But Jackson knows the Greer cattle ranch’s financial needs are more immediate. Situated on “the wrong side of the fence” of the US-Mexico border (a trip to the hardware store requires a passport), their property is an easy target for cattle rustlers, and a popular illegal immigration crossing point. One man who has helped many into America is Gustavo Almeida (Jorge A. Jimenez) and, tonight, he’s finally bringing his own two boys north. However, with the Greers, including patriarch Bill (Frank Grillo) on high alert after recent stock losses, their chance encounter ends in tragedy. Lucas is stabbed by one of Gustavo’s sons, while Jackson shoots the other dead.
The product of two brothers, filmmakers and Texans, “No Man’s Land” is an earnest attempt to reverse the stereotyped narrative of illegal immigration into America instead, the white man is the one who crosses the border illegally.