Director: Daniel Monzón
Cast: Marcos Ruiz , Begoña Vargas , Chechu Salgado , Guillermo Lasheras , Xavier Martín , Daniel Ibáñez , Jorge Aparicio , Carlos Oviedo , Víctor Manuel Pajares , Pep Tosar , Xavi Sáez
Plot: Summer 1978. Ignacio Cañas (Marcos Ruiz) is a 17-year-old introvert, and somewhat of a misfit student who lives in Girona. When he meets Zarco (Chechu Salgado) and Tere (Begoña Vargas), two young criminals from the city's Chinatown, he finds himself immersed in an unstoppable career of theft and robbery. It is the story in which Nacho grows older, crossing the line between good and evil, between justice and injustice.
My Movie Review: The movie is a noir classic go within roots that hit you with nostalgic bliss even you don't actual been in their world its somewhat relatable the lead in starting his journey! Outlaws is set during the 1970s, a fairly captivating little crime thriller, it tells a pretty well-worn story, about a teenager getting in over his head with all the young men' bullies around his town! The film starts small-scale, focusing in on Nacho as an introverted teen, then builds upwards to showcase a completely different side to his character, along the way the two criminals expands to demonstrate a dark underbelly to Nacho’s surroundings and danger made things interesting! They quickly take him under their wing, immersing Nacho in a world of thefts, robberies, drugs and alcohol as Zarco and Tere these two young delinquents hail from the city’s Chinatown! Part coming-of-age and part heist thriller, Outlaws then effortlessly switches between the two genres and it’s all the stronger for some of the great work done attributed to art department! What places the movie in really good standing is how well it captures the tone and feel of the 1970s from the costuming and soundtrack, to the setting and historical references, the movie looks as if it has been effortlessly plucked from the past and pretty sure at all times it is evident clear where everything is headed but it doesn’t stop this from being a movie to get invested in:)
Critics Reviews: Outlaws gets off to a slow start and by the end feels like several movies in one. Las leyes de la fronteras, which does not pretend to be a masterpiece, or anything close, and like all Monzón cinema seeks to entertain, works like a Swiss watch. With a Catalan score...and just enough action to get by, "Outlaws" delivers on its promises, even if nobody involved could figure out a graceful exit. Daniel Monzón's films have always centered on the loss of innocence as a bittersweet adventures and Las leyes de la frontera echoes this. Contains a powerful idea. It's there, in the gazes between the two characters (especially in those of Tere, played by a splendid Begoña Vargas) where the film finds the emotional pulse and authenticity it fails to depict in the rest of its footage. If you ever watched cine Kinki, equivalent of film noir with real crooks as actors from the early eighties, this film actually betters most of them. The advantage of having proper actors is that, ironically, makes it more multi-layered, you almost fall for such intriguing baddies cos they act so unbelievably well, I was initially reticent about seein this, thank God I did cos the journey the Gafitas goes through, from bullied kind boy to basically a full blown robber -and almost killer- inspired by his kinki Dulcinea, a girl next door if she were hotter than jalapeños and next door were a crack house, is mindblowing. An absolute must watch, like Gafitas, won´t leave you indiferent nice exposure!
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