Three agents (Benjamin Davis, Lance Flores, and Lou Hobbs) find some drug evidence in a car at a desert checkpoint, which reveals an insidious plot in their organisation. They set out to uncover the truth by putting their life on the line.
The film was met with positive reviews from critics. John DeFore of The Hollywood Reporter wrote: "Artfully made but wholly accessible for a mainstream audience, it features strong performances but no names in the cast who'll draw attention on their own." DeFore went on to single out the performance of Gabriel Luna, writing: "While all three performances are on target, the film belongs to Luna, as Flores scrambles to mislead the bosses he wants to alert until he and Davis can somehow fix this botched smuggling run."[6] Kahron Spearman of The Austin Chronicle wrote: "With nail-biting precision, Kwedar has crafted Transpecos into a diamond."[7]
