The movie is ingenious fun. See it.
Intacto (2002)
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Reviews Counted:72
Fresh:52
Rotten:20
Average Rating:6.5/10
Consensus: The plot gimmick is original, bolstered by stylishly intriguing setpieces.
Rated: R [See Full Rating] for language, some violence and brief nudity
Runtime: 1 hr 49 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Theatrical Release:Dec 13, 2002 Limited
Box Office: $145,177
Synopsis: With INTACTO, from director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, a group of people who have "the gift" of being extremely lucky play into a suspenseful world of gambling and superstition. The film begins and... With INTACTO, from director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, a group of people who have "the gift" of being extremely lucky play into a suspenseful world of gambling and superstition. The film begins and ends in the Canary Islands, where ringleader Sam (Max von Sydow), a Holocaust survivor, runs a casino. His right-hand man Federico (Eusebio Poncela) is stripped of "the gift" in a terrifying exchange that Federico sees as worse than death: Sam hugs him and in doing so steals his luck away. Desperate for revenge, Federico latches onto Tomas (Leonard Sbaraglia), the miraculous sole survivor of an airplane crash. He convinces Tomas to test his luck in various games (one involves running full-speed, blindfolded, through a heavily wooded forest to see if he is "lucky" enough to avoid running into a tree.) By training Tomas to be a winner, Federico hopes to eventually have him challenge Sam. Thrown into the complicated mix are an untouchable bullfighter (Antonio Dechent), and an auto accident survivor (Monica Lopez) who want to break up this obsessive gambling ring. INTACTO uses its stirring orchestral score by Lucio Godoy, its puzzling plotline, its bleak desert settings, and its fast-moving nighttime driving scenes to create a mood of mystery and intrigue. [More]
Starring: Leonardo Sbaraglia, Eusebio Poncela, Antonio Perez Dechent, Max von Sydow
Starring: Leonardo Sbaraglia, Eusebio Poncela, Antonio Perez Dechent, Max von Sydow
Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Screenwriter: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Composer: Lucio Godoy
Studio: Lions Gate Films
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Reviews for Intacto
Writer-director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo makes a feature debut that is fully formed and remarkably assured.
An enigmatic film that's too clever for its own good, it's a conundrum not worth solving.
A very stylish but ultimately extremely silly tale...a slick piece of nonsense but nothing more.
A feature-length Twilight Zone episode that takes itself far too seriously.
It doesn't always fit together, but it's suspenseful at times, imaginative and has good looks to spare.
Viewers will need all the luck they can muster just figuring out who's who in this pretentious mess.
Intacto's focus on arcane bylaws allows for little emotional or moral impact.
A very bizarre blend of Reservoir Dogs, Fight Club, Unbreakable and Croupier.
In this much-ado-about-nothing procedural, Fresnadillo reduces his characters to pawns lost in a Greek labyrinth.
Intriguing premise and nice visuals but a storyline too opaque for its own good.
Its premise ... never develops beyond the level of a mediocre X-Files episode.
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