Sonora

Predicable, cliched but still watchable. One of those films in which if something can go wrong then it surely will. Also, one of those films where somehow life, decency and goodness prevails - at least most of the time.

The movie, set during the great depression of the 1939s, is about a diverse group of Mexicans traveling - nay smuggling themselves - across the border to the US.

This journey through the thankless Sonora Desert brings out different elements from each character: the Indian man trying to defeat his demons; a Chinese Mexican and his wife and young daughter escaping racist persecution; a couple of stranded bootleggers; a young girl yet to experience life; and a few more along the way.

Sonora is as much a social commentary as it is entertainment. It's short, not so sharp, but an acceptable no frills film.