You won't be disappointed!

The first must-see film of the year.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Like Bordertown, I Witness exposes another underbelly of corporate internationalism seeking windfall profits by escaping fair trade practices, fair wages and scrutiny by government agencies created to protect environmental concerns. Hiding behind Mexico's drug wars, the new gangsters of corporate thuggery use criminal means to cloak the cost of dumping toxic chemical waste upon the unsuspecting in a country where a bribe can cover any crime, no matter the number and innocence of victims. And like Bordertown, I Witness takes with fiction the excursions into truth today's mess media would dare not touch upon. Jeff Daniels and James Spader typically provide glowing performances while Clifton Collier Jr's performance places as something grand to see. Rowdy Harrington's direction is professionally able and the camera work is exceptional. Writers Colin Greene and Robert Ozn are to be commended. A film whose time is come and whose value exceeds entertainment, this should have been required viewing by Congress before passing on trade agreements that have undermined the quality of life on both sides of the border. JCH

A very hairy Jeff Daniels and James Spader costar in a baffling murder mystery down Mexico way. Daniels is a human rights observer and Spader is an American cop assigned to a dusty Mexican border town. Dozens of bodies are found in a collapsed tunnel, and the question becomes why were they in the tunnel in the first place? An Amercan company operating in town may hold the answers, but the answers will prove to be hard to comprehend and possibly fatal for the finder, as a Mexican detective assigned to the case keeps reminding Daniels. Excellent acting, a convoluted mystery, and a sense of foreboding that is right out of some classic '80s thriller like AGAINST ALL ODDS. Someone also compared this STV to TRAFFIC. A fair comparison. A must-see for mystery fans.

I cried a lot and more at the ending. It takes one to know one. Anyone who commented the film is not as exciting or thrilling enough has no idea about the reality at all. I am not Mexican nor am I a "professional" human rights activist. I identify with most characters on my journey and in my quest for the truths. I'm an American who was born Deaf exposed to an unknown racism called AUDISM. I come from high class society. Being a Deaf female of a high society where AUDISM practices within the Legal System is rampant, it is equivalent to the Badlands of the untamed Wild West under the disguise of elegance, etiquette and complete control. The surface looks so peaceful and idyllic. What makes Audism so deadly is no one except Deaf People knows about Audism and its' state of totalitarianism for the Deaf. People are accustomed to mass of people living in a state of totalitarianism, they are not conditioned to accept a state of totalitarianism also imprisons one lone solitary person. Deaf Americans faces same dangers and fear for their lives/ Rights/Freedom due to their stereotyped status of deafness, no different from people of 3rd world countries."I Witness" is very true. It's all about the money. It exists in free countries like U.S.A., not just in 3rd world countries.

Some intriguing introductory sequences keep this thriller mildly interesting, but it is pretty conventional film-making overall, with a cheap, B-grade telepic feel to the material, which is enhanced by some poor music application. There are some parts of the film that are well shot and edited smartly, but the technical side does not enliven the film very much. The politics are drone and the film drags between the action sequences that are not that exciting in the first place. It provides some insight into relations between different nations, and a few other things, but nothing worth really praising. The film will be of interest to fans of James Spader, Clifton Collins Jr., or any of the other supporting actors, but I would be cautious to recommend it to anyone else.