Someone commented about this movie as being "without clichés". In fact this is the part of the picture I didn't liked. The plot is somewhat predictable: the girl on a crusade to uncover the murderer, the geeky helper, the teacher involved, the lover who turns to be the villain. There are some plot gaps also: there have been dozens of murders and we don't see any policeman during 99% of the film. If those 200 tapes of snuff mentioned by Chema in the basement scene are 200 murders, the whole goddamn Spanish police should have swarmed the city. When Bosco has Angela tied to the chair, she has a knife in her hands and she uses it to cut the rope. How did he tied her hands without noticing she was holding a knife? A man who supposedly killed many victims should be a smart killer, not a dumb one. And the greatest and most annoying cliché is one that has been haunting the final scenes of such movies for decades: the victim wounds the aggressor, yet instead of quickly going for the kill, the victim tries to run away, leaving the aggressor on the floor, wounded, but perfectly capable of going in pursuit.
I vote 7 for this picture, which is a good note, because it has solid acting and it is thrilling, like it should be.
I vote 7 for this picture, which is a good note, because it has solid acting and it is thrilling, like it should be.