Emilio Rivera’s next role will land him in the middle of a deadly Mexican drug war…

The 51-year-old Mexican American actor has signed on to star in The Devil’s In The Details. 

Hailing from debut feature helmer Waymon Boone, the action thriller stars Ray Liotta as a psychiatrist who finds himself caught in the middle of a deadly Mexican drug war. Lane Garrison and newcomer Joel Mathews also star.

Rivera, who recently starred opposite Roselyn Sanchez and Nestor Serrano in Act of Valor, has appeared in such films as Next Day Air, Spider-Man 3 and Collateral.