movie review: Patrulla 81

by Jackie

Patrullo 81 is about a family and a famous group of singers. The family of three, which was the mom, dad and newborn baby, cross through the desert to get to the United States. They suffer some difficult situations along the way.

When the family was walking through the desert, some immigration officials caught them. So they started running and the officials began to shoot. The people that were in the back go taken away back to where they were coming from while the rest ran away. The family escaped and got to the place where you pass from Mexico to the United States. The only reason is because "Patrullo 81" helped them. The baby needed to go to the hospital, becuase it hurt him from being in the sun so much and having nothing to eat.

So the singers took them there. First the singers didn't want to take the guy to the U.S. because he didn't want to get into trouble. Fame and power can make it hard to take risks to do something right. Eventually the singers took the immigrants in.

The family was scared taht the baby would die or somethinig, but they didn't know that they coyote was looking for them. One night, the dad left the hospital to go look for a place for his wife and baby to live while he went to find a job. However, the coyote found him and tried to commit extortion to get money. The dad said he owed the coyote nothing, because he didn't pass them all the way. This led to an argument and the dad was shot.

The coyote wanted to get the money from them because supposdely he at least got them halfway. The dad was right that he didn't have to pay, becuase he didn't even pass them to the U.S. Still, the dad was shot and injured. It was not fair, becuase the family was put in danger just for some money.

The story connects to social studies, because it's about immigration. It deals with the reality of how hard it is for a family to start a new life. Many of them have to suffer just to make it. It was very hard, but in the end, the family makes it. All the immigrants want is a better life and this movie does a great job showing that.