Dee *** SPOILER ALERT *** They lost me at the lynching scene which was about 15 minutes into the movie. I find it hard to believe the police couldn't break up that mob sooner. When they couldn't push thru the crowd, no one thought to fire a warning shot. The captain had on what appeared to be double holsters but he never used a gun for anything despite the chaos. They basically watched while a man was beaten, doused with gas and finally set on fire. The original (alternate) ending was also stupid. The police pushed back the cameraman instead of going after the mob. The captain was supposedly the last honest cop in Latin America so I guess he was just as dumb as a box of rocks instead of just corrupt. I believe the director wanted the audience to be outraged as the police, etc. were so ineffective and misguided, but it would have been better to just show the petite, pregnant wife struggling to get thru. She actually broke thru before the police - what a joke! Maybe I just don't get the culture, but I don't even want to visit anywhere that releases criminals immediately because of a sympathetic news story.

Alikasan This movie is not only badly acted by everyone, specially John Leguizamo, who appears lost in this movie. The script is so negative, with none of the main characters having any redeeming qualities; they are all as dis-likable as the main character. A pedophile child killer, who's always on camera looking as though he's orgasmic, makes the film always uncomfortable to watch. The reporters are exaggerated cartoon-like characters, ramming the message down our throats that the only care for ratings and fame and not the people involved, so many times, that it becomes an insult to anyone's intelligence. The lack of subtlety in this movie is rampant. Don't waste your time with this trash of a movie; anyone with this outlook should not be encouraged to ever make another film.

BronzeKeilani26 Unlike most of you I just seen it on DVD which gives us 2 shocking endings to choose from. I'll stick to the one shown at the festival. This is a great movie with great acting from everyone, even the foreigners. Very intense & it took me on an emotional roller coaster ride. I couldn't take my eyes off the movie anticipating the next scene. Leguizamo was great and has always been a great actor in drama roles. He was brilliant in this role as a reporter. The ending will leave most of us depressed imagining what child victims actually go thru when these monsters victimize them but the director chose to keep it real and we have to appreciate that. It will put something on your mind long after the movie ends but well worth watching. Very, very intense. Some parts will leave you feeling creeped out but it's a thrilling ride!

Mike The bottom line: very good movie, with great scenery shots of rural Ecuador, very good performances, especially on the part of John Leguizamo as a popular and ambitious reporter Manolo Bonilla doing a story about a notorious serial killer, and Damián Alcázar as Vinicio Cepeda, a man that by accident runs over and kills a local kid (whose brother was killed by the serial killer), and is saved by Manolo Bonilla from a lynching mob. Vinicio Cepeda wants the reporter to do a favorable story about him, and possibly, by doing so, help him get out of jail, where his life might be in danger. In exchange he offers him some information on "Monster of Babahoyo", the pedophile serial killer.Damián Alcázar gives an incredible performance as a kind, humble, god-loving man with some uneasy, disturbing quality. The only real shortcoming of this movie, in my opinion, is that it is undeveloped. The movie could use another half a hour of plot towards the end. When the ending credits started rolling, I was a bit disappointed.All in all, warmly recommended.