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Naked City
Naked City
6.7
/10
59 Ratings

NAKED CITY

Directed by Gabriel Retes
Mexico, 1989
Drama, Action

Synopsis

On the verge of desperation, impoverished parents flee the scene of a car accident in order to protect their baby daughter. Unfortunately for the couple, the hotel they choose as a hiding place turns out to be the site of gruesome torture by two armed bandits intent on making their victims pay.

Synopsis

On the verge of desperation, impoverished parents flee the scene of a car accident in order to protect their baby daughter. Unfortunately for the couple, the hotel they choose as a hiding place turns out to be the site of gruesome torture by two armed bandits intent on making their victims pay.

Our take

In the midst of blood-curdling violence and corruption lies one family’s urgent need to flee: Tensions run high in Gabriel Retes’ late-80s thriller, in which the couple-on-the-run trope is energized by some startling performances from Lourdes Elizarraras and Damián Alcázar.