Sleep Dealer

There were certain elements that made it a "Mexican" film, like language. The entire movie was in spanish (although there were a few occasions when there was some english dialogue), but also the the slang was Mexican. I'm "latino" myself so I didn't think I would need to read the subtitles, but the language was different even to me, it was "Mexican" I don't want to sound racist but that is the case. In certain countries some languages are spoken differently, with a different accent or slang's. Another element would be the setting, it was all in a Mexican setting, in a forgien country. Some of the connections in this film and the Matrix are more obvious than the others. First in both films it involved having to be plugged in/connected to enter an alternate world or reality. Other similarity would be that both bring up the concept of a dream world, a world that is only produced ion your sleep which in return means what they were living was a lie. Both films feature futuristic elements like machines and advanced technology. In Sleep dealer the whole country finds themselves under the control of the United States, oppressed by them, there is a border separating the country and they are cut off from their water supply that can only be obtained threw the government. In the Matrix the humans are under the control of the machines, that have in slaved their minds as its their method of energy. In the Matrix it was more like a fight against machines, race was not an issue, most of the freed minds were mixed races, there wasn't just one main race. In Sleep Dealer it was more like Mexico versus United States/government, their were racial elements in the film. In Sleep dealer they portrayed as having a rural life as the better lifestyle, having to work hard everyday for something that you own, while living in a urban life was too confusing and depended on others rather than yourself.