Valenzuela plays a hit man. At first I thought it was going to be a leftie Pinochet revenge movie (those politics are there in the back ground murdered parents etc..) when he flashed his Chilean ID...but his mark is his ex lover and his girlfriend. Or should I say the reverse....someone was paying him to kill his perfidious (Title) wife or girlfriend who just happened to be with the killers ex-lover. He killed his ex-lover for his own reasons.
The movie needed more hints as to what was going on.... a flashback something as it was only by reading another's review that I put it together.
It is a tad pseudo-intellectual (all South American movies are) with the poems by T.S. Elliot...at 12 years old I doubt I would have let my Dad read anything to me let alone classic poetry. Maybe comic books at 7. Instead of classical poems the writer should have concentrated on closing holes in the plot you could drive through. For instance the first place the police would look is at the other guests....did no one notice his changed appearance? Surveillance cameras are everywhere any more his changed appearance and passports wouldn't do so much good if homeland security had a good picture of him.
Also Valenzuela is not a consummate good actor and he has to carry this entire thing...the first 40 minutes show only him cutting his hair and nails..he doesn't quite have the talent to do it. Although I am not sure any actor could have with this script.
Different sound track nice... The semi drag dance with the gun with the silencer was not needed. It is gay baggage we don't need.
His boy friend was much handsomer would have made a better hit man at least he would be fun to look at cutting his nails for 30 minutes.
I grudgingly give it an 8 because it is exactly what I have been looking for gay movies that show interesting stories without all the baggage that just won't leave. You know the over sexed mother...all the humiliations and the gays always end up committing suicide or something. This is not quite what I had in mind but it is a good start.
If they had toned down the artsy nature of this one and made the plot followable by normal people, it could have been a big hit. They had at least a dozen indirect references to Pinochet (murdered his intellectual parents) including a picture. Why not some hints on the plot? Oh yes please axe the Ferris/Bueler/Drag Queen dance with the gun.
The cinematography was good with unexpected extreme close ups etc...
RECOMMEND
The movie needed more hints as to what was going on.... a flashback something as it was only by reading another's review that I put it together.
It is a tad pseudo-intellectual (all South American movies are) with the poems by T.S. Elliot...at 12 years old I doubt I would have let my Dad read anything to me let alone classic poetry. Maybe comic books at 7. Instead of classical poems the writer should have concentrated on closing holes in the plot you could drive through. For instance the first place the police would look is at the other guests....did no one notice his changed appearance? Surveillance cameras are everywhere any more his changed appearance and passports wouldn't do so much good if homeland security had a good picture of him.
Also Valenzuela is not a consummate good actor and he has to carry this entire thing...the first 40 minutes show only him cutting his hair and nails..he doesn't quite have the talent to do it. Although I am not sure any actor could have with this script.
Different sound track nice... The semi drag dance with the gun with the silencer was not needed. It is gay baggage we don't need.
His boy friend was much handsomer would have made a better hit man at least he would be fun to look at cutting his nails for 30 minutes.
I grudgingly give it an 8 because it is exactly what I have been looking for gay movies that show interesting stories without all the baggage that just won't leave. You know the over sexed mother...all the humiliations and the gays always end up committing suicide or something. This is not quite what I had in mind but it is a good start.
If they had toned down the artsy nature of this one and made the plot followable by normal people, it could have been a big hit. They had at least a dozen indirect references to Pinochet (murdered his intellectual parents) including a picture. Why not some hints on the plot? Oh yes please axe the Ferris/Bueler/Drag Queen dance with the gun.
The cinematography was good with unexpected extreme close ups etc...
RECOMMEND