This was a beautiful movie to look at and a stunning one to listen to. In every sensory aspect it was an incredible, breathtaking film.
But I'm not on board with it being a great movie. The movie captures Macer's confusion without ever really giving us / her a chance for catharsis. And Alejandro just sort of transforms into a character that felt a little out of place in the third act, he became a little too Jason Statham or something for me.
Overall I just think the plot portion of the movie was pretty weak compared to all the other elements of the movie. I even enjoyed the dialogue a lot from scene to scene, I just didn't think it built off of each other into a coherent whole as well as it did entertain minute by minute.
That said, I couldn't help comparing this movie to the first season of True Detective over and over again as well. It had that exact same vibe and maybe that's why the ending had to hit with a bit of a deliberate thud as well.