There is an unpleasant trend with indie movies showing just a sequence of images, leaving it to the person who watches them to make any sort of sense out of them and celebrating themselves for being oh so philosophical. Don't get me wrong: A movie can well be mysterious. But there's a difference between mysterious and pointless. And this is one of the most pointless movies I ever watched.
Characters and story arcs are brought up in quick succession and disappear shortly after, never to be seen again. The conspiracy theorist in the beginning? Meaningless. Jesús' girlfriend clearly trying to seduce Nero? Meaningless. The entire military thing? Meaningless. Heck, I feel quite reluctant to even put a spoiler alert on this review because of talking about the last scenes, as there is no real ending that could be spoilered, strictly speaking. We see Nero picked up by a patrol after losing his entire unit - and then, without explanation, he's out in the desert again, you wonder what's that about, and - credits. The movie just stops. And at the start of the credits, you read that this movie is dedicated to people who got deported despite having served in the army because they were promised a green card - but there was no mention of that in the entire movie. Do I have to say more to make clear why I considered "Soy Nero" a waste of time?
Characters and story arcs are brought up in quick succession and disappear shortly after, never to be seen again. The conspiracy theorist in the beginning? Meaningless. Jesús' girlfriend clearly trying to seduce Nero? Meaningless. The entire military thing? Meaningless. Heck, I feel quite reluctant to even put a spoiler alert on this review because of talking about the last scenes, as there is no real ending that could be spoilered, strictly speaking. We see Nero picked up by a patrol after losing his entire unit - and then, without explanation, he's out in the desert again, you wonder what's that about, and - credits. The movie just stops. And at the start of the credits, you read that this movie is dedicated to people who got deported despite having served in the army because they were promised a green card - but there was no mention of that in the entire movie. Do I have to say more to make clear why I considered "Soy Nero" a waste of time?