Review of Wild Tales (2014) by Walter M — 23 Mar 2015

While it is certainly true that movies have been accused and not without good cause of misleading audiences, "Wild Tales" delivers on its promise with its six short movies about revenge that while wickedly fun also do so with more than the normal amount of ambiguity. That starts off with perhaps the best pre-credits sequence ever that also makes a great case for never getting on another airplane.

Unless I'm mistaken, there is not a gun in the entire movie. Instead, there are cars, with three of the segments being centered around them, an Audi, Chevy and BMW respectively. For the record, that's not product placement. Rather, it represents different economic strata of society.

On the other hand, maybe the fourth and fifth segments do not work as well as the rest. But the fourth one has the great Ricardo Darin in it, so there's that. And while I just saw the latter scenario play out again on a television series, there are still a couple of twists to keep this version fresh.

And then "Wild Tales" ends on an up note with a wild and frenzied wedding reception that hinges on a massive dose of jealousy.