After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

As you can see the people who value an honest look at illegal immigration take the time to write reviews, those that just want open borders and amnesty vote. The movie has 130 voters, but few reviews. This movie looks at the reality of illegal immigration and does it honestly and intelligently. In fact the truth and honesty revealed in this movie is so politically incorrect that the main stream left has went out of it's way to keep it from the public. Dennis M Lynch has had to distribute the movie himself because the Hollywood/movie theater distribution machine refused to do so. This movie presents the facts and the consequences of illegal immigration that the supporters of illegal aliens, amnesty and foreign workers cannot refute. This is one movie that every American should see, regardless of their political leanings.

Full of factual inaccuracies, non sequiturs, conservative buzzwords, and scare-mongering, this so-called "documentary" film is nothing more than the parroting of tired right-wing bigotry masquerading as "fair and balanced" (and no more convincingly than Fox News manages to pull off "fair and balanced"). The filmmaker, Dennis M. Lynch, makes much of his attempts to appear to be giving equal time to "both sides"; however, the sides are completely misrepresented in the first place. Am I being fair and balanced by giving equal time to "yes" and equal time to "no" in my film in which I ask my neighbor the yes/no question, "Have you stopped beating your dog yet?"? In reality, my neighbor has never beaten his dog, but then that wasn't one of the sides I portrayed in my film, is it? Lynch similarly frames the issue of immigration in a false dichotomy and then proceeds to carefully cultivate the appearance of fairness and balance for those uninformed, trusting, or simple enough to be fooled by it. As such, his credibility as an objective documentarian goes right out the window.The actual pro-immigration stance is woefully absent in Lynch's film, no doubt because accurately representing it would sound the death knell for his carefully crafted narrative. Lynch works hard to cast himself as a victim in the film, as a lone seeker of truth being abused by some of those he interviews, being kicked out of political rallies, and knocking on the massive closed doors of a conspiracy hellbent on keeping a terrible secret. In reality, however, he aggressively asks leading questions and is wantonly disruptive of those not likely to agree with him. It is not that those who support immigration refused to be represented in his film, but that they were not willing to be a part of an obvious attempt to misrepresent them.In lieu of an expansive soundtrack, Lynch opts instead to underscore his film with the constant drumbeat of an endless string of white people all too eager to scapegoat immigrants for everything wrong in their own lives. An overt, over-the-top racist predictably appears at opportune moments in the narrative to act as apologetic counterpoint in order to lend the appearance of legitimacy to the undercurrent of "softer" bigoted attitudes given voice throughout the film. Lynch casts himself as a softy that feels for the undocumented immigrants, and suggests at one point that perhaps America is not the best place for immigrants because it would be a shame for them to become the victims of rising racial tensions. There's nothing revelatory here, just an incendiary laundry list of long ago refuted straw-man arguments dramatically staged to look as if they are alive and well and candidly documented on the gritty front lines of public opinion.What does it say about the strength of the anti-immigration political position when it must be bolstered by such underhanded tactics?---that proponents of this position are on shaky ground. What does it say about these proponents that these tactics are so transparent and unconvincing?---that they're scraping the bottom of the barrel. The debate is over, they have lost, and the only alternative to having the integrity to concede the point is to attempt revision of the debate itself and its historical timeline. Still, they refuse to read the writing on the wall and accept that they could ever have possibly been wrong. In this reviewer's opinion, all of the ills Lynch outlines in the film can be cured when conservatives cease running interference that prevents immigration law reform from ever coming about.It is an insult to the venerable art of documentary filmmaking to call this piece of propagandistic political puff a serious addition to the genre. Whatever your views on immigration, this film can safely be ignored as it seeks only to muddy the waters.

The cost of both illegal and LEGAL immigration is staggering, especially so during this difficult time our country is facing. Americans need to wake up to the reality of what is happening in our own backyards. This film portrays the honest truth, clearly documenting the financial, national security, and quality of life issues we all are facing if we don't take action now and stop the invasion. Dennis Lynch is bipartisan and has nothing to gain politically from creating this documentary - he is to be commended for attempting to open all of our eyes to what the future will hold for our children, and their children, if we allow the government to continue violating our constitution by not enforcing our existing laws on illegal immigration, and by not reconsidering our policies on legal immigration during this recession. Excellent film, highly recommended!

I give this review a ten because it is apolitical and charges both national parties with ignoring our immigration laws, and exposes the true cost of life, human dignity and dollars on what is the disgraceful fact of not securing our southern border. It is thought provoking for sure. One of my main questions is why isn't our border secure? Are we involved with the drug cartel that only money talks because billions are being made by peddling the illegal drugs?Was the fast and furious gun running failure, part of the plan? A part that I found missing is Dennis failed to talk about how many illegals must be coming in through the Gulf of Mexico. No fence there.Lastly, it fearlessly points out the long range financial problems, and the prejudices that are being created by not enforcing the law.