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7/10
This was fun to watch!
ingwueric15 May 2024
I don't know why everybody gave this a six. Is it super critically acclaimed? No. Was it super fun to watch like fast and the furious 1? Yes it was.

A typical hero's journey from from a lower class family in Spain, finessing and hustling his way into higher society in europe, clubs, parties, girls, coconut, international travel, seducing beautiful women. A really fun movie to watch. Cinematography was wonderful. Aron did a pretty good job acting and I think he was very convincing as a spanish gangster motivated by getting as rich as possible. I did some research into Aron after turns out he does music too, I could totally see the connection.

A fun movie for the guys, or to watch with a chick. The movie was filmed quite well, paces well, and the supporting actors were fun to watch and convincing as well. I enjoyed it!
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4/10
A Man On His Ride To Excesses.
t-d-t-m8213 May 2024
Warning: Spoilers
It's a very cheesy movie. Literally way too much cheese. So much coke going on that I'm surprised that he can even function; let alone drive anywhere; so that is unrealistic.

A young kid gets involved in an international organisation after becoming a driver for a bloated businessman.

The yonng hot-headed kid way overclaims his abilities and gets asked to drive for the syndicate who are money-laundering properties in Spain.

It's not going to be a happy ending and you realise that so early on. The obvious happens as it always does. It's pretty nonsenquentual how this is involved with the entire collapse of the Spanish economy as history was a bit different and it was actually a '100 billion euros' rescue package provided by the European Stability Mechanism'.

The actors keep on having sex and the script gets pretty repetitive and dull. It's the kinda movie that was invented after a night out in a club thinking you could write a better story than what actually happened in 2007. It is not. It is silly. It is superficial. It makes no sense.

Almost every corny thing about fame is in this and it is very much a bad crossover of Transport and Wolf Of Wallstreet. Love (not) the nonsene of on-off relationships with the lead and all of the women having affairs. So dumb.

The ediiting is good and the cinematography is ok; lots of Scorcese influences. It's just not an appealing movie considering that so many of these have been done before.
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4/10
Not4me
Guanche4821 May 2024
Lets start by saying that the plot seemed very standard and cliché to me, with little innovation. There is no doubt that men will like it more, but it is not my cup of tea.

It's a trip to the real corruption in Spain, just at the beginning of the euro currency, and still with the pesetas in mind. Sadly this type of corruption has not changed much and is still going strong in Spain, that's why the part I liked the most about the movie is the final one, with the real images of the corrupt that in the end WE all ended up paying for. That's why the story has a cynical humor.

Even if the character is fictional the story is very real, but I think the film tries to cover too much, and gets cliché and cheesy. Also predictable.

Not my cupper like I said.
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8/10
A beautiful movie
ckoushappas18 May 2024
How do you define a beautiful movie? Perhaps a movie which builds up suspense up to the last minute. A movie which you start and finish on the same day ! A movie which you may suggest to your friends to watch it.

The director and the rest of the cast did a perfect job in blending the story of the movie with a real event....the financial crisis which dissolved the economies of several European countries. The corrupted Spaniards in the movie have no difference with the corrupted Cypriots. (Its unbelievable how the movie resembles the financial crisis of Cyprus and the way the corrupted criminals were acting).

Brussels, Switzerland, and Spain is where the story takes place.

The story has several twists and even though the end seems predictable it does not limit the suspence. The leading character is a very promising actor. The rest of the actors also do their job in an excellent way.

Nice cinematography and the appropriate music add to the overall positive result. Even though the movie is labeled as thriller I would call it as action + (financial) crime.

So for a pleasant viewing at home I give it an 8 and I suggest that you watch it.
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