Frank Grillo says he relates to No Man s Land immigration tale, family drama
UPI News Service, 01/22/2021
No Man s Land star and executive producer Frank Grillo says he can relate to migrants who cross the Mexican border to reach the United States because his father was an immigrant from Italy and faced many similar difficulties coming to this country.
ADVERTISEMENT The new film is set in the area between the Mexican border and the border fence north of the Rio Grande river. Grillo s character, Bill Greer, takes it upon himself to patrol No Man s Land between the border and the fence.
No Man s Land Review: A Well-Meaning But Flawed Border Western
No Man s Land Review: A Well-Meaning But Flawed Border Western
A Texas border rancher s son (Jake Allyn) accidentally kills an immigrant boy and flees into Mexico in No Man s Land, also starring Frank Grillo.
No Man s Land is a well-meaning, but inherently flawed western drama. A Texas border rancher s son flees into Mexico after accidentally killing an immigrant boy. The film attempts to humanize the thorny issue of illegal immigration from multiple points of view. Its goals are admirable, but the narrative succumbs to contrivances and simplistic exposition. The reversal of fortune storyline becomes clichéd through unrealistic plot developments. That said,
Frank Grillo stars in and executive produces the new drama "No Man s Land." Grillo tells UPI he was drawn to the film s themes about the border crisis and father/son struggles.