In Time

This film presenst us an original point of view about a concept which rules all our lives, the time. Leaving the truisms apart, “In Time” gives to the time itself, a new value, a value which may not be fair since it turns it into an unnatural element which tyrannizes the fates of all the characters of the film. The time is not treated as a part of the nature that exists in everything, isntead of that it turns into a kind of currency exchange that measures the lenght of the lives of all the people involved in the story. However, despite having such an interesting focus about the human destinies, the film lacks some reality when it comes to the way the events unfold.

The film takes place in a fictitious city in the year 2116. In this near future the human beings have been able to supress the gen which makes them age, therefore they are immortals. However once they turn 25 they instantly die due to a heart attack, and the only way they have to avoid the death is to get more time for themselves by working. The time has become the global currency in the world and it is shown in the biological watches all the humans have in their forearms. This leads to an uneasy context where all the people live in a cruel system where they have to fight to keep themselves alive at any cost, by working under unfair laws or by stealing other people’s lifetime. William Salas, a man who lives in one of the poorest ghettos of this city will try to find a way to destroy this system in order to free all the people of the world.

The main idea of the film is quite interesting, and it makes the watcher feel nervous while they see how the main characters time runs out, nonetheless that’s the only attractive part the film has. The rest of the features of the story are filled with comercial stereotypes and cliches which turn the film plot into a really predictable joke. William is the typical charming guy who has a phrase for anything that happens, and besides that everything he plans turns out the way he wants, including the part where he meets the pretty woman of the tale. None of the characters end up in the watchers minds by anything they did or the way they looked like, since all of them are really empty when it comes to personality terms.

In few words, “In Time” is the perfect film you could watch if you want to have some fun one of those tiresome Sundays at which there is nothing to do.

The key to the current economic crisis

A serious film which tries to give some answers about the origins of the economic crisis that strikes us today. That is the description “Margin call”, a film which counts with a great cast of actors such as Kevin Spacey, Demi Moore, Paul Bettany or Zachary Quinto. The whole story is filled with a suffocating atmosphere of tension which highlights the severity of the subject treated in it.

Margin Call takes us to the headquarters of one of the biggest businesses of the United States, located in Brooklyn, New York. The business is obliged to fire most of it’s workers due to thefinancial difficulties it’s going through. One of those workers, Eric, entrustes the investigation he was working on to on to one of his colleagues, Peter, before leaving the business. Peter soon realizes about the huge hole the business has created in it’s own financial system, and he swiftly warns everyone in order to save

their heads from the black future which draws near.

The film introduces us to a small group of charismatic characters with great salaries who dwell the world of the high finances. The characters, who have been interpreted in a really well way, reflect that dangerous plane on which only the strongest people survive. We will get to know the human side of some of these men and women despite the crude world the work in, and with them the values of the human ethics.

The only downside of the film is the fact that the dialogues contain economic terms which may not be understood by some of the seers. Besides that and knowing future the film leads to, the end of the story is yet somehow diffuse.

Margin call may not be one of those great films which touch our inner feelings, but it is indeed an enlightening story with throws some sense to the economic turmoil we are in these days.

Coronado’s best return ever

We are probably facing what we could deem as José Coronado’s best character performance, yes, we are talking about “No habrá paz para los malvados”, the latest film the spanish actor has starred. The film comes along with a great storyline which has several plot twists which nobody could ever imagine, besides that, the film counts with an enviable cast of professional spanish actors. Although we are talking about a film that has not spent too much money in special effects, it is yet able to keep us down on our seats with it’s perfectly woven story.

This is not the first time Jose Coronado breathes life into a bad mannered policeman, as we could see in the film “La distancia” where he worked on with his spanish companion Miguel Angel Silvestre. Nonetheless, this time Coronado has been able to connect with his new character, inspector Santos Trinidad, a man with a troublesome past, and not a better looking present. Despite what the majority of the people could think about such a dark character, inspector Santos Trinidad shows himself as the perfect hero counterpart, a person with human features, a man with his own problems, a man who doesnt necesarily have to meet the pretty girl at the end of the film after vanquising all the villians, as we are used to see in the american films. The emphasys he puts into the threatening sights he throws to everyone, or the perfectly well actuated drunkenness that enables him to keep going on with his goals in the film, make Coronado deserve the title of the best performed character of his whole professional trajectory.

Enrique Urbizu´s work takes us to the modern Madrid, where Santos Trinidad works tirelessly in the case of a colonbian gang of drug dealers. The inspector meets different characters during his investitagion, characters that will help him and some others who will try to drag him into the hell, but always leaving on the witness the sensation that these people have more intentions besides the ones they show. These basic ingredients, which may not be what the average watcher would like, are able to create an atmosphere full of stress and mistery without the need of unreal martial art fights, flashy explosions or huge weapons.

In simple words, this is the scheme the modern spanish films should follow: a charming plot, charismatic characters and a veritable story tied to the reality.