Movie Details
| Title: | Mandrill | |
| Director: | Ernesto Diaz Espinoza | |
| Year: | 2009 | |
| Genre: | Action | |
| Times Seen: | 1 | |
| Last Seen: | 09.27.09 |
Other Movies Seen By This Director (4)
- Bring Me the Head of Machine Gun Woman
- Kiltro
- Mirageman
- Redeemer
| Date Viewed | Venue | Note |
| 09.27.09 | Alamo South Lamar | This Screening is part of event: FantasticFest 2009 As stated in Tim's intro, Fantastic Fest 3 was memorable for having a couple stand-out movies attached to stand-out personalities that were there to party and also show their movies. One was Nacho, another was the Chilean action movie team behind Kiltro and Mirageman: Ernesto Diaz Espinoza and Marko Zaror. Well they're back with Mandrill: An In Like Flint / James Bond action movie where Marko Zaror grows up idolizing an In Like Flint / James Bond TV show and becomes an assassin to seek out revenge against the eye-patched gangster who killed his parents. Afterward the guys said they basically made this movie just to come back to Fantastic Fest, which is pretty damn awesome if you're Tim League. It's a testament to either how fun this festival is or how boring all the other ones are. It's also surprising because the movie didn't seem rushed or unpolished to me. I think a couple people maybe did but I didn't see it. Instead - and I think this was intentional - it seemed to me like an episode of this guy's own show that he runs in his mind. There are also flashbacks to show how awesome his uncle is. One of my favorite moments was the very beginning when he goes to an assortment of increasingly ridiculous locales in search of his target. It's pretty James Bond cool until you realize who he's looking for: "Donde estas Waldo?" I really like this movie: the style, the action, the fight scenes are impressive (they could afford a better camera this time so they slow a lot of Zaror's flashier moves down to see just how awesome his flying kicks are), the ladies quite lovely (and unbelievably tiny in real life, although I loved the leopard print dress), and the humor genuinely funny. I still place it a tiny bit under Mirageman, but enjoyed this much more than Kiltro. This was good times for sure. Marko is Mandrill He loves to love the ladies and kicking faces |
