This movie brings you in a Mexican world you will never ever experience. Raw violence . . . not for the faint of heart. A masterful piece of film-making and story-telling. Alejandro González Iñárritu's internationally acclaimed debut film -- which earned an Oscar nod for Best Foreign Language Film -- recounts three intertwining tales that unfold on the brutal streets of Mexico City.
From FILM THREAT:
Amores Perros is the debut feature from editor-producer-director Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu, and it is that rarest of features that shows a deep understanding of people, truly cinematic storytelling technique and brilliantly choreographed fight and chase scenes. It makes the crime movies that have emerged from the United States in recent years look pathetic and shameful in comparison, which manage to be less intelligent and less exciting than any one of the three stories told here. Inarritu also manages to cover more ground and do it with more style and certainty than many filmmakers twice his age.
The negatives: Long . . . 2 1/2 hours and storyline could have been more tightly wound.
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