Miss Bala

You’re an aspiring beauty queen stuck at a nightclub when cartel shootouts trap you in the restroom. A missed ride home leaves you hijacked by gunmen and smuggled across the border. Then a single bullet teaches you how to shoot back. Hardwicke stages the chase in neon-lit strip malls and desert roads, turning a beauty queen into a reluctant marksman overnight.

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Catherine Hardwicke directed Miss Bala in 2019. See Catherine Hardwicke's full filmography, where to start with Catherine Hardwicke, or where to go after you've seen everything by Catherine Hardwicke.

Miss Bala was released in 2019 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 104 minutes.