I've waited my whole life for this
Antonio's parents were murdered in front of his eyes when he was a child. He has spent his life since then seeking revenge for their deaths. And he finally gets his opportunity. The first hour or so of the film was great, one part James Bond, one part Austin Powers and one part Oldboy (a Korean revenge flick). I lost interest after that as the tone of the film and the characters themselves changed. The film becomes almost a caricature of itself, which might have been the director's intent. Directed by Chilean director Ernesto Díaz Espinoza, this action film is very stylized with acrobatic choreography and slow-mo enhanced sequences. The fighting is more akin to dancing than martial arts. It could just be a style I've never seen before.
A good solid action film which pays tribute to the 1970s, Mandrill gets respect with 3 out of 5 Poblanos!
Director: Ernesto Díaz Espinoza
Writer: Ernesto Díaz Espinoza
Starring: Marko Zaror, Celine Reymond and Alejandro Castillo
Rotten Tomatoes: 63% (audience reviews only)
Metacritic: not reviewed
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OSS 117: Le Caire Nid d'Espions (OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies) (2006)
How's the veal stew?
French secret agent OSS 117 is dispatched to Cairo to investigate the murder of his colleague. His local contact, Larmina aids his investigation. A tale of covert ops and counter intel, this is a spoof of the spy film genre, in the vein of Austin Powers. Created by the same team that brought us the Oscar winning The Artist, this film is good clean fun at its best (I had this on my Netflix queue for awhile before I figured out the connection between it and the aforementioned Oscar winner). However, far from being left in the shadow of that other film, OSS 117 stands up well on its own. And unlike so many spoof movies, this one is actually funny. Not just amusing either, but laugh out loud funny.
OSS 117 gets 4 out of 5 Poblanos!
Director: Michel Hazanavicius
Writer: Jean-François Halin, Michel Hazanavicius
Starring: Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, François Damiens, and Aure Atika
Rotten Tomatoes: 76%
Metacritic: 62 out of 100
French secret agent OSS 117 is dispatched to Cairo to investigate the murder of his colleague. His local contact, Larmina aids his investigation. A tale of covert ops and counter intel, this is a spoof of the spy film genre, in the vein of Austin Powers. Created by the same team that brought us the Oscar winning The Artist, this film is good clean fun at its best (I had this on my Netflix queue for awhile before I figured out the connection between it and the aforementioned Oscar winner). However, far from being left in the shadow of that other film, OSS 117 stands up well on its own. And unlike so many spoof movies, this one is actually funny. Not just amusing either, but laugh out loud funny.
OSS 117 gets 4 out of 5 Poblanos!
Director: Michel Hazanavicius
Writer: Jean-François Halin, Michel Hazanavicius
Starring: Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, François Damiens, and Aure Atika
Rotten Tomatoes: 76%
Metacritic: 62 out of 100
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