David Zonana's chilling drama, "Heroic," premiering at the Sundance Film Festival, is set in a Mexican military academy where 18-year-old Luis (Santiago Sandoval Carbajal) is a "colt" (young cadet ...

If so,”Heroic,” set at the Mexican army’s Heroic Military Academy, the country’s West Point or Sandhurst, underscores that Mexico is in bad shape. Contained in length – a nifty 88 ...

By Jordan Mintzer A punishing look at extreme military indoctrination, David Zonana’s second feature, Heroic, portrays the ... the only reason he entered the academy. Luis tries to resist ...