is, what they are doing and why. It all comes across as discount Criminal Minds/CSI filler.

Easily skippable nonsense.

Yet another geezer teaser.

Gibson here looking like he walked on set after spending the morning drinking at the local dive bar. 50 Cent plays a police chief and mumbles through all his lines as fast as possible to collect a paycheck. Yet despite that they are the two best parts about this. Whenever they aren't on screen this drags and feels like an episode of CSI or some cop procedural that accidentally got made into a movie.

Guarantee this will be streaming for free on Tubi by the end of the year. You're better off watching this that way don't waste your money on this. Gibson and 50 Cent deserve better.