Carnicería humana
Director:
Michael RitchieGuión:
Robert DillonCámara:
Gene PolitoMúsica:
Lalo SchifrinReparto:
Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman, Angel Tompkins, Gregory Walcott, Sissy Spacek, Janit Baldwin, Les Lannom, Hugh Gillin, Howard Platt, Eddie Egan, Gordon SignerStreaming (1)
Sinopsis(1)
El violento Nick Devlin (Lee Marvin) es enviado a Kansas y contratado para hacer que Mary Ann (Gene Hackman) pague la importante suma de dinero que debe. Es en Kansas donde se encuentra la planta cárnica de Mary Ann, que, en realidad, es una simple tapadera de sus verdaderos negocios: drogas y prostitución. Y, si nada lo impide, mujeres hermosas serán vendidas como ganado. (Filmin)
(más)Reseñas (1)
Once again, I have to fundamentally disagree with the majority, but this gangster film really didn't sit well with me. It could have been a decent movie, considering the theme of a clash between a rough gang in the countryside, full of energy, ambition, and ruthlessness, and a criminal group that has long lost its drive and lives off its past. But the creators turned it into a personal showdown between Lee Marvin and Gene Hackman, giving their characters a very unreliable dimension. It has been a long time since I felt such a significant mismatch between what I would do as a film character and what the characters were doing on screen. Several key scenes, which were supposed to naturally escalate tension, came across as unintentionally funny to me. Even where the mobster Devlin was supposed to evoke sympathy in the viewer with acts of humanity, it felt inappropriate to me. In the real world, his character, who exuded unjustified and incomprehensible confidence, would have been killed after just a few hours in Kansas. One star is for the cast. Alongside Marvin and Hackman, Sissy Spacek is worth mentioning, whom I know more as a mature character actress rather than a sensual femme fatale. Overall impression: 25%.
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