To save time from running the title through Wikipedia, the cadejo are a pair of magical creatures along the lines of Oz’s good witch/bad witch sisters. The only reason Bea (Pamela Martinez) invited older sister Sarita (Karen Martinez) to the club that evening was so that grandma would let her stay out later. Her failure to return home has Sarita convinced that her tough monkey boyfriend Andrés (Rudy Rodriguez) had something to do with Bea’s disappearance. In no time, the otherwise guileless Sarita loses the bra, paints on her best bar face, and tells grandma she’ll be back in a few days. Andrés is a scum-of-the-earth level thug, a cowardly type who sends children to pick up his protection money and whose “work” clothes are covered in blood that isn't his. Either an idiot or a genius would have stood outside a crackhouse waiting for Andrés to emerge, but Sarita’s dauntlessness paid off. Her first assignment — a decoy to set up a rival gang-banger — opens doors that were best kept closed. Repetition pads the running time, but not enough to keep one away from what is otherwise a crackerjack crime thriller. Justin Lerner directs. (2021) — Scott Marks
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