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First of all, everything is 100% amateur on this film. The picturing is absolutely dreadful. The camera guys do their job hardly any better than I would myself. It's like the frames are randomly put together sometimes. And the cast is not even carefully chosen. The writer is ok, the rest is absolutely horrible. The first gay gangster boy is a disaster. He simply can't act. When he's supposed to laugh, he doesn't laugh. Instead he smiles widely and says "hahaha". How exhilarating! I'm not really an expert on Colombia so I don't know if the situation is exaggerated, but even if it's not exaggerated it looks exaggerated and I don't like that. Also, how easy is it to find gay gangster boys on the streets like that? Are Colombian males all gay?!? I know 3 in my life, and they're all straight. So I wonder who prepared a ridiculuous screenplay like that. Apart from all, the plot is extremely simple. I'm close to thinking the film is made for the sole purpose of anti-religious propaganda (which I like, but it doesn't make the film good just because it matches my disbeliefs) instead of a movie with a conventional plot. Ok I have to say it's not quite boring, but you simply come across LOTS of MAJOR errors you have to ignore in order to enjoy the movie. It's hard for me to say this being a very anti-Hollywood cinema enthusiast, but I'm starting to think they should leave action films to Americans and keep working on drama. On the other hand, a film that reminds me of this one which takes place in a neighbouring country - Ecuador, was absolutely fascinating. Ratas, Ratones, Rateros. That one was a billion times better than this. Watch La Virgen De Los Sicarios only if your planned trip to Colombia got canceled and if you're so sad about it that you'd like to get to know the country a little through a movie. If you watch it and think it's almost alright but something's missing and you just don't know what, go watch "Ratas, Ratones, Rateros" instead. But this very one gets only 6/10 from me, generously.
First of all, everything is 100% amateur on this film. The picturing is absolutely dreadful. The camera guys do their job hardly any better than I would myself. It's like the frames are randomly put together sometimes. And the cast is not even carefully chosen. The writer is ok, the rest is absolutely horrible. The first gay gangster boy is a disaster. He simply can't act. When he's supposed to laugh, he doesn't laugh. Instead he smiles widely and says "hahaha". How exhilarating! I'm not really an expert on Colombia so I don't know if the situation is exaggerated, but even if it's not exaggerated it looks exaggerated and I don't like that. Also, how easy is it to find gay gangster boys on the streets like that? Are Colombian males all gay?!? I know 3 in my life, and they're all straight. So I wonder who prepared a ridiculuous screenplay like that. Apart from all, the plot is extremely simple. I'm close to thinking the film is made for the sole purpose of anti-religious propaganda (which I like, but it doesn't make the film good just because it matches my disbeliefs) instead of a movie with a conventional plot. Ok I have to say it's not quite boring, but you simply come across LOTS of MAJOR errors you have to ignore in order to enjoy the movie. It's hard for me to say this being a very anti-Hollywood cinema enthusiast, but I'm starting to think they should leave action films to Americans and keep working on drama. On the other hand, a film that reminds me of this one which takes place in a neighbouring country - Ecuador, was absolutely fascinating. Ratas, Ratones, Rateros. That one was a billion times better than this. Watch La Virgen De Los Sicarios only if your planned trip to Colombia got canceled and if you're so sad about it that you'd like to get to know the country a little through a movie. If you watch it and think it's almost alright but something's missing and you just don't know what, go watch "Ratas, Ratones, Rateros" instead. But this very one gets only 6/10 from me, generously.