A soundtrack would have helped enormously. I felt Stephen Purvis wanted it to be a small tale, which is right, but would have liked to have built more atmosphere. I would have liked the lighting and shooting to have been less TV movie mode and more film noir: more shadows, and less claustrophobic. The real fault lies in the way it is shot: too light, and bright. The rest of the cast are good, especially James McDaniel as the cop, but the material is somehow flat. The fact that he plays the ex-com hotel desk clerk like Edward Norton would have just doesn't ring true somehow. He is not a character actor in the mould of Edward Norton and the way he plays Manny is too off-balance for the material. The fault may lie with Lou Diamond Philips. The plot is nothing you haven't seen before, the characters are OK, but really below par. Neither really a thriller, or mystery, nor clever enough in its plot, twists, or script El Cortez is a pleasant enough diversion but lacks any real distinction. Reviewed by intelearts 4 / 10 A very average thriller
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