John Malkovich’s directorial debut did a good job of creating a mood surrounding his unnamed Latin American country, and Javier Bardem as Rejas was amazing in a subtle, understated way. Ultimately, though, the movie’s pacing was a drag, its central conflict resolved in somewhat unimpressive fashion and the love story, well, let’s just say I was unconvinced by the relationship between the characters.

None of that is intended to rip it apart, so much as to say it was very intelligent, in a somewhat boring, distant way.

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