The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
Directed by Tommy Lee Jones
When brash Texas border officer Mike Norton wrongfully kills and buries the friend and ranch hand of Pete Perkins, the latter is reminded of a promise he made to bury his friend, Melquiades Estrada, in his Mexican home town. He kidnaps Norton and exhumes Estrada's corpse, and the odd caravan sets out on horseback for Mexico.
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Jones, who also stars in Three Burials, received the Best Actor award at Cannes, while the film’s screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga (Amores Perros, 21 Grams) received the Best Screenplay award.
The script by Guillermo Arriaga ("Amores Perros" and "21 Grams") jumps to flashbacks without warning and expects the audience to catch up with it.
(The very compassionate screenplay is by Mexico's Guillermo Arriaga, whose previous works -- "Amores Perros" and "21 Grams" -- also used non-linear storytelling.)
Arriaga has proven, with “21 Grams,” “Amores Perros” and, now, “The Three Burials of Melguiades Estrada,” his mettle as an intriguing, creative storyteller.
Screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga has already explored this "fractured narrative" structure in both "Amores Perros" and "21 Grams."
Skip it: Written by Guillermo Arriaga ("21 Grams," "Amores Perros"), "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada" is another bitter morality tale of accidental murder and vigilante justice.