Cronos
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Movie Reviews of Cronos
Movie Review: Cronos dvd version has been raped !!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Buyers Warmingfive stars for a very interesting and intriguing independent film. Now my complain:
Lions Gate got the rights for the distribution Cronos...but I don't believe that they also got the rights for editing and dubbing the introduction of the film. For those of you that aren't familiar with this flick, this is a Mexican film, there after the original language is spanish. The original movie started with a beautiful monologue in spanish that introduced an old enigmatic and important character. Like I said...the original monologue was in spanish, and now has been dubbed in english!!! then as the monologue finishes, the movie continues in its original spanish language. Can somebody explain me why??? This is completely insulting!!!!
This is my only complaint for the Dvd and the movie.
I won't write a review because everybody else have so it would be repetitive....but this movie is a must see for anymore interested in intelligent, visualistic and thought-provoking horror with unique and diferent twists in the Vampirism genre!
Movie Review: Guillermo Del Toro Redefines the Vampire Myth
Summary: 5 Stars
How my ratings work:
5 - I really liked/loved it
4 - I liked it
3 - Could've been better/worth a look
2 - Just didn't live up to the potential
1 - Simply awful
Reworking the vampire myth is no easy task, but writer/direcor Guillermo Del Toro pulls it off in this creepy, darkly funny, and surprisingly touching tale of a man trying to gain back his humanity (literally). The work that went into this film is amazing, especially the creation of the Cronos device. Instead of babeling on about how good the film is, I'll just say that this is a movie worth watching.
Movie Review: Guilermo Del Toro's trailblazing entry intro the horror genre.
Summary: 5 Stars
Cronos (1992) A vampire film without vampires? It's the story of Jesus Gris, a kindly antiquarian who comes across a mysterious ancient scarab which grants renewed vigor and immortality to its owner. But it all costs him a deadly price... Sensual in its overtones while sincerely moving and highly surreal, this is truly one of the most underrated horror films of the 1990's.
Movie Review: Genius!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the best vampire tale ever told. A simple, older man that is cursed. No castles or nobility titles to make his blood sucking any easy. A truly fantastic idea. And the acting? Well, don't let me start talking about Federico Luppi cuz I could go on for days. So, lemme just say that HES THE BEST ACTOR EVER. Period.Movie Review: An original, important twist in the vampire mythology
Summary: 4 Stars
In my opinion, great movies can either break the standards or take them to higher new levels, some masterpieces can do both. This movie, along with "Near dark", is a standard breaker, no doubt about it. The rest depends on what's your cup of tea, but if great thrillers are yours, this may interest you.
After classic gems like the mentioned Kathryn Bigelow's "Near dark" and other "vampire" films that offered a completely different view, description, and perspective about this mythology in horror films, Guillermo del Toro made his major 1993 breakthrought in both mexican and international film industry with this aclaimed and awarded tale about the search for inmortality. The tools, the means, the moods and the atmosphere used by Del Toro in this film were highly original and unespected for this kind of genre.
The theory of vampirism is focused on a technological device, an ancient artifact like a golden mechanical beetle that contains an inmortal parasite insect that will grant inmortal life to the one that feeds it with blood. So, what we have here is the story of the host for this "Cronos" device, antique dealer Jesus Gris (federico Lupi), who found this artifact inside an old 16th century statue, and his grand daughter Aurora (Tamara Shamath).
The evolution of the tale is very interesting, not horrific or macabre, but insightful and in some ways disturbing. Jesus Gris eventualy discovers the price to pay for this miracle artifact, wich is being transformed in a blood sucking human parasite. The aversion to daylight and the agonizing thirst for human blood unchain the instincts of survival and moral struggle proper of the "innocent" victims of vampirism. The adittion of a cruel villan portrayed as a dying millionaire looking for the precious device, and his violent thug nephew Angel (Ron Pearlman)as the man in charge to obtain it no matter what, are the final complement to such deep and tense tale. Aurora is the innocent silent witness of the transformation of his grandfather, and a backup character in order to maintain Jesus's humanity over the film.
Guillermo del Toro frequently uses this character formula in his original spanish-production films, like the following "The devil's backbone" and his latest masterpiece in drama and fantasy "Pan's labyrinth". Simple and very straight-forward, the movie flows to a climax i won't reveal, of course, and delivers a great fresh new reference for the genre with very low budget but high levels of artistic quality. Dark, gothic and surrealistic, this movie tracends the psychological thriller standard right into the horror standards, thanks to a less scary, non gory, but sensitive tale in a more human level.
The Inmortality issue in this movie, is like the "sunlight" issue on "Near Dark". The story is about the same: The victim is infected, descents to the lowest levels of indignity and basic desires, the moral battle over the lost humanity, and the final rise from hell to protect the loved ones. What more classic than that?
Highly recomended for sensitive fans, the ones looking for something new, different and in a way, exciting for the horror genre. A little history lesson if you think about it.
Just not recomended for extreme gore and shocking horror fans, this is way too dramatic and could be boring compared to these choices. To each is own, but everybody is welcome anyway.
The DVD edition? Nah! Just standard and regular as it can be for 90% of these movies. Look for it and enjoy the choice of edition you want, it's all good.