Harry here. Tom Joad writes in with his review of this film that I call a superhero flick. Sure there is no costume, but it is very much a superhero flick. Eric Roberts is quite good in this film. And is one of the very best films that will be showing at the AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL this coming week. So check it out if you can...
Tom Joad here, with a review of a little known film making the competition rounds on various festival circuits, it stars Eric Roberts, Joaquim de Almeida, and one VERY hot little Mexican number, be sure to keep your eye out for this one, it’s definitely an enjoyable kick in the pants…
This film going crew was made up of Head Geek, Father Geek and myself, and all we really knew was that we were sitting down for a little known flick with a cool title…
Talk about a cool title! Knowing nothing of the film at all, jokes ranged all around from being a possible sequel to JOE’S APARTMENT to Harry joking that it would be about a crippled superhero. Head Geek was right (more or less) and boy, Eric Roberts makes a great cockroach!
This was a film about choices. A film about desperation. A film about overcoming incredible adversities. But most importantly, it’s a film about revenge and vengeance, and the lengths one will go to taste their sweetness. A common man placed in an uncommon situation that is at once a predictable movie-like storyline which takes a drastic turn on originality road.
Eric Roberts plays Walter, and in a role seemingly written for him, he has left his woman for Mexico and the pursuit of his dreams. Only to find his search leading to the answers he can’t seem to find at the bottom of bottle after bottle.
Soon, he is recruited to murder a ‘very bad man’ for an incredible amount of money. Lo and behold, Walter jumps at the chance, thus leading us on the journey of la cucaracha.
‘Why is everybody so nuts?’ Walter mutters to himself about halfway through – and never were truer words spoken…
Spiraling into the unknown, this story will have you alternating between giggling with glee and shaking your head in disbelief as you watch in bewildered awe.
The cinematography will make you want to move to Mexico, the camerawork is subtle, yet works to an alarming degree, the script crackles and the performances are dead-on. This is an incredibly entertaining little film which you should definitely seek out and thoroughly enjoy.
