I liked it. So clear. Bajocero I liked it. The reason? Well, it’s a Spanish-style thriller that has little or nothing to envy any North American thriller that cost 20 times more and premiered in 200 theaters. It is true that the Yankees would have made Brad Pitt the protagonist and Denzel Washington as bad (or vice versa) but I doubt they would have done better. It is remarkable the good moment of Spanish cinema in general and with the thriller in particular, there are great examples such as Cell 211, The Unknown, The Minimal Island, The Kingdom, late for anger The May God forgive us to name just a few. The truth is that so far I had not seen anything of the filmography of Lluís Quílez but he seemed to me to be a filmmaker in top form. It is not that it will revolutionize the thriller genre or bring a radically new look to the genre but it is revealed as a skillful craftsman who, with a solid script, manages to have you nailed to the sofa for just over an hour and a half. It is said soon but it is not so easy.
The script of Fernando Navarro and Lluís Quílez He manages to get us into the plot almost from minute 1 and he no longer lets go of us. I liked the presentation of the characters of the prisoners (all of them quite credible) and the commitment of the protagonist with the regulations. Like all good thrillers, he keeps a few aces up his sleeve and drops them when necessary. Once the action starts, the movie grabs you and doesn’t let go of you anymore. Both the dialogues and the rhythm are frankly achieved and they managed not to raise some incongruities. Yes, the script has some holes in the last third that do not weigh down the film since the dizzying pace does not leave you a breath to ask yourself anything. Hitchcock already said it: God save us from the plausible. Okay, yes, some detail is a bit forced (that I will not relate so as not to gut the plot) but Bass Zero works like a charm. I think that the plausibility of the interpretations makes us overlook certain details that we probably would not have believed otherwise. So much Javier Gutierrez as Luis Callejo placeholder image they are excellent. But … we leave the villain, something essential in any thriller worth its salt. Here we have a Karra Elejalde that changes the register and comes out quite well stopped. The truth is the perception of his character changes from a certain moment, going from ruthless murderer to … I can’t reveal more. It’s that way of doing that change preconceptions about characters Another aspect that I liked about the story.
And we come to the end, an ending that some will hate and others will adore and leads us to the big question, what would you have done in the same situation? I admit that I liked it even if I was a little predictable (at least it seemed to me). It’s that you’ve seen a lot of thrillers in your life and I’m a big fan of David Fincher. I leave it there.
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