Martha (Tamara Mazarrasa) has raised her daughters Raquel (Lucía Tinajero) and Eva (Giovanna Reynaud) well, but they don't know that the mother who runs a boutique and is putting them through college used to run with one of the most dangerous gangs in town.
When Eva is taken by El Chacal (Alex Guerrero) and his gang, Martha learns that the police may have good intentions but they aren't able to get the job done. To save both of her daughters, she'll have to go back to the woman she was before.
Directed and written by Mitchell Altieri, this is exactly the type of revenge movie that you'd expect. Then again, the sneak attack where the gang releases Eva and has her so drugged up she dies a few days later -- all the doctors and tests in the hospital couldn't see that coming, I guess -- is pretty out there and I like that the cop who helps Martha, Juan Cinderos (Javier Dulzaides), doesn't become her lover. It's got a strong heroine who doesn't just stop when she defeats the gang but also tries to offer support and a future to the women they kidnapped. She finds closure by being who she was always meant to be: a mother.
When Eva is taken by El Chacal (Alex Guerrero) and his gang, Martha learns that the police may have good intentions but they aren't able to get the job done. To save both of her daughters, she'll have to go back to the woman she was before.
Directed and written by Mitchell Altieri, this is exactly the type of revenge movie that you'd expect. Then again, the sneak attack where the gang releases Eva and has her so drugged up she dies a few days later -- all the doctors and tests in the hospital couldn't see that coming, I guess -- is pretty out there and I like that the cop who helps Martha, Juan Cinderos (Javier Dulzaides), doesn't become her lover. It's got a strong heroine who doesn't just stop when she defeats the gang but also tries to offer support and a future to the women they kidnapped. She finds closure by being who she was always meant to be: a mother.
