Benicio Del Toro, Joaquim de Almeida, Pablo Durán

In 1967, Argentine revolutionary Ernesto 'Che' Guevara (Benicio del Toro) travels to Bolivia to lead a revolution there.

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R, 2 hrs. 9 min.

Directed by: Steven Soderbergh

Release Date: December 12, 2008

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  • November 20, 2009
    Second film begins with Argentine-born revolutionary Che Guevara having left Cuba on an ill-fated campaign in disguise, eventually smuggling himself over the Bolivian border, leaving behind a second wife and 5 children. Throughout, there is never any mention of what would happen...( read more) to them, how they feel, or how he even feels about all this. Still, Steven Soderbergh seems a lot milder and more sentimental as a director with a slower pace. Although I knew the outcome, Soderbergh does his best in showing how frustrating the fight in Bolivia might have been with a fading echo of what was possible in Cuba.

    I would've like some of Che's failed campaign in the Congo to have been showcased, but I'll take what I can get. Regardless of how you feel about it politically, Soderbergh makes nice use of dilemmas that characters are confronted with. In real life, these were moments in the struggle where people made important decisions based on ideas of strength and weakness.

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  • March 21, 2009
    The second part (or half) of Che is definitely the more gritty and less stylized part of Stephen Soderbergh's epic. If you're not familiar with the story you're basically going to watch a hopeful situation go from bad and see it get continually worse. Not to say I was looking for...( read more) a happy ending but I'd rather not watch someone die of cancer either. Franke Potente is always a plus and the Matt Damon cameo helped wake me up. Basically the first 20 and the last 15 minutes were the most interesting to me. If I had to pick between the two parts (even though they're 1 movie) I'd say Part One is definitely the better. Move onto Part Two only if you love One so much that you want to read subtitles for another 2 hours.
  • March 16, 2009
    Part two is much more slower paced, quieter, and has less personal investment. A lot of bad press has built and become accepted about Fidel and Che's revolutionary movement in Cuba. Che must assume a new identity to enter Bolivia, in fact rebel fighters from all other countries...( read more) coming to help the movement in Bolivia must assume Bolivian nationality to even fight with the few rebel fighters there. The Bolivian culture from the peasants to the military commanders has a strong distrust of foreigners and anti-communist sentiments are stronger now. You don't get to know the band of revolutionary fighters that Che helps lead as individuals as much in this part of the story. The military with American assistance is becoming more technologically savvy, while the revolutionaries try to follow easily manipulated news reports on the radio. The revolutionaries cannot build their numbers since the peasants do not support them in the same way as Cuban peasants supported the movement. They have some communication breakdown, and despite what Che says during the first part, the size of the armies does matter. It is all very depressing to see the downhill fall of Che's efforts in this Bolivian conflict. Though he has such a love of humanity and struggles against oppressive governments, he is made out to be a monster by those in favor of keeping the poor poor and the educated men in power in power. I don't think you should see this part without also seeing the first part. If this second part was viewed alone, I think I would rate it a little lower, but it is boosted by being the antithesis failure to the first part's success.
  • March 2, 2009
    bearing in mind this is my first viewing of it i've given it a three. by that i'm not saying it's not a good film because it clearly is. i just don't like the subject material. watching che go through the forests of bolivia constantly fighting a losing battle and having his troop...( read more)s picked off one by one only saddens me. purely for sadness factor i can't give this more than three stars. it's still worth the watch just so you know... hope in hopelessness
  • January 1, 2009
    A technically admirable you-are-there experience that fails to let us really know the man behind the revolution.
  • October 21, 2009
    Del Toro = Che, una vez más..............
  • October 9, 2009
    good & real & intense about Boliva's revolution attempt & people's determination to fight for the cause... disappointed & real about Che's death... "live like you're already dead"... a fave Benicio Del Toro was fantastic...
  • September 18, 2009
    Vienes quemando la brisa
    con soles de primavera
    para plantar la bandera
    con la luz de tu sonrisa.

    Tu amor revolucionario
    te conduce a nueva empresa
    donde esperan la firmeza
    de tu brazo libertario.

    Seguiremos adelante
    como junto a ti seguimos
    y con Fidel te decimos:
    !Hasta siemp...( read more)re, Comandante!
  • September 10, 2009
    A little bit slower than the first film, but still very good.
  • September 8, 2009
    Benicio Del Toro is terrific as Che Gueverra.

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February 19, 2009
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times

This film is stronger than the first. The pale, sepulchral tones give a ritualistic eeriness to the long pursuit scenes. full review

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