17-year-old Carlos has the face of an angel but this masks his criminal activities. He starts with cat burgling and small-time theft then joins a gang and moves onto bigger, more audacious robberies. He also displays a callous disregard for human life and murder comes naturally to him.
This film looked very interesting on paper. Based on the true story of Carlos Robledo Puch, one of Argentina's most notorious serial killers, I was expecting a gritty depiction of his life and possibly an insight into what drove him to his crimes.
However, the actual article is far from the fast-moving, action-packed, mental thriller I was hoping for. It's a linear blow-by-blow account of his activities, told in fairly conventional, drab fashion. His life is interesting enough but not all of it: some passages of play are dull and superfluous and the action is bereft of excitement or tension. For a crime drama, especially one on a serial killer, the tone is quite flat.
Overall, it's watchable, but only just.
This film looked very interesting on paper. Based on the true story of Carlos Robledo Puch, one of Argentina's most notorious serial killers, I was expecting a gritty depiction of his life and possibly an insight into what drove him to his crimes.
However, the actual article is far from the fast-moving, action-packed, mental thriller I was hoping for. It's a linear blow-by-blow account of his activities, told in fairly conventional, drab fashion. His life is interesting enough but not all of it: some passages of play are dull and superfluous and the action is bereft of excitement or tension. For a crime drama, especially one on a serial killer, the tone is quite flat.
Overall, it's watchable, but only just.