The best José Carlos Ruiz’s thriller movies
We present our ranking of the best José Carlos Ruiz’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about José Carlos Ruiz.
Who'll Stop the Rain
6.7/10
John, a disillusioned Vietnam War journalist, turns to heroin smuggling. He cons Ray, an equally burnt out veteran into delivering the drugs stateside to his wife. Everything soon falls apart and Ray ends up on the run with John's wife trying to evade crooked narcotics agents.
Salvador
7.4/10
A second-rate journalist from the US tries his luck in El Salvador during the military dictatorship in the 1980s.
The Bricklayers
7.7/10
When a worker is found murdered on the construction side, the investigation swiftly turns from things criminal to the political circumstances surrounding the building itself. Widespread corruption and neglect by the builder himself are seen to have brought the situation about. Much of the movie is filmed using hand-held cameras, and the majority of the dialogue is in the difficult-to-understand and very slangy Spanish dialect of Mexico City's bricklayers.
El elegido
6.3/10
A guy is peer-pressured, despite his reluctance, to play the role of Christ in a local production of the Passion Play.
Violent Stories
7.1/10
Five surreal short stories make up this Mexican anthology film.
They Call Him Marcado
6.5/10
The Kid is a vicious psychopath given to laughing a lot, an actor manqué who leads a gang of looters and rapists, and is incestuous with his father to boot. The town’s resident Mater Dolorosa, madam of the brothel, hires her lover Marcado to kill the Kid, who is of course her son.
El año de la peste
6.6/10
A terrible disease is found in a Mexican town. A doctor tries to alert the authorities when he discovers its epidemic nature. No one listen to him and soon after the disease spreads. The government tries to control the information in order to prevent panic. (IMDb)
Bajo la metralla
6.6/10
A guerrilla command tries to kidnap a politician, in the attempt killed several policemen and a guerrilla.
El valle de los miserables
5.8/10
The Holy War
7.4/10
Through the humble potter Celso we will know one of the most dramatic events in the history of Mexico in the twentieth century, in which the federal government and Catholic believers, fought a bloody struggle. Time passes and the Church and the State agree to peace. Celso and his companions are rejected by both sides.
