Suitable for Murder (2008)

Actors: Drew Waters (actor), John Venable (actor), Morgana Shaw (actress), Justin Arnold (actor), Tom Young (actor), Fred P. Watkins (producer), Fred P. Watkins (director), Rick Herod (actor), Jackson Bostwick (producer), Jackson Bostwick (actor), Tina Parker (actress), Jaret P. Watkins (editor), Ali Faulkner (actress), Lon Lawson (actor), Nate Rubin (actor),

Plot: Joe Mondragon, a veteran cop who gets things done, forms an unlikely partnership with Samantha Baines. She is attached to Police Intelligence Division and feels more comfortable handling a computer than a gun. Samantha's computer skills are needed to help hack into and track two serial killers who get their victims from Internet Chat Rooms. The plan goes horribly wrong and in a fire fight between Samantha and Joe, and the two killers, Joe is killed when Samantha is unable to make herself fire her weapon at the two serial killers. Samantha feels guilty and responsible. With the help of her new friend Mimi, and the Head of Homicide, Samantha reinvents herself and avenges Joe after a relentless chase of the killers.

Keywords: blood, murder, police, violence
Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller,

The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)

Actors: Christopher Walken (actor), Melanie Griffith (actress), Carlos Riquelme (actor), Sonia Braga (actress), Daniel Stern (actor), M. Emmet Walsh (actor), Alberto Morin (actor), James Gammon (actor), Rubén Blades (actor), Jerry Hardin (actor), Richard Bradford (actor), John Heard (actor), Basil Hoffman (actor), Dave Grusin (composer), Robert Redford (producer),

Plot: In Milagro, a small town in the American Southwest, Ladd Devine plans to build a major new resort development. While activist Ruby Archuleta and lawyer/newspaper editor Charlie Bloom realize that this will result in the eventual displacement of the local Hispanic farmers, they cannot arouse much opposition because of the short term opportunities offered by construction jobs. But when Joe Mondragon illegally diverts water to irrigate his bean field, the local people support him because of their resentment of water use laws that favor the rich like Devine. When the Governor sends in ruthless troubleshooter Kyril Montana to settle things quickly before the lucrative development is cancelled, a small war threatens to erupt.

Keywords: agriculture, angel, based-on-novel, farm, fugitive, governor, mexican-american, new-mexico, newspaper, pig
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy,
Taglines: Milagro, New Mexico. Population 426. Nothing had changed here for 300 years. But there's something about this day...

Quotes:

Joe Mondragon: You beat Luis Armijo by two votes.::Sheriff Bernabe Montoya: That's because Domingo and Gusdorf were out of town.::Joe Mondragon: So, you would have won by four.::Sheriff Bernabe Montoya: Hell no man, those guys vote six, seven times apiece.

Kyril Montana: This posse couldn't find itself!

Nancy Mondragon: I'll hit you so hard they'll arrest you in El Paso for speeding.

Nick Rael: Hey, what are you doing? You can't buy bullets with foodstamps grandpa.::Amarante Cordova: It's the same as money.

Ruby Archuleta: What good is a hometown if everyone you know is gone?

Herbie Platt: What is it?::Amarante Cordova: Lizard tail tea.::Herbie Platt: Probably been in the family for generations I bet.::Amarante Cordova: No, I found it on the highway this morning