Amores Perros

Lions Gate - Lions Gate

Release date: 2001-09-25
DVD
Director:Alejandro González Iñárritu
Actors: Emilio Echevarría, Gael García Bernal, Goya Toledo, Álvaro Guerrero, Vanessa Bauche

Adult Language, Atmospheric, Color, Compassionate, Crime, Crime Gone Awry, Disturbing, Drama, Ensemble Film, Episodic, Feature, Forceful, Foreign Film - Spanish/Misc Sa, Foreign Film [Dub Or Subtitle], Foreign Video - Spanish/Misc. SA, Gritty, Haunted By the Past, High Artistic Quality, High Historical Importance, Hired Killers


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This film preceded "Crash". If you enjoyed Crash, you will enjoy Amores Perros. And my money says you will probably like it more than Crash. You must take note of all the warnings of very realistic dog fighting and brutality, but trying to keep it in the context of the movie helps.

Also enjoy Gael Garcia Bernal before he became a star (before "Mama.." and "Motorcycle Diaries")

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The dogs make out best in this movie; they just kill each other. The humans, meantime, maim, then destroy, each other.

Apart from the upset (revulsion?) I can not but feel; I don't quite know how to react to this film. Clearly there is artistic talent here; there are story lines here (well, more accurately, riffs on the hopeless despair of human relationships); there is highly professional filmmaking here. But for what end? There is just one location in this movie: Hell; there is just one color in production: black.

The director perhaps says it best: "This movie is a two-hour scream."

Prepare for the pain; prepare for the bloody, cruel, human dogfights.

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Movie is set on mean, crowded and polluted streets of modern Mexico City. The film explores the lives of 3 sets of characters and weaves the plot among them.

"Octavio and Susana" - Octavio who lives with his Mother, his violent brother, his brother's sister and their infant in a small crowded 2nd story apartment building. Octavio falls in love with Susana, his brother's wife and plots to escape with her - raising money dog-fighting with Cofi, his brother's dog. Susana lives in fear of her husband who is violent and unpredictable.

"Daniel and Valeria" - Daniel is middle aged, married and has 2 beautiful daughters. He falls in love with a superstar model. He walks away from his family and the moment the couple plan to spent their first full night together - the couple experiences a tragic accident (involving Octavio and Cofi - the fighter dog).

"El Chivo and Maru," - A revolutionary leaves his wife and daughter and finds that he is unable to "change the world" - he eventually ends up in prison. His wife remarries and his daughter grows up without him. He agrees with his wife that his daughter would be told that he was dead. He enters the world out of prison and becomes a hired assassin. He also lives to regret leaving his family and being excluded from his daughter's life. This cold-blooded killer also finds morality and humanity when he finds and cares for Cofi (the fighter dog who is abandoned) - and then Cofi unexpectedly turns on him.

The story highlights the two faces of humans and beasts (dogs) - the passionate, caring, emotional, human side - as well as the violent, desperate and survival instincts of the dark side. This movie is tough, hard edged, violent and tense - making this film fully engaging. Scene set-ups and actual flashes of dog fighting, beatings and stabbings - make certain scenes brutally difficult to watch - yet keep you on the edge of your seat throughout.

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