The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada is a powerful meditation on the brutality of the US-Mexico border region. Rancher Pete Perkins (Tommy Lee Jones) forces Mike Norton (Barry Pepper) to carry the body of Petes friend Melquiades Estrada (Julio Cedillo) from their dusty Texas border town to the dead mans home in Mexico for burial in his family cemetery.
But the bigger story is how their journey acts as a metaphor for the all-too human boundaries of wealth, sex, race, and religion. Norton, a racist patrol officer and Estradas murderer, is transformed from a thug with a badge into a man who must seek redemption after his eyes are opened to the weight of his actions.
However it gets dull in many places, what this movie needed is the script tightening up a-la-Tarantino! Fortunatly the dull parts are followed by good parts, so your interest is grabbed once more! What I find hard to believe is the good reviews The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada has had, but then again The Piano got good reviews too. Yawn!
Here is the trailer...
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