The Aristas are a rich Mexican family hiding a valuable resource within their grounds. The local legend is that there is a well in the garden that carries some unique properties and after a test on the water proves positive, Henry (Esai Morales) and his wife, Monica (Alex Meneses) decide that the best thing to do is to protect their asset by any means possible.

Henry and Monica also have two beautiful daughters, Tania (Marisol Sacremento) and Ximena (Carmela Zumbado) who are typical spoiled rich kids and although Ximena often tries to impart her pseudo-intellectual knowledge onto her little sister, they both still indulge in excesses of alcohol, drugs and sex to pass the time.

Michael (Xander Berkeley) and Donavon (Jackson Rathbone) work for the Aristas looking after the grounds and it’s not long before Donavon starts to take interest in the Arista sisters and with nothing else better to do, they start to play with their new toy. However, when the security measures around the precious well start escalating, so do the tensions among the household and among the locals.

The Wall of Mexico is a drama with political undertones written and directed by Zachary Cotler and Magdalena Zyzak. If you don’t immediately understand the analogy that The Wall of Mexico is putting across to its audience then you may need to watch more of the news.

However, The Wall of Mexico is cleverly written so whereas the message may be clear, it doesn’t feel that every single detail is signposted, so to those aware of the racial and class divides that have been running through American politics in recent years it may be more obvious, but not distracting.

There may not be a lot of people who don’t understand issues surrounding immigration and racism who may watch The Wall of Mexico, but for those who do, they may even have their eyes opened as to how easily things could change if the shoe was on the other foot.

With a tight, intelligent and insightful script and a great cast, The Wall of Mexico manages to subtly discuss political issues without having to resort to over explaining its points which also raises the question as to how easily the events of the film could happen to anyone.

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