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Entertaining and funny Mariano Ozores film about two unfortunate as well as botcher colleagues , Pajares and Esteso
ma-cortes25 April 2016
In this buddy movie there are colored actors , comical sketches , amusement , humor , nudism and entertainment . Fun and silly comedy about a duo of sympathetic rogue men , being regular though professionally directed by the prolific Mariano Ozores . Bemusing story with embarrassing moments and passable acting by likable comedians : Esteso and Pajares . It deals with a sympathetic pair of unlucky as well as roguish people , Roque (Andres Pajares) and Federico (Fernando Esteso) , who live without working and carry out their ¨Timos¨ with unexpected consequences , scheming to win an amount of money , at whatever cost . In this flick there is humor , fun and guffaws . An amusing but average Spanish comedy film and with its ups and downs . It deals with a peculiar duo , Roque and Federico , who survive using thousands of tricks and fakes . Roque is a hustler who lives at Federico's home in which takes place multitude of antics along with Federico 's wife named Petra (Mirta Miller) . Later on , Federico decides to become Roque into a boxing champion . As Federico meets a boxing promoter and Gym owner called Paco (Antonio Ozores) and both of whom scheme -along with a true boxer ('Dumb Dumb' Pacheco)- to let win Roque at the national championship . But things go wrong when they ask for betting to a wealthy person (Narciso Ibáñez Menta) , a mobster-alike who has some nudist bodyguard women . At the end it takes place a bewildering combat between Roque and 'Dumb Dum' Pacheco .

Fernando Esteso and Antonio Ozores are two cool Spanish actors , usually playing a duo of unfortunate , roguish , swindlers as well as bungling people . They usually made couple in a lot of films and achieved much success in the 80s . And ¨Yo Hice a Roque III¨ was one of their greatest hits . The movies they played were funny and with many support's actors . The films were with short budget and lackluster but including comedy and lots of fun . Those contained many nude girls , laughs and slapstick , being mostly directed by Mariano Ozores , a craftsman filmmaker and writer , in fact he wrote the disconcerting screenplay , he recently won a Goya Award (2016) to his long and fruitful career . The latter made with these two famous comedians , -Fernando and Andres Pajares- several films , as they had various years partnership between the two leads , such as ¨Agitese Antes Usarla¨ , ¨Al Este Del Oeste¨, ¨Los Liantes¨, ¨Los Energeticos¨, ¨La Lola Lleva Al Huerto¨ , ¨El Currante¨, El Hijo Del Cura¨... This ¨Yo Hice a Roque III¨ is a charming as well as embarrassing comedy that contains crazy events , nudism , amusement and absurd situations . There are some nice jokes in the film and the cast , playing eccentric characters , make a cosy fit . It takes a simple concept , a duo of shameless friends execute petty tricks in similar style to classical films of Commedia all'Italiana of the fifties . It results to be a ¨Rocky's parody¨ , including a peculiar imitation to Stallone , when Pajares/Roque is going up stairs ; in addition , the musical score takes parts of Bill Conti's soundtrack and adding a splitting screen . The picture has not intellectual stimulus whatsoever , though it has some fun and hilarious moments . Humor is sometimes cheesy and gross-out with numerous naughty and picaresque situations such as sex jokes , adulteries , jealousy , and erotic scenes . The film attempts to give laughs and it works here and there , resulting in an amusing though middling film . My feelings are extremely mixed but I must admit there are some brief and no very enjoyable laughters ; however , it also packs uneven comedy , piggy humor , and farcical happenings . It gives a silly but ironical Spain and Madrid outlook and describes some ¨Timos¨or ¨Fakes¨ carried out by the peculiar protagonists . Supporting cast is plenty of familiar faces such as : Francisco Camoiras , Rafael Hernández , Adrián Ortega , Florinda Chico , Eduardo Calvo , Ramón Lillo and addition , Antonio Ozores who often appears in films directed by his brother Mariano Ozores and along with Esteso , and Pajares . Including several ¨Destape¨ or nudist actresses ,such as : África Pratt , Gabriela Mosch and Mirta Miller .

¨Yo Hice a Roque III¨ is a mediocre farcical romp , being middlingly directed by Mariano Ozores in his usual style and had much success in the Spanish box office . Mariano's family origin is into show business , being son of Mariano Ozores Sr and brother of José Luis Ozores and Antonio Ozores . Furthermore , uncle of Adriana Ozores and Emma Ozores . He has a prolific career , and many actors and technicians worked and ate thanks to the huge success of his films . Ozores is a writer and director , especially in comedy genre such as : Disparate Nacional , Tahiti's Girl , Brujas Magicas , Los Presuntos , Cuatro Mujeres Y Un Lío , Tío ¿De Verdad Vienen De París? , Alcalde Por Elección , Ellas Los Prefieren... Locas , El Apolítico , Jenaro El De Los 14 , Manolo La Nuit , El Abuelo Tiene plan , La Llamaban La Madrina , La Graduada , Venta Por Pisos and many others . Being his ordinary actors , the followings : Alfredo Landa , Lina Morgan , Paco Martínez Soria , Antonio Ozores , Jose Luis Ozores , Juanito Navarro and , of course , Fernando Esteso and Andrés Pajares .
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Spanish farce romp as it's diabolical best.
eltronco1 February 2001
A typical example of late 70s/early 80s Spanish farce, Roque III borders on the edge of what we would perhaps call porn. Boobs and even genitalia are the order of the day as 'comedy experts' Andres Pajares and the Spanish Hugh Grant Antonio Ozores exploit the former's fame as boxer Roque III. There's not much to this film to differentiate it from the literally hundreds of other farcical romp made in that era, but they certainly don't come more farcical and rompish than this. It's not art, hey it's not even good, but if it's an entertaining time you're after especially after a few drinks with the lads, then watch this film and laugh at how bad it is.
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