‘Below Zero’
On Netflix
Sporting a green poncho, a menacing figure drags a bloody
hooligan into a muddy grave. He’s looking for information, details only this
young man can provide. A combination of M. Night Shyamalan’s “Unbreakable” and
John Carpenter’s “Assault on Precinct 13,” Lluís Quílez’s Spanish-language
prison thriller, “Below Zero,” unfolds its tantalizing mysteries within the
claustrophobic confines of a prisoner transfer bus.
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The vehicle is driven by a new police transfer, Martin
(Javier Gutiérrez), protected by his gauche partner Montesinos (Isak Férriz).
The convicts range from the very dangerous to the flippantly annoying. During their drive, on a snowy, foggy road,
the officers’ convoy comes under the attack of a dangerous, enigmatic figure.
He wants Nano, and amid a violent inmate revolt, it’s up to Martin to figure
out why.
‘Finding Ohana’
On Netflix
Siblings Pili (Kea Peahu) and Ioane (
Alex Aiono) travel with
their mother (Kelly Hu) from New York City back to Hawaii to care for their
grandfather (Branscombe Richmond) after his heart attack. Among her
grandfather’s belongings, geocaching enthusiast Pili discovers a journal
detailing a legend of buried Spanish gold.
Jude Weng’s film aims for family-friendly thrills in the
vein of “
The Goonies,” with the archaeological intrigue of Indiana Jones. A bright,
endearing tribute to the island state’s culture and its people, the story sees
Pili teaming with her brother and their new local friends, Casper (Owen
Vaccaro) and Hana (Lindsay Watson), to search for the fabled loot.
Hitting lovable adventure beats, “Finding Ohana” is as much
about reconnecting with the past as it is about swashbuckling deeds and
treasure maps.
‘No Matarás (Cross the Line)’
On HBO
What would happen if a filmmaker infused Albert
Camus’ “The Stranger” with the dynamics of a pulpy punk thriller? Spanish
director David Victori provides the answer in his pulse-pounding film “No
Matarás (Cross the Line).” Dani (Mario Casas), much like the Camus character
Meursault, has recently lost an ailing parent.
Seeing her brother return to work the very next day, Dani’s
worried sister Laura (Elisabeth Larena) books an around-the-world vacation for
him.
The unsuspectingly heart-pounding film has a simple moral:
Don’t talk to strangers.
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