One movie with two different segments, and the final result is a total disaster. No point to be found and no entertainment to be gained with this meaningless
wreck. Two first-time directors came up with the idea of showing crime stories with Minas Gerais as a background and both stories failed to generate some highly
interesting idea or some higher purpose to audiences.
The first confusing segment revolves around Guilherme (Paulo José), a petty and out-of-luck criminal who flees from Belo Horizonte and moves to the countryside where he blends with the elite, befriends the mayor and seduces the old man's daughter (Helena Ignez) in order to obtain some advantages and profits. Somehow things derail and a crime happens. It's a small chapter if compared to the next, it's all very jumpy, confusing and loses interest early on. The script begins in an interesting manner as Guilherme narrates about his past but near the conclusion his voice is all lost and we wonder what really happened at the end.
The second bit shows a troubled young man (David José) who becomes a news sensation when he declares to newspapers that he has an urge to kill but he can't find a potential victim. Weird story by all accounts, this revolves about a man with a killing instinct but he doesn't know where to begin. Somehow he manages it, killing a famous actor, then moves ahead with more victims. In this insane longer story it's unbelieavable that even though he's always arrested as suspect and everybody knows his fame, he always manages to stay out of prison and even has the support of his loyal girlfriend who tries to make him avoid such thoughts and actions.
If the first story leaves many unanswered questions and it's very confusing, the second one defies so many logics that one gets easily bothered. Outside of those issues, there's almost nothing on both films to make it appealing or worth seeing, the B movie style is a mess, and both stories fail to challenge viewers with some deep thinking about the criminal world and what society needed to be done with such acts, neither finds ways to present thrilling sequences.
A troubled and painful experience that must be avoided at all costs. 2/10.
The first confusing segment revolves around Guilherme (Paulo José), a petty and out-of-luck criminal who flees from Belo Horizonte and moves to the countryside where he blends with the elite, befriends the mayor and seduces the old man's daughter (Helena Ignez) in order to obtain some advantages and profits. Somehow things derail and a crime happens. It's a small chapter if compared to the next, it's all very jumpy, confusing and loses interest early on. The script begins in an interesting manner as Guilherme narrates about his past but near the conclusion his voice is all lost and we wonder what really happened at the end.
The second bit shows a troubled young man (David José) who becomes a news sensation when he declares to newspapers that he has an urge to kill but he can't find a potential victim. Weird story by all accounts, this revolves about a man with a killing instinct but he doesn't know where to begin. Somehow he manages it, killing a famous actor, then moves ahead with more victims. In this insane longer story it's unbelieavable that even though he's always arrested as suspect and everybody knows his fame, he always manages to stay out of prison and even has the support of his loyal girlfriend who tries to make him avoid such thoughts and actions.
If the first story leaves many unanswered questions and it's very confusing, the second one defies so many logics that one gets easily bothered. Outside of those issues, there's almost nothing on both films to make it appealing or worth seeing, the B movie style is a mess, and both stories fail to challenge viewers with some deep thinking about the criminal world and what society needed to be done with such acts, neither finds ways to present thrilling sequences.
A troubled and painful experience that must be avoided at all costs. 2/10.