''Mission Park'' (alternatively titled ''Line of Duty'') is a 2013 American thriller drama film directed by Bryan Ramirez, starring

Jeremy Ray Valdez Jeremy Ray Valdez (born July 10, 1980) is an American actor and musician. He won the 2010 Imagen Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Feature Film for his role in '' La Mission''. Early life Valdez was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1980. His ...

, Walter Perez,

Will Rothhaar William Edward Lamar "Will" Rothhaar (born January 12, 1987) is an American actor. Early life Rothlaar was born in New York City, the son of Michael Rothhaar and Nancy Linehan Charles, both of whom are playwrights, actors and directors. He br ...

Joseph Julian Soria Joseph Julian Soria (born August 28, 1986) is a Mexican-American actor best known for his role as Private First Class Hector Cruz in the Lifetime series '' Army Wives'' and Pete Ramos in ''The Oath''. Life and career Soria was born in Los Angel ...

and

Fernanda Romero Fernanda Romero (born as María Fernanda Romero Martínez on October 4, 1983) is a Mexican actress, model and singer. She is most noted for her starring role in the Mexican telenovela '' Eternamente tuya'' and her supporting role in the Amer ...

Cast

as Bobby ** Jeremy Becerra as Young Bobby * Walter Perez as Jason ** Bryce Cass as Young Jason *

as Julian ** Austin Brock as Young Julian *

as Derek ** Alonzo Lara as Young Derek *

as Gina * Sean Patrick Flanery as The Captain * Will Estes as The Dealer * Jesse Borrego as Mr. Ramirez * Vivica A. Fox as Agent Montelogo * Douglas Spain as Agent Ortiz *

Julio Cesar Cedillo Julio César Cedillo is a Mexican-American actor, best known for the title role in the 2005 film ''The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada''. Early life Cedillo was born in Durango, Mexico in 1970, but grew up in Fort Worth, Texas. In 1988, he ...

as Detective Rodriguez * David Phillips as Detective Brent Jones

Release

The film received a limited theatrical release on 13 September 2013.

Reception

The Hollywood Reporter ''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film industry, film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade pap ...

'' wrote that the despite the "reasonably effective" performances, the film is "unconvincing from start to finish, with the director relying on so many helicopter shots of the San Antonio skyline that it begins to resemble something that might have been produced by the city’s tourist bureau." Jeannette Catsoulis of ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...

'' wrote that the film is "stuffed with men who think only with their fists, feet and parts in between." Scott Foundas of '' Variety'' wrote that while the film "doesn’t lack ambition", it "lays everything on far too thick", and the performances are "mostly stiff". Gary Goldstein of the ''

Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' (abbreviated as ''LA Times'') is a daily newspaper that started publishing in Los Angeles in 1881. Based in the LA-adjacent suburb of El Segundo since 2018, it is the sixth-largest newspaper by circulation in the Un ...

'' wrote that the "talented quartet of young actors can't surmount the wall-to-wall clichés that comprise “Mission Park,” an earnest, not terribly convincing action thriller as generic as its title."

References

External links

* * {{rotten-tomatoes, mission_park_2013, Mission Park American thriller films 2013 thriller films