I saw this at a film festival, and went in not knowing anything about it, not having heard any word-of-mouth reviews. (Ironically, it turned out I had actually met the film maker and actor-charming blokes-at a documentary screening the day before, but not recognized the Spanish name of their film as one I was going to see).
The movie is all around well-done: an intelligent script, good characters, nicely filmed and acted. The main character is all the more interesting for being not easily pigeon-holed--is he good, is he bad, are you going to root for or against him? I really liked it, and found myself thinking about it afterwards. It has a propulsive feel, though, set in about a 24 hour period, and has both a lot of tension, and enough action, that it kept us sitting upright in the midst of a five-film day.
At the Q and A afterwards, the Spanish film maker was asked why the villains were French. he explained that the logical escape route was north to France, and they knew they wanted that "chase" element in the film, so it made sense to have French bad guys. He added that having made that decision, they did give the villains names of their French friends!
The movie is all around well-done: an intelligent script, good characters, nicely filmed and acted. The main character is all the more interesting for being not easily pigeon-holed--is he good, is he bad, are you going to root for or against him? I really liked it, and found myself thinking about it afterwards. It has a propulsive feel, though, set in about a 24 hour period, and has both a lot of tension, and enough action, that it kept us sitting upright in the midst of a five-film day.
At the Q and A afterwards, the Spanish film maker was asked why the villains were French. he explained that the logical escape route was north to France, and they knew they wanted that "chase" element in the film, so it made sense to have French bad guys. He added that having made that decision, they did give the villains names of their French friends!