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Put together two award winning
Hollywood actors, a gay sub plot, an unknown director and a suspect story line
and u have "The Mexican"
This two hour plus film is difficult to
quantify. Is it a double crossing, hitman type or bordering on the comedy?
Because it has both.
The Mexican refers not to a person
but a special gun which Jerry (Brad Pitt) was charged with recovering and
bringing back across the border to the U.S as a way of paying off a final debt
to the local crime boss.
Brad Pitt still retains his award winning
smile but in an effort to secure the body beautiful has put up a lot of
weight especially on his face in comparison to earlier films.... Why gay
people still suggest him as a gay icon, I don't know?
Julia Roberts, probably one of my all time
favorite female actors played the part of Jerry's live in partner
who attends marriage guidance counseling and this thread is continued
throughout the film. Frankly its boring! and her efforts at inflicting
her theories on the gay hood Winston (James Gandolfini) just about raises a
smile.
It appears that the Hollywood money was
thrown at securing big names for this film and not spent on the story line or
locations. Mainly shot in Las Vegas and minor bits in Mexico. Vegas being the
desired destination of Samantha before she was kidnapped by the contract
killer Winston and forced ultimately to fly to Mexico in search of Jerry while
at the same time being a bargaining chip in the gun recovery operation.
This lead to the only decent line in the
film.. said by Winston to Samantha .."I am here to regulate
funkiness"
Yeah there is a gay sub plot between the
bear like Winston and a third rate actor called Frank who he picked up
en-route to Vegas. After sleeping together ?? Frank was killed by a rival
hitman which enraged Winston and lead to the bear breaking down and revealing
all to Samantha (Roberts). A most unlikely gay guy, never mind a contract
killer.. he would be more suited to appearing on Arthur Daley than a Hollywood
movie!!.
Well if u are stuck on a wet Sunday
afternoon, then go and see it with other 15 year olds..
Reviewed
by Tomer Avshalom May 2001
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