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Conejo en la luna (2004)
Solid thriller
It's a pleasure to see a well-achieved Mexican production such as this one. This surprisingly effective thriller gives you a good insight into Mexican politics and justice, mixed up with a nice, tangled plot based on political murder which reminds us of the Ruiz Massieu affair, which unravels adequately at the end, and above all some excellently executed suspense moments. Acting is decent, perhaps the only performance worth mentioning is that of the Macedonio Ramírez character, a dead-on portrayal of a Mexican judicial agent in a position of power. Production values are adequate, perhaps owing to British involvement in the production, and there are some goofs and inconsistencies here and there, but overall the movie feels pretty solid and will please and thrill viewers from beginning to end.
The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
good idea, boring implementation
this insufferable crock was hardly bearable and I found myself looking around for other things to do while trying to watch it. It has practically no story to speak of, forgettable and badly acted characters, one of the lousiest editing jobs I've ever seen, and about the only thing that kept me awake during this movie is decent artwork and nice special effects. I think the concept had potential but turning this into a vin diesel action-explosion-punching-fest was a very bad idea. About the only concept this movie tries to push forward, is being a vin-diesel-ism where he's the invincible guy who speaks in a loud, supposedly sexy voice (though he sounds more like he's got a sore throat) and is always confident and knows he'll eventually win the day. This takes all the surprise and suspense out of the film; we already know "mr. confidence" is going to prevail. Add to this a bunch of ridiculous, incongruent premises (hey, he can live in 700 degree heat just by pouring some water on his bald head) and it's absolutely obvious the producers' intent was to milk vin diesel's reputation before he gets old and turns into a raisin.