Borrego

Borrego, an awkward thriller pasted onto a moody strangers-forging-a-connection drama, doesn't allow itself to be what it so clearly wants to be.

humanizes an issue that is all too often discussed in shallow talking points and shrill hyperbole

A poorly acted, uninteresting, and wholly forgettable survivalist thriller.

There are eye-rolling bits you have to ignore to wring a little visceral pleasure out of rooting for Elly/Lucy Hale to reason, run or fight her way out of this life-or-death fix. But it’s not all bad.

Its story is awkwardly told.

Gripping crime drama Borrego with Lucy Hale has a fine cast.

It doesn't always work, especially when cutting away from its two main characters, but this sun-baked, anti-drug desert-survival thriller is solid enough at its center to make it worth a look.

While filled with gorgeous shots of the desert landscape, Borrego fails to engage its audience, delivering hollow connections and emotions, compounded further by its uncertainty of direction.

Borrego, written and directed by Jesse Harris, is misguided and fails to be thought-provoking or contemplative on the matters it seems to be about.

This gritty thriller just about holds the attention without exaggerating the action too much.