Review of Sundown (2022) by Jluis_001 — 18 Feb 2022
In his last film, Michel Franco was accused in his own country of being classist, and instead of giving an elaborated response his first instinct was to react offended. So it's hilarious to see that in his new film one of his themes is that poverty provokes an unpleasant and violent response in those who suffer from it.
One of the things he was accused of exploiting after the release of New Order. But as tends to happen with Franco, he prefers to use bait with his viewers, trying to drag out a narrative without a clear context, until it gets to the point where you can't escape tedium when he doesn't really provide anything substantial for his main character.
Therefore the viewer is left fully aware that there's something being withheld in terms of information in the narrative, however by the point the twist gets cleared, I was already quite uninterested, and its closure only reaffirms to me why I think Franco is such an overrated director, and boy do I hate saying that word.
This review of Sundown (2022) was written by Jluis_001 on 18 Feb 2022.
Sundown has generally received positive reviews.
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