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Che: Part Two (Guerrilla)

Che: Part Two (Guerrilla) (2008)

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Average Rating: 6.6/10
Reviews Counted: 44
Fresh: 35 | Rotten: 9

The second part of Soderbergh's biopic is a dark, hypnotic and sometimes frustrating portrait of a warrior in decline, with a terrific central performance from Del Toro.

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The second part of Soderbergh's biopic is a dark, hypnotic and sometimes frustrating portrait of a warrior in decline, with a terrific central performance from Del Toro.

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Part 2 of director Steven Soderbergh's Che Guevara saga begins with the famed Cuban revolutionary at the absolute peak of his fame and power. Disappearing suddenly, Guevara subsequently resurfaces in Bolivia to organize a modest group of Cuban comrades and Bolivian recruits in preparation for the Latin American Revolution. But while the Bolivian campaign would ultimately fail, the tenacity, sacrifice, and idealism displayed by Guevara during this period would make him a symbol of heroism to

R, 4 hr. 22 min.

Art House & International, Drama

Peter Buchman

Dec 12, 2008

$2.0M

IFC Films

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All Critics (45) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (35) | Rotten (9) | DVD (1)

Twice as long as it needs to be, but it is also only half the movie it should have been.

January 7, 2009 Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | Comment
Entertainment Weekly
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After the exhilaration of Part One, the mood of Part Two seems somber, almost funereal, but it's integral to the story.

August 16, 2011 Full Review Source: East Bay Express | Comment
East Bay Express

As a standalone film this is far less enjoyable than the first, but there is enough in here to engage and entertain for the duration.

March 14, 2011 Full Review Source: What Culture | Comment

Part Two is the more interesting film. ... Gorgeously shot in a lyrically linear style, with combat often depicted with carefully composed extreme long shots,

January 26, 2011 Full Review Source: Las Vegas CityLife | Comment

Soderbergh has no interest in sentimentality, or back story, or even really in Guevara's philosophy, except as a rigorously footnoted onscreen reflection. Practically rejecting outright the concept of poetic license, Che is radical as a biopic.

June 13, 2010 Full Review Source: DCist | Comment

Certainly Soderbergh gives you a sense of the boredom of war - as the days tick by on the screen, you feel your own will to live begin to falter.

June 29, 2009 Full Review Source: Eye for Film | Comment
Eye for Film

... a deeply interesting and commercially brave movie, one that recognizes the limits inherent in cinematic biography. It is meant to be experienced, not sounded for meanings, and is weakest when Soderbergh caves into his poetic impulses...

March 27, 2009 Full Review Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | Comment
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

The film's narrative flow is less driven by events, which are revealed in spurts, but are drawn along as their inevitable consequences.

March 26, 2009 Full Review Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Comment
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The film quickly turns into what can best be described as a lot of wandering around in the Bolivian jungle.

March 25, 2009 Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | Comment
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

At this length, that's an unforgivable sin.

February 27, 2009 Full Review Source: Charlotte Observer | Comment (1)
Charlotte Observer

The persuasiveness of the film's reconstructions is impressive, but there is hardly ever any tension. It's hard to tell exactly what Soderbergh was hoping to achieve.

February 26, 2009 Full Review Source: Sunday Times (UK) | Comment
Sunday Times (UK)

It's well staged, but a good deal less gripping than the first part and the political background is less clear than it might have been.

February 26, 2009 Full Review Source: Observer [UK] | Comment
Observer [UK]

The saving graces are a commanding performance from Del Toro and the inspirational humanity of Guevara; even facing defeat and death he still has an unshakable belief that right will prevail and social justice will flourish.

February 26, 2009 Full Review Source: Daily Express | Comment
Daily Express

Che Two is deeply impressive: austerely confident, coherent and mysterious.

February 20, 2009 Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | Comment
Guardian [UK]

Benicio Del Toro is superb as the asthmatic, pipe-smoking Che, while the supporting cast capture the frustration of a disintegrating armed struggle.

February 20, 2009 Full Review Source: Sun Online | Comment
Sun Online

This plodding, one-paced, dramatically inert movie is almost entirely surface description.

February 20, 2009 Full Review Source: Independent | Comment
Independent

Having given us Che the icon, Del Toro now gives us Che the man: an asthmatic, flawed individual, powerless to prevent events spiralling out of his control. The film itself is far less compelling.

February 20, 2009 Full Review Source: thelondonpaper | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Che: Part Two (Guerrilla)

It seems that the harshest critics of the two Che films by Steven Soderbergh are the same ones that claim the first film is better than the second due to there being more action, completely ignoring the fact that the films are biopics and therefore based on history - damn you Che for not venturing into space to defeat

April 30, 2012
SirPant

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A sprawling, epic look at the life of Che Guevara through the lense of Steven Soderbergh. Del Toro is brilliant in the lead.

October 27, 2011
Graham Jones

Super Reviewer

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