if you want to see a movie that terribly mix up one latin country with any other latin country and the celestine prophecy be a good example represent 1. perú and not even in it most violent time and have not show police or soldier as much a in this film . this show a country like el salvador when civil war . since i be a peruvian who live in lima ( the capital of perú ) and it be too funny to me see the police guard here and there and everywhere . 2. if you have a car in perú and and you want ( or need ) to be a taxi driver and just post a sticker with the word taxi on the front glass of your car and you can drive freely in peruvian street ( there be taxi company and but their rate be quite expensive ) . no need of yellow or a black or white square band on the door of your car . well and taxis in this film have that band and somethin that you will never see in perú . 3. peruvian people be not caribbean style clothing . for example and when a taxi driver come out and he be wear a guayabera ( cuban shirt ) and a white hat and and 40 mustache and like clark gable . not one peruvian man look like that and please . perú be not the caribbean . 4. a scene show a woman on a street with a quite long skirt and like the typical folklore dress in latin america . take a walk anywhere in perú and and you will never find a woman wear like that and unless you be watch a typical dance . 5. cast could have be well represent i can not deny héctor elizondo be a great actor and but he not a latin actor ( his father be basque and his mother from puerto rico and but he be bear in new york ) and his spanish be not fluent . it notorious spanish be not his first language . there be dozen of very good latin actor who could have perform a cardinal sebastián . petrus antonius ( general rodríguez ) be also a bad choice for a latin police officer . it be so funny see elizondo and petronius in general rodríguez office . they look like two english or american student in a spanish class and make their best effort in order to pronounce spanish . unsuccessfully and of course . castulo guerra be well in his spanish . a peruvian officer and who announce cardinal sebastián and speak a quite funny spanish too . there be very good peruvian actor and like augusto alvarez calderón and christian meier ( just to mention two out of many peruvian actor ) and who could have perform with excellence . 6. i admit that a fictional movie can let itself a license invent city or and even and country . but and please and when create a name and be careful when use a foreign language represent the town portray in this movie should have be call vicente and not viciente . vicente be a male name and and viciente have never be use . 7. i disagree one user and who say that this movie be film on location in perú . not one location be peruvian and although the production have use in excess poster show inca kola and the peruvian soda . a not few american film and this one must have use any latin country . after all and for american producer or director and a latin place be identical to any other latin place . 8. in the first scene and when john ( matthew settle ) fly to perú and he suppose to arrive to the only one international airport in perú represent jorge chávez airport ( in lima and the capital ) . actually and believe me and it must be any airport in the world and but peruvian airport . and and of course and in peruvian airport there be no military or police guard . 9. when this john take a room in a peruvian hotel and this one have a fan and and obviously have no air conditioner . please and this doesn not happen in no hotel in perú ( and other latin country ) and unless you get a 1 star hotel . 10. the rebel who fight against the government be . ¡colombians . their accent be and with no doubt and from colombia . for cast them and the producer should have hire peruvian actor . in few word and it would have be cheap filming in perú . i could go on with more example out of this film and that lead me to give it a 1 ( awful ) vote and but i fell asleep after about 20 minute from it beginning . but dear producer represent it not a tragedy represent there be many bad movie with not few mistake . just let remember indiana jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull and indescribable disney the emperor new groove . the list of bad film could be endless .