Director: Andrea Di Stefano
Writer: Andrea
Di Stefano
Seen: 21st
of August 2015
Venue: IMC Galway
Snacks: M&Ms
Mood: Confusion
This is one of the
strangest films I have seen all year, my mind was well and truly boggled after
it. I didn’t
hear much about Escobar: Paradise Lost
before I went to see it and I am now realising why.
The script was
awful, the direction was misguided and loose, although to be fair it is Andrea
Di Stefano’s first feature. Nevertheless, I could not invest any time or energy
into any of the characters with the exemption of Pablo Escobar exceptionally
played by Benicio Del Toro. I wanted to see more of Del Toro as “El Patron” on
the screen, he
commanded every scene he was in, exerting the presence that surely Escobar had
in real life.
Escobar, who was equally a hero and villain to most Colombians, he is also one of the most infamous
characters of the 20th century, and while Benicio Del Toro did that
character justice, the film did not!
If the director
concentrated on the story of Escobar, and utilised the great actor he had
playing him, rather than focusing on Nick played by Josh Hutcherson then it
would have been a much better film.
So if it comes to a
cinema near you DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY.
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