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MCT:October 2, 2008Watched it at Charlotte Film Festival.
I have very mixed feelings about this movie. While I loved the storyline and the characters the movie definitely lacked good pacing and a more refined acting. Sometimes the movie felt like it was dragging with random scenes just to add run time. Also the directing felt very pedestrian with a bland point and shoot directing approach.
Essentially it could have been trimmed down to a 45 minutes short film and still kept all the interesting scenes, but I don't know if would have been just as powerful.
But overall I really enjoyed it and I think it might be my favorite movie at the Charlotte Film Festival. It felt like a low key La Haine or City of God in Mexico; only without the stylish directing. -
MCT:September 18, 2008Strong, powerful, compelling and visually stunning.
It has everything it needs to become a truly magnificent piece of filmmaking but there's something missing through the entire movie.
The screenplay and the great directing by Aaron Fernandez are splendid as the wonderful cinematography and art direction/set decoration and some scenes are truly memorable and breathtaking but the performances (ironically "raved" as "extraordinary" in the poster and official trailer) are gray and kind of lame, specially from Emery Eduardo Granados, the lead role. He doesn't shine one single moment. When working with a non-professional actor you have to be able to create an actor out of him, but here, the more experienced (but equally young) Alan Chavez steals Granados' thunder all the way.
Even with all its flaws, the movie is still excellent and cruel and it deserves to be seen. I may not be perfect but it's definitely SOLID and that's good enough for me.
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