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Fuga
de Cerebros 2
(2011)
Still
going with the Spanish
stuff. First: Fuga de
Cerebros 2, a college
gross-out comedy where
the group of lads
(well, the ones that
hadn't gone onto
bigger things) get
into Harvard (have
they lowered their
standards?) and they
play up, fall in
love... you know the
drill.
Didn't really watch it
as I don't have
subtitles, but it one
of those foreign
movies set in America
where Americans don't
speak English (OK,
there's a little
English, but I always
find this amusing).
I have the watched the
original movie and I
would cap it if I
could get my hands on
a HD copy of it just
because of Amaia
Salamanca, who has a
great nude scene in
that movie. That movie
was pretty poor, this
one doesn't really
look any better with
one character shitting
in everything of the
football captain's.
And a baffling David
Hasselhoff cameo to
top it off (speaking
and singing in
Spanish!). Pretty
girls though,
especially Patricia
Montero, why haven't I
seen her before and
here's hoping to
seeing more from her.
Patricia Montero
film clip
(collages below)
Hijo
de Cain
(2013)
Hijo
de Caín (Son
of Cain) is a
thriller about
Nico (David
Solans), a
teenage boy
who is deemed
troubled by
his parents,
millionaire
businessman
Carlos (Jose
Coronado) and
mother Coral
(Maria
Molins). After
a dog is found
dead in Nico's
bed after
being dragged
through the
house,
apparently he
was saving it,
Nico is on his
last chance
before being
sent to reform
school. His
mother does
not want this
and gets in
touch with old
flame Julio
(Julio
Manrique), a
psychiatrist
who is doing
great work
with children,
who agrees to
see Nico. Nico
loves the game
of chess and
Julio is a
reformed chess
expert and
when he beats
Nico, Nico is
extremely
perturbed.
Julio decides
to help,
mainly because
he needs a
paying client
and uses chess
to get to know
Nico,
including
introducing
him to his
chess mentor
Andrew (Jack
Taylor) who
immediately
advises him to
stay away from
Nico and to
keep him away
from his star
pupil Laura.
After a car
crash caused
by a fight
between Nico
and his
father, Julio
convinces
Carlos that he
is close to
finding the
problem, which
he thinks is
his violent
father and
then he finds
information
that points to
something more
sinister. Or
has Julio got
it all
wrong...
Good little
thriller that
keeps the
audience on
its toes and
has a very
shocking
ending.
There's a lot
of emphasis on
chess,
including an
interesting
theory about
there's no
more strategy
in chess
thanks to
computer
chess. Reminds
me a bit of
the 90s movie
Silent Fall
(with Richard
Dreyfuss and
Liv Tyler),
but without
the autistic
child angle
(and Hijo de
Caín is much
better than
that movie).
Also get the
feeling this
is going to
get remade by
Hollywood,
definitely
seems ripe for
that to
happen.
Maria Molins film
clip (sample
below)
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