Ariadna Gil qui sait sourire,le cas échéant (ha ha j'rigole..je l'a-do-re!!!)

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Thriller

Author: kosmasp
4 November 2009

Apparently this is a sort of a sequel, as I just read from another review here on IMDb.I didn't know that and I haven't watched the other movie. I watched this as a standalone and  I think it works pretty good too.

It has great Spanish actors, it has great cinematography and it has nice twists. The movie does not differ that much between good and bad characters (you could say, that  everyone has both sides more or less), but still manages to develop them neatly. I really like those twisted little movies and this one didn't disappoint (quite the contrary). Of  course not everybody will love it as much as I do, but if you like thrillers that are a bit bleak and dark too, then you won't go wrong with this one.

                                       En haut à gauche dans le film...qui nous occupe

La critique de DVD Verdict (1)

It seems like, after money (the universal motivator), the other big reason for people to get hurt or killed on film is revenge (which,after all,usually comes down to money). Although it's nothing new (we need only remember Lady Snowblood), female-centered revenge has enjoyed a certain renaissance in the twenty-first century. A lot of that has to  do with Quentin Tarantino, who made female vengeance cool again with his Kill Bill and Death Proof flicks.(nettement moins classe le 2e quand même!) Now Agustin Diaz Yanes offers us not only a female-centered revenge  film, but one that features four avenging ladies with Sólo Quiero Caminar.

It's a stylish, well-acted romp that can't quite overcome the sense that it's a little too generic.Sólo  Quiero Caminar opens with a bungled robbery by a group of four female crooks. Gloria (Victoria Abril), Paloma (Pilar Lopez de Ayala, and Ana (Elena Anaya) escape while  Aurora (Ariadna Gil) gets picked up and put in jail. Eventually, Ana ends up attached to a Mexican drug lord while Paloma and Gloria work to get Aurora out of jail. After Ana  realizes that things are not what she had hoped for in Mexico, she calls on her friends to come and right her wrongs.

La critique de DVD Verdict (2)

If Sólo Quiero Caminar has one thing working for it, it's style. The film won an award for its cinematography, and it's not hard to see why. The film takes us from a rich Spanish landscape to the back alleys of Mexico City, and all these locations are rendered in a somewhat dark, noirish style. The film isn't afraid to jump around in time, and the camera isn't afraid to be just as fluid. There are also numerous quick cuts to go along with the slicing up of narrative time.

It all adds up to a great-looking flick that can sometimes overcome its problems just by the strength of its visuals.The film is also helped by strong performances by the central players. All the ladies have to play at least two parts,their criminal selves and whatever else they are (like mother,legal secretary,or prostitute)All of them are convincing throughout, surprisingly so in some of the more vengeance oriented scenes. Diego Luna and Jose Maria Yazpik play the goons who get Ana to Mexico, and they exude an appropriate amount of slick menace.

En bas le réalisateur : Augustin Diaz Yanes

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La critique de DVD Verdict (4)

On DVD Sólo Quiero Caminar gets a little less than it deserves. The video transfer is fine, presenting the stylish visuals with no significant compression or authoring problems.  Because the look of the film changes so much it's not a reference-style transfer. The 5.1 Spanish track is appropriately wide, with a decent use of the surrounds and clear  dialogue. The English dub is one of the more horrible I've heard. In addition to dubbing the dialogue, the track reads out the information given on the screen.

For instance, early in  the film we're told we're in Mexico, D.F., but an annoying voice has to come on and announce "Mexico City." It's really, really bad. Luckily there are English subs on the flick so  we don't have to worry about that horrible dub. The lone extra is an interview with director Agustin Diaz Yanes. Since it was in Spanish with no subtitles I don't know how good it  is. Speaking of Spanish, this film is being released for the Spanish market, so all of the info on the back is in Spanish.