Shoot to kill
MovieTitle | Disparen a Matar |
User score | 5.2 |
Release date | Jan 1, 1990 |
Genre | Action |
Director | Carlos Azpúrua |
Production country | Cuba, Spain, Venezuela |
Production companies | Alcaldía de Caracas, Caralcine, Consejo Nacional de la Cultura (CONAC), Foncine, ICAIC, Sociedad Estatal Quinto Centenario, TVE |
Run time | 109 min. |
During a police round-up, Mercedes witnesses the unjust murder of her son, a working-class man, by a police captain. Refusing to accept the official version of the story - that her son was a criminal - she launches a campaign for justice. Santiago, a young journalist moved by Mercedes's passion and determination, begins to investigate the story of the police cover-up at the risk of his own life. As the investigation develops, the film exposes the depth of Venezuela's corruption.