We Shall Return (1963) User Reviews

Romero's next project, "Batman," was high art by comparison.

[shanfan_14 · 8 January 2003]

I had a relative in this movie, thus, I saw it, along with 9 other unfortunates, before it disappeared--we thought--forever. I am now the only person on the planet, I believe, to have ever seen it twice. Hilariously melodramatic, disjointed, awkward, stilted. The camera shots, the interminable pauses in wretched dialogue, the absurd or illogical plot premises and actions, and the glaring errors made it cause for celebration when "Simply Weird Video"--for reasons unknown--decided to issue it on VHS. (We revel in truly horrid wastes of film!) I couldn't remember the name for years, so we dubbed it "Big Wind from Havana." After seeing it again, I think my title was far more appropriate than theirs: this cheapo was blown away and those connected with it, by and large, never returned.

Yep, it's really weird.

[mark.waltz · 3/10 · 1 May 2022]

Almost an exploitation film about the plight of Cuban immigrants dealing with issues during the Castro era, a family led by Cesar Romero who has a hard time finding work and dealing with traitors among them who are plotting against rebels trying to overthrow Castro. The result has led to the murder of one of Romero's family members, and he has to find out who among them is the one responsible. One of the female members of the family is offered work one step above being a prostitute, and finally ends up working as a cocktail waitress thanks to a tip she got from a 13 year old kid who adopts himself into the family and is intent on trying to be an adult even though he's far from one.

This film is so strange and so badly paced that it seems like something that would have been made for television oh, and why someone like Cesar Romero is in this film (outside of either his belief in the project or doing it as a favor to a friend or simply needing the money) is very bizarre to say the least. Anthony Ray, son of director Nicholas Ray, who married his own stepmother Gloria Grahame, is also featured in this film. I don't feel that I learned anything about what was going on with Cuba during this time, but it was nice to see some interesting waterfront locations that were obviously filmed early on a Sunday morning when no one else was around. For the most part though, this is a boring snoozer.