i don't know allot about the real life che but this film is an interesting watch but ultimately it doesn't fully land.
maybe i need to read some of his life on...idk wikipedia.
i like che himself, benicio del toro has charisma and i like him as an actor.
i think this film is well shot even if some shots look dull and i love the locations they shot the film on.
it is a good war film but one i don't fully understand yet.edit: part 2 was much more the same but as i watched it, i came to realize that this one has more style with like the black and white seqeunces and narration
Che: Part One
Everyone knows the icon. Few know the man.
Rating
4.0 (1)
Release Date
9/5/2008Runtime
134 minsOverview
The Argentine, begins as Che and a band of Cuban exiles (led by Fidel Castro) reach the Cuban shore from Mexico in 1956. Within two years, they mobilized popular support and an army and toppled the U.S.-friendly regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$58,000,000Revenue
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A methodical chronicle of Che Guevara's role in the Cuban Revolution, unfolding with documentary-like precision as idealism confronts the brutal realities of armed struggle. The film strips away the myth to show the man making impossible choices in the jungle.
Mood
TenseDefiantEpicBleak
Themes
AmbitionPowerSurvival
Tone
Earnest
Pacing
Steady
Look
NaturalisticWidescreen epic
Structure
Linear
Heads up
Graphic violence
Benicio del Toro
Ernesto Che Guevara
Demián Bichir
Fidel Castro
Santiago Cabrera
Camilo Cienfuegos
Vladimir Cruz
Ramiro Valdés Menéndez
Alfredo de Quesada
Israel Pardo
Jsu Garcia
Jorge Sotus
Kahlil Méndez
Leonardo Tamayo Núñez
Elvira Mínguez
Celia Sánchez
Andres Munar
Joel Iglesias Leyva
Julia Ormond
Lisa Howard
Jorge Perugorría
Vilo (Juan Vitalo Acuña)
Edgar Ramírez
Ciro Redondo García
Reviews
Che Collection
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