Perro Guardián

Set in Lima, 2001. Dog, a former army member involved in the fight against the guerrillas of Shining Path in the 1980s, is now a killer-for-hire. One of his missions leads him to a Christian church where he changes bosses.

In 1995 the Peruvian government passed an Amnesty Law absolving those accused of crimes during the country's 15-year counterinsurgency war -- including brutal paramilitary squads. GUARD DOG is a moodily atmospheric film that chronicles the violent days of Miguel, a ruthless government killer then and a ruthless contract killer now. Expressionless and given to bouts of fury, he coldly liquidates his targets under orders of his boss, the General. Though he seems to have a family, Miguel squats alone in a leaky grey apartment -- until, in a vague search for something like salvation, he wanders into a charismatic church. An intriguing girl and the congregation's pastor try to persuade him to seek forgiveness through the Lord. As Miguel starts to shift his allegiance to a new Boss, it looks like there's a day of reckoning coming. (Cinemax)