3 years went by since this doc was announced in its post production stage. 3 long years of waiting, asking, browsing, reading about it. 3 years in which the atmosphere of the long awaited film about south America's best thrash metal act ever was constantly building up.
3 very, very, very long years. And then, suddenly, there it was. It finally came out to the light, and for me as a big fan of the band, it was a big deception. So much time had gone by that the almost-complete line-up had reunited and toured south America before the launching. But lets get to the movie:
1. The narrative was very choppy, it is hard to guess at what point in time the interviewees are referring to.
2. The transition tittles are confusing, difficult to read and their screen time requires constant pausing.
3. The absence of an Off-voice narrator really hurts the movie.
4. The musical review of their albums was overlooked, short and almost inexistent, which is a big flaw in a doc about a rock band.
5. The musical score was pretty poor -which is really really bad in a movie about a rock band- I can recall no more than 4 songs being featured throughout the whole film. Most of them where very poor live recordings or cover versions that did not feature the original singer. It reminds me of the Biography Channel's Guns n' Roses documentary that features no GNR song in it.
6. Footage other than the recent interviews is also very poor.
7. I've gotta admit that the way in which the director handled the absence of Ricardo (band leader and founder) was very professional. ----------------------------- ----------------------------- CONCLUSION:
Still, this is not as bad as 90% of VH1's behind the music. Its the best and most professional film about a Latin rock band that i've ever seen.
But if you really want to know interesting stuff about this Heavy Metal band you'd be better off by buying a record, listening to it, browsing the web for related stories and reading Jedbanger's Magazine articles.
