Did Red 11 need a better location?

The line from Variety's review that makes me not want to see Robert Rodriguez's Red 11:

...most of the film takes place in his nondescript production offices...

I don't want to see Robert Rodriguez's nondescript production offices.

I had these friends who made all their amateur movies in their backyard. Two doors down from their house was a huge underground reservoir which would have been a great location for so many things, but they wanted the back of their house in every film.

That's just the corner of it. The thing's huge.

El Mariachi was shot in Ciudad Acuña in Coahuíla, Mexico. You at least got to see someplace new.

I live in a middling city. They bulldozed anything old or interesting during the urban renewal craze. The university has some interesting buildings, but the rest of the city is of little interest visually. But I can drive half an hour in any direction and reach small towns that do look interesting. I can think of two off hand that look kind of like hellholes surrounded by mountains. The others look pleasant.

Of course, small town cops don't have much to do and you couldn't pass yourselves off as a harmless tourist with a camcorder like you can some places.

Thirty miles from here.