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Overall Grade: B+
Story: B+
Acting: B+
Direction: C-
Visuals: B+
Dancing thru the revolution...
by CamilleN (movies profile) (Jul 17, 2005)
6 of 8 people found this review helpful
In a small town in Latin Amer.(Peru),strange omens are occuring and point to a political uprising by a pseudo-leader known only as Esquivel.Meanwhile life continues on fo... Full Review

Overall Grade: B-
Story: N/A
Acting: N/A
Direction: N/A
Visuals: N/A
Good Story But Takes A While to Get There
by Moviefan (movies profile) (Jul 17, 2005)
5 of 7 people found this review helpful
This movie is based on real-life events surrounding a terrorist group in Latin America. Javier Bardem plays a lawyer turned cop (Rejas) who investigates a terrorist grou... Full Review

Overall Grade: A
Story: N/A
Acting: N/A
Direction: N/A
Visuals: N/A
historic fiction at its best
by william (movies profile) (Jul 17, 2005)
3 of 4 people found this review helpful
Worthy of viewing several times to fully understand all the different things going on. The DVD helps with director and actor comments, but the brilliance is there if one... Full Review

Overall Grade: A-
Story: N/A
Acting: N/A
Direction: N/A
Visuals: N/A
good detective/political thriller
by T. (movies profile) (Jul 17, 2005)
3 of 5 people found this review helpful
Story had a good premise. The photography was well done especially the sequences where the detective returns to the countryside. Direction was good although i felt it b... Full Review

Overall Grade: C
Story: B
Acting: N/A
Direction: A-
Visuals: B-
A fascinating movie
by Jonathan (movies profile) (Jul 17, 2005)
2 of 3 people found this review helpful
This movie, the first and so far only one by the self-dubbed "Evil Bastard" is quite an eye-opener into John Malkovich's life. It is easy to tell from the direction and s... Full Review

Overall Grade: B+
Story: A-
Acting: A
Direction: A-
Visuals: A
Memorable, a very smart movie
by rrll (movies profile) (Jul 17, 2005)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
I liked this movie, but it was the kind of movie that really kind of stays in your head long after you've seen it. Partly it's because you are trying to figure out what's... Full Review

Overall Grade: C+
Story: C+
Acting: B-
Direction: C+
Visuals: C
Where's the thrill
by years, yeariah (movies profile) (Nov 24, 2007)
This movie has such a dark and serious tone that it's difficult to see through the bleakness of the weather. First of all, there is this tense man who does a superb job i... Full Review

Overall Grade: A
Story: A
Acting: A
Direction: A+
Visuals: A+
Fascinating, political crime film noir
by Yahoo! Movies User (movies profile) (Oct 16, 2005)
Action thriller: gripping visuals, sound track, subtle turns and twists, and a good detective story to boot. Rank it with "Z" "Enemy of the State"  

Overall Grade: C-
Story: C-
Acting: C+
Direction: C-
Visuals: C+
Buena idea pero mal ejecutada
by EngelsH (movies profile) (Aug 7, 2005)
Una buena idea, pero muy mal ejecutada, por un John Malkovich, que estuvo detrás de las cámaras por primera vez, la historia está inspirada en la captura de Abimael Gu... Full Review

Overall Grade: B-
Story: C+
Acting: B+
Direction: B
Visuals: B
Malkovich is a Good Director in the Making
by Carlos (movies profile) (Aug 2, 2005)
Javier Bardem turns in a great performance in John Malkovich’s directorial debut. Bardem plays a quiet, honest lawyer turned cop. He doesn’t seem to be happ... Full Review
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