Review by silicontourist

I have never heard of Luis Tosar as i normally don't ever watch Spanish films; the last Spanish film i remember watching was the superb Guillermo Del Toro fantasy, Pan's Labyrinth back in 2006. I'm just not a fan of Spanish cinema. Having said that mind you, this was a top notch piece of cinema about the real goings on in life that many of us never know anything about; and who would find it very difficult to believe that there are people whose work is of this low life scumbags tactics.

I have been aware of this type of inhuman goings on acted against people, some of which has been done to totally innocent and good people who just got up somebody's nose and stood in their way etc. It is a wonderful film to show the unknowing people of the world a seriously evil side of human life carried out by governments, politicians, police and other people we are supposed to trust.

Its revealing in the sense of when the Americans were finally outed for their denial of horrendous torture practices at Guantanamo Bay; which was made worse that everyone of the military top brass, the president et al had been publicly denying it for well over the 2 years prior to photos being published.

So though i was not in the least surprised about the subject matter i was pleased that a gut feeling told me to watch this great film. It was very gritty, had lots of tension, and all carried out with superb acting from all involved. Tosar as the Emperor and Alexandra Masangkay,as Filipino maid Wendy, were both outstanding.

A MUST WATCH CRIME THRILLER!