It's not the first time someone explores over the movie LA COMUNIDAD, by Alex de la Iglesia. But -at least in Mexico- it's the first time is done professionally. There was this movie -SANTOS PEREGRINOS- over the same subject (a group of people locked up under extreme conditions, and a series of killings) that had nothing but bad, amateur, craftsmanship in movie making. CLUB EUTANASIA is another story. At least the director (who likes to be called "el Oso" meaning "The Bear") Agustín Tapia, displays a professional attitude towards his own movie: you can feel the long hours on pre-production. And that, in the end, in today's Mexican cinema, is enough to say thanks. Great coming back of Mr. Eduardo Manzano, also.
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Funny messengers of death
pifas8 July 2009
Warning: Spoilers
Director Oso Tapia made this film with a low budget (and it shows), but that doesn't demeans his labor. Compromised with his own art, he released an indie like movie that it's honest and proud to be what it is: funny and down to Earth. Also, the cast shines by its own means, fulfilled by names from past glories, and they return to cinema with high quality and dignity in this story of death and black humor that happens in a kind of retirement home for the poor, where when money issues arrive, some residents form a club-like to "help" other people to pass away, hence more food for the ones who are left. The parade of actors and actresses is composed by bright names like Magda Guzmán, Rosita Quintana, Xavier López (Chabelo), Héctor Gómez, Sergio Corona, Eduardo Manzano (el Polivoz) and Ofelia Medina. Their virtue is to act without the common pretension seen in many recent Mexican movies which only purpose is go after the money at the box office, and even if sometimes its rhythm runs a bit slow, it's very good entertainment nevertheless.
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