Review of Carlos (2010) by Kenny M — 01 Sep 2011
The rise and fall of superstar terrorist/freedom fighter Carlos is given a rigorous and comprehensive exploration by director Assayas who portrays the successes, failures and personal sacrifices behind his battle against imperialism.
Ramirez plays the man with enormous male energy, killing his opponents and bedding his women with cold-blooded vigour and offers a commanding and compelling portrait of the world's most wanted. The action scenes are handled impeccably with each of the missions filmed with a palpable documentary-style urgency and edited together with real TV footage for added realism.
Great effort has been made to show the shifting nature of global loyalties to the cause and Carlos' eventual gun-for-hire status is presented as more of a sign of the times than a betrayal of his socialist agenda.
Flashy and brutal, Carlos is a both a wake-up call, an intelligent action movie and a worthy historical document of the times. Excellent and most recommended. See it.
This review of Carlos (2010) was written by Kenny M on 01 Sep 2011.
Carlos has generally received very positive reviews.
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