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TACFEST III Review: In GUNMAN (GATILLERO), Gripping, Absorbing, Breathless.

Pablo “El Galgo” Correa (Sergio Podeley) is a hitman recently released from prison who finds himself embroiled in a series of misfortunes after accepting a minor job for his boss, unwittingly falling into a web of betrayals that will make him the prey of all the neighborhood’s thugs. This small Argentine production surprises with its excellent staging, taking the viewer through the streets of the oppressed Isla Maciel neighborhood, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, under a relentless hail of bullets and betrayals that keep the audience on edge throughout the whole film. Cristian Tapian Marchiori creates an intense film through a single continuous shot in which we follow an anti-hero, as reprehensible as the thugs hunting him, around a relentless buildup of tension and emotions that culminates in a violent outcome that leaves the viewer completely breathless. Gunman (Gatillero in its original language) is a very remarkable work, a […]

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TACFEST III Review: Shane Kosugi’s SEEK Brings The Ninja Fever Back In a Notable Directorial Debut

Having inherited a name as Kosugi, always associated to Ninja badassery, thanks to the immortality of celluloid. It was inevitable that the sons of one of the big responsables of the Ninja fever that infected the world during the 80’s, were going to follow his steps and try to keep the ninja legacy still alive. We all know that Ninjas make everything cooler. “Seek” marks the directorial debut of Shane Kosugi, after a whole life in front of the camera on film and television, to bring us a story with old-fashioned flavor, that follows a Ninja agent from a ninja secret organization called Seek, who’s requested by his superior to save a fellow agent that’s been kidnapped by a rival organization and in the meantime, recover a new highly explosive liquid called “RDX@” to stop a ruthless Yakuza leader. But things won’t go as planned. Shane shakes a good cocktail […]

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SQUAD 36 Review: Olivier Marchal´s latest action thriller lands in Netflix with a potential that doesn’t go full throttle.

A crime thriller directed by veteran director Oliver Marchal, based on a novel by Michel Tourscher titled “Flics Requiem,” Novel that was initially conceived as a sequel to Marchal’s film, “36 Quai des Orfevres.” The film follows Antoine Cerda (Victor Belmondo), a police officer with unorthodox methods, who investigates the death of some colleagues, stumbling upon a network of police corruption that he will try to uncover. The cast is led by Victor Belmondo, grandson of the legendary Jean-Paul Belmondo. The heir to such an illustrious film surname holds his own well as the protagonist, although comparisons to his grandfather are odious and unfair. Because who could live up to someone as unique and unrepeatable as the protagonist of gems like “The Professional” or “Breathless?” Exactly, no one… Not even his grandson, who bears a strong physical resemblance to the star. Squad 36 has a powerful start with good action […]

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JFF THEATER: I AM WHAT I AM Review: An ode to individualism

Kasumi is a thirty-year-old single woman who is pressured by her family to find a husband and get married. However, she has no interest in following social patterns and wants to live without being subject to social conventions of any kind. Shinya Tamada, through a script by Atsushi Asada, reflects on the screen an ode to individualism that challenges social norms and traditional conventions, building a story heavily influenced by social movements promoted in the world of Western entertainment. In the end, the film seems to advance in fits and starts, having a clear message, but digressing too much to express it in interesting subplots that do not end up taking off. The final result is an enjoyable film, although lacking in hook, where the ideological subtext eclipses the plot and the main character. Available in Japanese foundation free streaming service JFF Theater https://es.jff.jpf.go.jp

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