Pocha: Manifest Destiny

I loved this film. The casting could not have been more perfect, the cinematography was phenomenal, and the score was haunting. An interesting telling of an immigrant story portrayed through the eyes of a young fierce woman. The lead character is not your typical immigrant character. She has been raised an American speaking no Spanish and knowing nothing about Mexican culture. There is not much dialogue which gives the film a tension that is felt from beginning to end. Sixtos carries the film with her expressive and tense eyes which could not have been an easy task. This movie will have you at the edge of your seat. Beautifully chilling film.

Fantastic first effort for the screenwriter. Movie is full of nuance as well as great suspense. Viewer is constantly questioning the reasons for the action. The story works on many levels.

It deserves to be shown to a wider audience on big screens. We were fortunate to see in in a special screening in a theater but most people will have to settle for downloads.

To create such a great moving on a shoe-string budget is almost unbelievable. Can't wait to see the next picture which will hopefully have a bigger budget.

Well worth 90 minutes of time to check out this film.

This is a great film, It is excellent and you should definitely watch it. Through this movie I was very interested and at the edge of my seat not knowing what was going to come next. This movie contains live animals and this makes me gain lots of respect for the directors for being able to work with these animals. Also the writer shows lots of emotion through the intense scenes. There's are lots of surprises especially the flame thrower who kicks ass! Also the writer wrote the main character as a female which shows the writer as very brave to do this because in most films, especially films like this the main character is a man and the writer still used a female for the lead! Through the film the relationships between characters are both shocking and interesting!! that is why this film is unique! Therefore, this is a film that is worth watching!!

So many movies exude pride from the people behind the camera as well as the writers. You'll see none of that here. Just raw, sinewy survival. Not a second of overacting, just pure real life brought to your screen. The director of this should be knighted. Every single person in this was so flawless. How does that happen without attentive, highest standard directing? Well it doesn't.

Also it's relevant to today with many people being able to relate to the border and drug issues through personal experience. This movie shows the conflict so many face trying to balance familial obligations with personal survival.

The plot is too superficial to reflect some social problems, but it failed to speak well. For example, given a lot of feature stories about burning cactus, we don't know what we want to express.