WHEN IS IT ENOUGH?
The film deals with the age old conflict of control of natural resources. In this case an international company called Clear-Bec runs water filtration systems. It makes deals with governments to take over the waterways used by the poor indigenous population, then turn around and sell them what has been free. Old progressives are familiar with this type of thing from Susan George's "How the Other Half Dies" (1976).
In this particular case, the water in an Ecuadorian village becomes polluted with sewage and leads to a typhus epidemic which wipes out a village. Part of the damage control was to have the military ensure there were no witnesses. The incident is brought to the attention of Morgan Swinton (Deborah Kara Unger) part owner of the evil corporation. She has a conscience and wants to get to the bottom of the incident against the wishes of her brother and the rest of the company.
She hires radio talk show host and former CIA agent Jack Begosian (Andy Garcia)...
Pretty entertaining B movie
This is not a bad movie. It's very watchable, decent amount of action spread throughout the movie, plot is kind of meh but serviceable. Acting and pace was altogether good.
Typical B action/drama where the bad guys are really bad and the good guys are not so good but altogether it works for the purposes of the story. 4.25 stars because of some pretty large plot holes and some glaring loose ends.
Andy Garcia in another true story
At least someone is paying attention to the world south of our borders. Good story based on a real one. Very good cast and lots of action.
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