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MPAA RATING: R for language, some violence and brief nudity
Starring Leonardo Sbaraglia, Eusebio Poncela, Mónica López, Antonio Dechent, Max von Sydow, Guillermo Toledo, Alber Ponte, and Andrea San Vicente
Spanish director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo has fashioned an enigmatic tale of four people...lives intertwined by destiny...subject to the laws of fate...who discover that luck is something they cannot afford to be without as they gamble with the highest stakes possible...in a deadly game from which only one of the will emerge intact. (Lions Gate Films)
| GENRE(S): | Suspense/Thriller |
| WRITTEN BY: |
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Andrés M. Koppel |
| DIRECTED BY: | Juan Carlos Fresnadillo |
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: June 24, 2003 Video: June 24, 2003 Theatrical: December 13, 2002 |
| RUNNING TIME: | 108 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: | Spain |
| LANGUAGE(S): | English and Spanish (with English subtitles) |
Best New Director, Best New Actor (Sbaraglia), 2002 Goya Awards
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The average user rating for this movie is 7.2 (out of 10) based on 10 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Rich N. gave it a9:
A film with tunning visuals and full of imagination and suspense. There are some scenes in this film that'll forever stick with you (and remain in your unconsciousness). You'll always be able to recall those "certain" moments.
Chad S. gave it an8:
Since the men and women in this bizarro world has luck on their side, "Intacto" could've been a thinking man's "X-Men", but these people are too self-absorbed; too passionate about the lucrative "silly-games-that-makes-paintball-look-cerebral" market. It's Samuel(Max Von Sydow), a concentration camp survivor turned evil(sound familiar?), which will remind some of the 20th Century Fox franchise, helmed in short order by Brian Singer(yay!) and Brett Ratner(boo!). Only Sara(Monica Lopez) fits the bill of being superhero-like. As a recently widowed cop, Sara is not in the game for herself, she's trying to bring a fugitive(Tomas, played by Leonardo Sbaraglia) to justice. Tomas(who has proven himself as seasoned in cheating death) could rush into burning buildings to save babies instead of being pimped around by Federico(Eusebio Poncela) on the "silly-games-that..."-circuit. "Intacto" isn't about good-versus-evil, but the matchup exists on the periphery(Sara(good) waits on the sidelines when Samuel(evil) dukes it out with Tomas). "Intacto" is a film about greed, extrapolated(there's a faint sci-fi element to this story), to highlight the anti-philanthropist ways of the super-rich, who'd rather indulge in the most trivial of pursuits than help other people.
Velma T. gave it a9:
The most creative thriller I've seen since Memento.
Craig B. gave it an 8:
I agree with Dave P's comments and I am submitting my vote primarily to raise the score of this undervalued film.
Dave P. gave it an 8:
This is one of the best films I've seen in a while. Aside from the very original and brilliant story and excellent cinimatography, the spanish director put a nice touch on the film and differentiated it from the usual hollywood feature formula films that bore the hell out of me. Rent this movie, if nothing else it may cure you from wanting to go to casinos. Metascore 60 is total BS should be at least 80. If you read the guys that brought the score down, they said convoluted, maybe to someone who isn't paying attention.
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