The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Movie • 2005 • Adventure
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When brash Texas border officer Mike Norton wrongfully kills and buries the friend and ranch hand of Pete Perkins, the latter is reminded of a promise he made to bury his friend, Melquiades Estrada, in his Mexican home town. He kidnaps Norton and exhumes Estrada's corpse, and the odd caravan sets out on horseback for Mexico.
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While crossing sand dunes, one character hits his horse and kicks it after falling over.
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A coyote dies. I think the snake dies too, but it's off-screen. It's heavily implied though.
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About 3/4 of the way through they pull an organ from a dead animal, but it's head isn't in frame.
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The horse falls off a cliff and it shows it slow-motion falling down
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Does a head get squashed?
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Not squashed, but someone's nose gets broken, and Melquiades' head gets set on fire
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No but a corpse is set on fire
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While there're no explicit jokes, Lou Ann, the woman with an eating disorder, does intensely watch a mid/plus-sized woman suntan and step into her camper, scrutinizing her intensely
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Maggots crawl around Melquiades' corpse
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There's border patrol, but they're shown to be bad people
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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When they first find Melquiades' body, one of the border officers starts coughing intensely and has to grab a mask because he can't breathe due to the smell.
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Melquiades and Pete are incredibly close, but Mel supposedly has a nuclear family and Pete is in a relationship with Rachel, who's cheating on her husband.
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Is there gun violence?
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The plot revolves around a man who's shot and killed
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Is there hate speech?
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Derogatory comments and slurs towards Chicane and Latine people
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Lou Ann is shown to have a nicotine dependency/cigarette addiction
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Mike gets stuck in a tiny cave and bitten by a snake, struggles around in it but can't get out.
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One woman cheats on her husband with two different men, and one of them fondles her while at work with her husband nearby
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Mike continually has anxiety/panic attacks due to being kidnapped and runs off because of them, even when he gets hurt or goes nowhere each time.
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Does the black guy die first?
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The Latine man, Melquiades, dies first though
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There are flashbacks of Melquiades from when he was alive while they're carrying his corpse, but no actual ghosts
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Clinic scene there's a pretty loud sound effect
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Is someone stalked?
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Border Patrol chases Pete and Mike the entire time, and they also chase down people trying to cross the Mexico/US border
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There's an S/A scene between Mike and Lou Ann in the beginning, and they often argue. Mike also orders Lou Ann around.
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Near the beginning, Lou Ann is S/A-ed by her husband but pretends to be nonchalant about it, but she clearly wants him to stop
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When Mike hides in a cave, a snake attacks him and bites him
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Not specifically a hospital, but there is an herbalist in a clinic who stabs Mike's foot to relieve pressure and treat the snake bite
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