Highway Patrolman

(1991) dir Alex Cox w/Roberto Sosa, Bruno Bichir, Vanessa Bauche, Zaide Silvia Gutiérez, Pedro Armendáriz Jr. [104 min, DCP] 

Repo Man director Alex Cox went south of the border to film this dramatic tale of a rookie member of Mexico’s national highway patrol, who struggles to keep on the straight and narrow in a department rife with corruption. This new digital restoration overseen by the director heralds the return of a largely overlooked and underappreciated film by the great cult director