La Vierge des tueurs

Maybe this review and commentary will be mean to the film, but I simply see it this way. The film carries a serious message. It carries a message to everyone, encouraging them to see what Colombia is like today. At birth, in addition to the midwives, a gunsmith comes to the cradle and places a pistol in the child's hands. However, this message completely misses its impact due to its incredibly dull execution. Starting with the script, it was clear to me after half an hour how it was going to end. The director's execution deserves a slap to the face. I haven't experienced so much BOREDOM in a single movie in a long time. The film is devoid of any emotional charge. Every scene left me completely indifferent. Both the amusing moments (throwing the hi-fi system out of the window) and the not-so-amusing ones (one corpse next to another). I felt as if someone had sat me down in front of the TV and let me watch a sequence of pictures, forbidding me to smile, grit my teeth, or make a fist. I don't understand where the director was going with this. I looked at my watch more often than at the film. After two seconds, the image of the film hit me in the eyes. I can put up with this sort of thing from the TV movies that air on Sunday nights. The use of a digital camera adds to the authenticity of most films, but here it brings the film down even further. If you want to do it that way, then why not make the film in a documentary style? Why are they trying to be impartial with film at all costs? These so-called "cool" shootouts only made me sick to my stomach. This film heavily depends on how the viewer will react to it. Some may perceive it as "something different." I'm certainly not saying that the film is bad, but I just don't have any sympathy for this style of storytelling. (15/02/2005)