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Herod's Law (1999)

1999 · 2h 3m · Spanish · Movie
medium bittersweet tense rewatchable safe_bet
74
GoodScore
Directed by Luis Estrada
Starring Damián Alcázar, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Delia Casanova

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Synopsis

In the 1940s, a small Mexican town has seen its last three mayors assassinated in rapid succession. A naive janitor is recruited to become the new mayor, and he believes he will modernize the little town and usher in a reign of peace. But the system corrupts him very quickly, and he takes to abusing his power while associating with an unscrupulous assortment of opportunists, hypocrites and criminals.

Ratings Breakdown

IMDb
7.8
RT Critics
68
Metacritic
64
TMDB
7.9

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