Review of The Oxford Murders (2008) by Millo T — 23 Dec 2013

A little disappointing. Alex de la Iglesia has a very particular style, even bizarre, but very of his own. In this case, he wants to create a classical mistery game, and so he does not movie easily as this environment is unknown to him.

He creates a puzzle in which everything is supposed to be in its place, but it seems difficult to believe, with characters created just to log in the puzzle, conventions about logic that sound to common places (though some interesting new points, the most delirants, probably the closer to De la Iglesia nightmares and so more visceral) to develop an essay about the truth, character which follow with their abstract problems without caring of reality in a way that can not be realistic even for them, impossible coincidences, relations, thinkings that could be great if they were more justified (if not, they just look improbable), and a certain lack of touch that can not transmit the horror when it is required, seeming all is just a pre-made equation.

However, the end (although not spectacular) gives some interesting conclusions, although they could have been used better. Probably, this good part comes from the original book. P.S. The scene of spaghetti is not as good as some say -even ridicule-, although Leonor Watling is always pretty (anyway, she is a good actress that sometimes could be employed in better roles).

Conclusion: it gives the feeling that, with something more, it would be a 3.5, but is is closer to 2.5.