Release date September 2, United States. Official site Official site. Saving Private Perez. Box office Edit. Technical specs Edit. Runtime 1 hour 45 minutes. Dolby Digital. Related news. Watch U. Contribute to this page Suggest an edit or add missing content. Top Gap. See more gaps Learn more about contributing. Edit page. Hollywood Icons, Then and Now. See the gallery. Netflix supports the Digital Advertising Alliance principles. By interacting with this site, you agree to our use of cookies.
We use cookies why? You can change cookie preferences ; continued site use signifies consent. Call Netflix Netflix. When his mother orders him to invade Iraq to rescue his brother, an infamous Mexican drug lord assembles a team of oddballs to fulfill his mission. Watch all you want. More Details. It is not a movie with a message. It's only a funny movie for people who just wanna have a laugh.
Anyway, this is one of the best Mexican films I've seen in recent years. It is the story of a Mexican drug lord who takes 5 of the baddest guys he can find to go rescue his brother who is an American soldier missing in Iraq, believed to have been captured by insurgents.
It is filled with stereotypes about Mexicans and drug lords yet it is such a fresh story that none of that matters. In fact it adds a lot of tongue in cheek humor to the story because it plays the story off the stereotypes. There is humanity, redemption and a lot humor in this movie and is definitely worth seeing.
It is mostly in Spanish with subtitles. This movie is a parody of saving private Ryan with a big difference: this movie is a comedy that uses the Mexican stereotype to bring us some funny situations.
The starring actors in this movie make a great performance like a group of "narcos" drug dealers with all the colorful that people thinks the narcos has. The music, the clothes, the speech and the cars has one purpose: fun. The story worthless the important thing here is the relationship in the family.
Adal Ramones and Jaime Camil like always: not good not bad. The soundtrack is a band music compilation with pop song soy rebelde by jeanette. If you have time go to cinema but first watch black swan, the king's speech, hours or true grit.
This attempted Hollywood style action movie is a shameful example of what a lack of talent can achieve. The fact that it received support from government institutions is a disgrace for Mexican cinema. While the premise is not bad, the script lacks character depth. The gags don't work and, overall, gives the idea of a lack of direction.
Instead of progressing, it just keeps getting worse and worse. The situations go from unrealistic to ludicrous and, as the movie advances, it becomes more reliant on special effects which are not credible at all.
As a truck advances through the sand dunes of some dessert in Asia, it looks like an old-fashion animation of it. The budget used on this film could be a lot more profitable if put in the right hands. Before "Saving Private Perez" started, six indistinguishable action film previews reminded me of the repetition that comes with American action films, threaded with a slim MacGuffins.
Happily "Saving Private Perez" is over-the-top and outlandish,but in a snarky, straight-forward, perhaps satirical, literal way. If this seems contradictory, it is because this film is having it all ways. And that is its pleasure. It is not a mockery, but a tongue in cheek presentation of a Mexican drug lord's quest to save his USA Marine brother held hostage in Iraq which is somewhere near Saudia Arabia and Holland. His estranged mother had asked drug lord to bring the brother home alive.
Occasionally funny, the film follows this quest seriously. The drug lord recruits a "Dirty Cinco" and they fly to Turkey and camel into Iraq. Much exaggerated, nothing is driven into the ground but who can really exaggerate the American action film or one of our recent comedies? Its exciting moments are balanced with laughs.
Production values 2. Camera work includes appropriate long shots and scenes are staged for widescreen without excessive closeups. It's not a smooth film, but neither is "That Man From Rio"--you have to allow both their quirkiness and rough edges cuts.
You enjoy the space which propels the action. Similar to Brazilia in "That Man from Rio" it intrigues without being a travelogue I haven't seen a desert like this since "Lawrence of Arabia. At one point, the "heroes," climb out of an oil pipeline, cover themselves in desert dust and remind me of the mole men in "Superman Meets the Molemen.
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