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Rough girl Perdita and her demonic lover Romeo Dolorosa need humans to sacrifice following Romeo's religion before he can go on a mission ordered by mob boss Santos. They kidnap teen sweethearts Duane...( read more 
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MCT:July 29, 2008A very simple violence flick, with guns, naked chicks, blood and bad guys talking in spanglish.
But at the same time is imposible feel boring with this, the Javier Bardem's character absolutely rules. -
MCT:July 28, 2008
A flawed affair from Alex de la Iglesia that benefits from one thing: Javier Bardem playing a crazy ruthless mexican santero who rapes american teen girls and makes human sacrifices. Bardem owns the movie in every way.
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MCT:June 6, 2008
A fun road trip through the characters of Barry Gifford, whose title character (Perdita Durango) appeared in the earlier David Lynch film 'Wild at Heart.' This film seems to constantly skirt the edge of becoming an incoherent mess, but somehow manages to hold itself together. Certainly not without its flaws. James Gandolfini is good here, as always, in looks and performance.
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MCT:January 31, 2008Boring. Went to see this because it was a follow up on one of the characters from Wild at Heart, but it couldn't be further in tone. Maybe I should see it again after viewing a lot more cult movies, but I remember sitting in my seat excited to see this, and by the middle being sunk into the chair waiting for it to end.
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MCT:January 16, 2008Right after the success of his masterpiece, the dark comedy "El Dia De la Bestia", Spanish director Alex De la Iglesia took a stab at Hollywood with this wild ride of marvelous insanity and bizarre entertainment. Sadly, the resulting movie was severely cut in the U.S. and the U.K. and didn't had the expected results as many labeled as another Tarantino-style film. While at first sight "Perdita Durango" indeed looks like a rip off of the movies by the Tarantino-Rodriguez tandem, this really black comedy is more a witty satire than a serious action flick.
The film is the story of Perdita Durango (Rosie Perez), a young criminal who one night meets Romeo Dolorosa (Javier Bardem), a crazed priest of an extreme form of Santeria who makes a life doing jobs for the mob. They fall in love and Perdita comes along in Romeo's latest job: the traffic of human fetuses for the cosmetic industry. On their trip, they kidnap two American teenagers for Romeo's human sacrifices. However, things go wrong as a DEA agent (James Gandolfini) follows them closely and the kidnapped teens try to escape.
Based on Barry Gifford's novel of the same name, the movie follows the criminal couple's adventure in the style of a road trip movie with the two couples (the criminals and their victims) as main characters. I can't tell how faithful the movie is to the novel, but it is definitely closer to Gifford's previous film adaptation, David Lynch's "Wild at Heart" than to the Tarantino films that are often compared to it. The movie is charged with black humor and disturbing violence, and is a brilliant satire of modern society.
Alex De la Iglesia crafts a film that is at the same time disturbing and funny, and he plays with those two very different emotions with very good results. The pacing of the movie is very good although it is true that at times it feels a bit disjointed. Still, De la Iglesia manages to tell an intelligent and different story than what we are used to. On a side note, the edited A-Pix version is missing what is probably the most important moment of the film due to copyright troubles, so to fully appreciate the film, the 125 version is the way to go.
The acting is good for the most part, with Javier Bardem showing exactly why is he considered the best Spanish actor of his generation; his Romeo Delarosa is one of the best performances of his career. Rosie Perez is effective, but at times it feels as if she weren't up to the challenge, something that hurts the film badly, as she is the main character. Harley Cross and Aimee Graham are very believable as the kidnapped teens and show potential for comedy, but the real joy comes from supporting actors Gandolfini and a surprising Screamin' Jay Hawkins.
Personally, I liked the film a lot and it is a personal favorite, but I must be fair and point out that it is not a perfect film. Alex De la Iglesia's main mistake is to focus too much on Romeo Delarosa's character, almost to the point where Rosie Perez almost becomes a supporting actress. The fact that Bardem's acting is enormously superior doesn't really help Perez' performance. On another point, the movie seems to lose steam at the last point, and while it does recover some of its initial power, the edited versions definitely take out this final improvement.
As written above, this is a personal favorite, and while I wouldn't recommend it to everybody (due to its disturbing images), I would definitely recommend it to fans of black comedies, disturbing thrillers and overall bizarre film-making in general -
MCT:December 18, 2007Una mujer joven y peligrosa sueña cada noche con un jaguar que lame su cuerpo desnudo y se acuesta a su lado. Morena, sexy y muy descarada, lo suyo es aprovecharse del prójimo y vivir a tope, arrastrando con cierto orgullo un pasado bañado en sangre y extrañas pasiones. Se hace llamar Perdita Durango. Romeo Dolorosa es un tipo duro y magnético. Todos los días rememora alguna anécdota de su infancia tropical. Moreno, sensual y muy atrevido, compagina los atracos a bancos con el tráfico de cadáveres y sustancias ilegales, sembrando su camino de ritos santeros y leyendas fantásticas. Los destinos de Perdita y Romeo se unen un buen día sin que nada ni nadie pueda remediarlo. Juntos, guapos y enamorados se dedican a saltar de un lado a otro de la frontera que separa a México de los Estados Unidos, multiplicando delitos y enemigos.
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MCT:December 18, 2007
Saw someplace that it's a satire..maybe, but anyhow, the nature of the violence wasn't quite in my taste. Close to dropping another half a star.
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MCT:December 18, 2007"Very cool crime madness from Alex de La Iglesia and Barry Gifford. The right mix of the supernatural with insane ganster accion result in a excelent tale of Bonnie and Clyde....in hell. Perdita Durango( Rosie Perez) herself tho, despite her being the main character, is completly engulfed by Javier bardem's Romeo Dolorosa, who is the real atraction here. We get a convincingly psychotic performance from him despite the heavy spanish accent. Definetly one of Alex de La Iglesia's weirdest projects"
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MCT:April 29, 2007
Awesome rated R action and hot sex scenes. Rosie Perez is bloody hot American-Purerto Rican actress in this dangerous hostage thriller film.
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