Assassination Tango
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Movie Reviews of Assassination Tango
Movie Review: Despite what anyone else says, it's a good story
Summary: 5 Stars
The story is fine, maybe not "The Natural" but a good character study nonetheless - and the dancing alone is enough to merit a watch.Movie Review: Assasination Tango
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of my favorite Duvall movies. It has a different story line and displays one of Duvall's off screen passions, the Tango.Movie Review: Assassination Tango
Summary: 5 Stars
If you like Robert Duvall or are a tango fan you will enjoy this movie very much.Movie Review: Great dancing, storyline and acting, but too slow paced.
Summary: 4 Stars
This 2002 film was written and directed by Robert Duvall He also stars in it and gives a really fine performance as an aging hit man who is sent to Argentina to assassinate a general. The plot is more complex than that though. Duvall's character is a complex man. His middle-aged girlfriend back home has a 10-year-old daughter he adores and there are several domestic scenes which show this love. He also loves to dance and is fascinated with the tango. And so, when he is in Argentina and the assassination is delayed several weeks, he meets Luciana Pedraza, a tango dancer at least 40 years his junior. He asks her for lessons and is swept into the world of the tango. We see a lot of dancing and sense the discipline and timing that this special art form requires. He's now definitely in a romantic relationship. But whether it's with this young Argentine woman or the tango itself is difficult to differentiate. There is also the sense of danger as the actual assassination draws near. This is not going to be a simple job and we soon sense a double cross going on.This is not a simple film. Robert Duvall's role is too complicated for that. It requires great subtlety in his acting to hint at all his inner conflicts. It is clear he is suppressing emotion and we feel his inner tension throughout. And the screenplay's references to the fact that he is aging makes it seem actually quite plausible that this 72-year-old assassin will be able to carry out his job.
I tend to like fast-paced plots and so I found Assassination Tango a little too slow for my taste. And there were several loose ends in the resolution of relationships. But I did enjoy the complexity of the story which exists on many levels. And, most of all, I loved the dancing.
Movie Review: Not a perfect effort.....But I couldn't stop watching.
Summary: 4 Stars
Robert Duvall shows some originality, in this captivating film. I say captivating, I couldnt turn it off, the dialouge was very realistic almost with a documentary edge, the action while not flashy or excessive had realistic grit,and I had to know how it was going to end. Being an artistic endevour you really dont know whats going to happen to our protaganist, hitman in the end.I throw the word original at this work for a couple of reasons. The main character, "John Anderson" played by Duvall(albeit as the same cheracter we have seen him play before) is a hitman with a difference, not to much macho posturing is used creating this vulnerable,aging,and somewhat regretful professional. He's not regretful about the "jobs" he performed, but that as he nears the twilight of his life he has established no real roots. He does however now have girlfriend with a ten year old daughter, and his love for and devotion to this child shines through, as does Duvall's love for the Tango which is so beautifully performed many times for the loving camera by very attractive Argentinians. Both young and old.
The assasination plot takes a back seat to the Tango for a good portion of the film, and when Duvall brings us back to his whole purpose of being in Argentina we are as sorry as he to have to leave this wonderful dance behind.
There are one or two moments where Duvall's scenes could have been tightened up but I never felt these were very big negatives. All in all I would recommend this film to lovers of independent film, dance, and Robert Duvall fans.