Daniel Monzón, whose "El Corazón del Guerrero" was an interesting fantasy flick, delves into thriller territory with "The Kovak Box", filmed in English with a combination of Spanish and English-speaking actors.
I'm not a native English speaker by any means, but the dialog made me cringe. Lucía Jimenez speaks with a thick Spanish accent even though her character is supposed (I believe) to be a native English speaker. The movie mixes Spanish and English in confusing ways, and some bits of dialog felt terribly awkward. This factor prevented me from enjoying the film, so probably a dubbed version will feel much better, though.
As for the rest, it felt like a cheap, unoriginal thrillers whose resources seem to be limited to things lifted from Hitchcock movies; the plot is a rehash of ideas we have all seen before with only some slightly original bits thrown in. David Kelly is one of the highlights of the film, as he seems to have the best dialog writing in the movie, as is Lucía Jiménez delightful anatomy, which is explored throughly in the movie.
Avoid.
I'm not a native English speaker by any means, but the dialog made me cringe. Lucía Jimenez speaks with a thick Spanish accent even though her character is supposed (I believe) to be a native English speaker. The movie mixes Spanish and English in confusing ways, and some bits of dialog felt terribly awkward. This factor prevented me from enjoying the film, so probably a dubbed version will feel much better, though.
As for the rest, it felt like a cheap, unoriginal thrillers whose resources seem to be limited to things lifted from Hitchcock movies; the plot is a rehash of ideas we have all seen before with only some slightly original bits thrown in. David Kelly is one of the highlights of the film, as he seems to have the best dialog writing in the movie, as is Lucía Jiménez delightful anatomy, which is explored throughly in the movie.
Avoid.