Miss Bala is about an aspiring beauty queen caught in a drug warDrugs and a damsel

A Mexican drug cartel, corrupt cops and a girl trying to save her best friend! &flix is all set for the premiere of Miss Bala, a story of how two girls face their biggest nightmare.

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The movie will be aired on TV for the first time on December 22 at 1pm and 9 pm. Miss Bala sees Gina Rodriguez, who plays Gloria, in a new avatar.

Directed by multiple award nominee Catherine Hardwicke, the film is based on a 2011 Mexican film with the same name. The movie also stars Ismael Cruz Córdova, who plays Suzu and Anthony Mackie, who plays Jimmy. The film opens with Gloria, as she drives to Tijuana, Mexico, to visit her best friend (Suzu), who is competing in the local Miss Tijuana beauty pageant. During a night out, her friend is abducted, and Gloria soon finds herself a pawn in a dangerous game being played by the CIA, the DEA and a charismatic yet ruthless cartel kingpin. Finding the power, she never knew she had, Gloria plays one organization against the other, as she tries to rescue her friend.