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This film is a very entertaining piece of fantasy. Since it has a dragon, I do not understand why some people were expecting something more than a fairy tale. I guess if you watch it with the eyes of a child it will blow your mind, but if you are a seasoned moviegoer you might find the plot somewhat predictable. However, I think this is a good thing since the film delivers exactly what you expect from a fantasy involving a princess, a dragon and a mystery.

Anyway, I enjoyed a good production, decent performances and the voice of the dragon. OMG!

If you need one reason to watch the movie, this will be the amazing performance of the dragon. At least, it did the trick for me.

This is an accurate while though portrait of crime underworld in Cali (second biggest Colombian city), plenty of a dark sense of humor and local culture elements such as witchery, drug traffic, poverty, and a very interesting atmosphere of salsa and African American music.

It is remarkable the photography direction, specially the coloring and texture of all movie, which emphasizes the feeling of permanent heat (Cali is a tropical place). Oh, and the FX work is very convincing. If you have a lot of gunshots, you will need a lot of fake blood, right? Well, in this film every gun fire sequence is very well played without making you get out of focus of main plot.

Main characters are played in a very convincing way with a very local taste, but in the end of the film you get the feeling of having witnessed events that could happen at the darkest corners of any city in the world.