Notes: | Title from disc label. El Patrullero: Originally produced in Mexico and the United States as a motion picture and released in 1991; Edge city originally produced as a motion picture in 1980. Mixed aspect ratios. Extras include commentary by Alex Cox and Lorenzo O'Brien and short films Patrulleros & partrulleras, Edge city, From edge city to Mapimi. El Patrullero: Director, Alex Cox, writer/producer, Lorenzo O'Brien ; executive producers, Sammy O. Masada, Kuniaki Negishi; director of photography, Miguel Garzon ; music, Zander Schloss ; editor, Carlos Puente ; production designer, Cecilia Montiel ; production companies, Cable Hogue Co. Ltd. and Marubeni, a Together Brothers Production, Inc., Ultra Films production. Edge city: director, Alex Cox; cinematography, Michael Miner; music, Gregg Weissman. El Patrullero: Roberto Sosa, Bruno Bichir, Vanessa Bauche, Zaide Silvia Gutierrez, Pedro Armendariz, Jr., Ernesto Gomez Cruz, Jorge Russek, Karl Baraun. All region. In Spanish with English subtitles.
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Summary: | A top graduate of Mexico's National Highway Patrol Academy, Pedro Rojas, is sent to patrol a desolate highway. He soon succumbs to bribe-taking and corruption, and his life spins dangerously out of control. When his fellow patrolman and friend Anibal is killed by drug smugglers, Pedro becomes hell-bent on revenge. Edge City is a short drama from 1980, the other short films are about Alex Cox and his films.
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