Perdita Durango (1997)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.1/10   

Director:

Álex de la Iglesia

Escritores (WGA):

Barry Gifford (novel)
Barry Gifford (screenplay) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

31 octubre 1997 (Spain)

Género:

Acción | Crimen | Drama | Romance

Plot:

A psychotic criminal couple kidnaps a random teenage couple. The woman rapes the male captive, and lets him watch his lover being raped by the man. They then plan to sacrifice the couple.

Plot Keywords:

Sacrifice | Rape | Bizarre | Kidnapping | Hit And Run

Premios:

6 wins & 5 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Bonnie & Clyde on speed

Reparto

Rosie Perez	...	Perdita Durango
Javier Bardem	...	Romeo Dolorosa
Harley Cross	...	Duane
Aimee Graham	...	Estelle
James Gandolfini	...	Willie 'Woody' Dumas
Screamin' Jay Hawkins	...	Adolfo
Demián Bichir	...	Catalina
Carlos Bardem	...	Reggie San Pedro
Santiago Segura	...	Shorty Dee
Harry Porter	...	Ford
Carlos Arau	...	Phillips
Don Stroud	...	Santos
Alex Cox	...	Doyle
Miguel Galván	...	Doug
Regina Orozco	...	Lilly

También conocida como:

Dance with the Devil (USA) (video title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence including rape, sexuality, language and some drug content.

Duración:

126 min | Australia:125 min | USA:115 min (R-rated version) | USA:121 min (unrated version) | South Korea:95 min | Hong Kong:118 min | Germany:125 min (DVD version)

País:

Mexico | USA | Spain

Idioma:

Inglés | Español

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

New Zealand:R18 | Finland:K-16 (cut) | Iceland:16 | UK:18 (cut) (original rating) | UK:18 (2006 re-rating) | Australia:MA (cable rating) (cut) | USA:R (cut) | Australia:R (cut) | Spain:18 | Argentina:18 | France:-16 | Germany:18 | Hong Kong:III | Ireland:(Banned) | Netherlands:16 (video premiere) | Norway:18 | Peru:18 | Portugal:M/18 | Singapore:R(A) | South Korea:(Banned) (original rating) | South Korea:18 (re-rating)

Locaciones de Filmación:

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Compañía:

Canal+ España

Trivialidades:

'J.J. Bigas Luna' was first slated to direct the film

Errores:

Personal o Equipo Visible: Shadow of the dolly and cameraman during the scene in the airplane junkyard.

Citas:

Perdita Durango: [Perdita to Estelle, while Estelle holds a gun to her, threatening to shoot] If you really wanna do something, you just do it. But you don't think about it. That's the difference between you and me.
[Estelle gives Perdita the gun. Perdita then knocks Estelle to the ground and makes her kiss her foot]

Conexiones de Película:

Spin off from Wild at Heart (1990)

Banda de Sonido:

Vera Cruz

Bonnie & Clyde on speed

A criminal couple with psychopathic tendencies meet up in Mexico,

then embark on an illegal embryo stealing operation. On the way,

they kidnap a young couple with the intentions of using them for

human sacrifice.

Here's a film that could've been a real wild ride, but the director

(who's proven he's got talent) decides to slam on the brakes way

before the climax, producing a standard action finale with a little

tragedy thrown in. Still, there's some good action sequences

tossed into an interesting variation of the Bonnie & Clyde theme.

The main problem for me was the lead actor. He never seemed to

have a handle on the character. His criminal outbursts never

melded with the more human side he was attempting to display.

Perhaps a stronger actor would've been able to display a more

nuanced character...or maybe it was just the character itself. But I

lean more towards the actor...

I'm a bit surprised how little screen time Rosie Perez had. I

thought she was the female lead, but very little time was given to

her back story or character arc. I sensed there was more we

weren't privy too...perhaps there was some last minute editing?

Finally, the chemistry between her and the lead was lacking.

Again, a chance to give the story more depth was never realized.

What remains is a quaint dark comedy/crime thriller that's a bit

more than a nice time waster.