fatvegan

I had expected this film to be totally violent and unpleasant. Not the sort of film that a lot of people would be keen to watch. But it wasn't that violent and it is definitely a film that everyone should watch. It does a really good job of trying to explain kidnappings (and other class crime) in Latin America, without letting the kidnappers off too lightly. All the kidnappers were arseholes but a lot of what they said was reasonable.

On top of that is was really well made, it was interesting and the actors were tops. It was also fun to see a bit of what Caracas is like. Hugo Chavez certainly hasn't succeeded in turning it into a socialist utopia. Despite all his talk, I reckon he's a total moderate. He's more like Daniel Ortega than Fidel Castro. Which isn't a bad thing. I love Daniel Ortega and Fidel Castro, but for quite different reasons.