A Mexican Argentinian crime animation directed by Gustavo Cova.
A violent man who used to be a soldier works for a mafia boss as a hit man. A woman who used to be in a relationship with the boss witnessed a crime and is supposed to testify in court. There is conflict over this witness and a new hit man is hired to fight the original one.
This reminded me of Sin City (2005). I think some of the scenes were direct copies of visual elements from that film. The plot was a little too convoluted for an animation. Who was on whose side and who is working for the mafia boss got confusing. The characters were obviously similar to Sin City, especially Boogie himself. The animation style reminded me of City of Rott (2006) in that it was very computerized and high contrast. There was a psychedelic dream sequence in which a Disney style setting became violent and was labelled "war land". The audio was very good for a film not originally in English. The voices fit and there was appropriate soundtrack music mixed at a correct level. Overall, a very well-made and enjoyable animated film, even if it was not entirely original. I rate this awesome. Watch it!
An Argentinian horror by Mariano Peralta.A woman researching snuff films meets with a man who knows a lot about them. She looks in one of his books while he is on the phone and finds revealing pictures. He reacts negatively to this and she ends up in one of his films.Watch this for the ending and the music. The ending is almost what I wanted it to be. I wanted the woman to break free and kill the dude on camera. Not saying what the ending really is (a.k.a. not spoiling). The music is some sort of electronic genre and they use some really cool sounds. The film was a little difficult to get into and I wanted to turn it off for about the first half. During the second half, I wanted to know what happens. The plot is presented all out of order, so you have to watch the whole film to have any idea of what's going on. The opening text says that everything is real, but I have found no confirmation of this and believe that most of it was fake. I'm rating this good for being "thought provoking".
An Argentinian adventure directed by Walter Salles.A pair of friends leave their home town on a motorcycle to travel around South America.This film is almost a prequel to the Che films, as it shows the man who would become Che when he is observing the people of South America and forming his ideas. The plot and characters were good. I always like films about a small group of people on a long journey. The style did not reflect the time period in which the film was made. It seemed more like a '90s film than 2000s. That was a good thing! I'm rating this good.
