Ladronas de Almas

Me and Mexican cinema have not had the best history together, the best film I've seen entirely made by a Mexican studio was The Similars (2015) and that managed an astounding 3/10.

I don't know what it is, I don't come across many and when I do I tend to miss the point altogether.

Ladronas de Almas which translates to Soul Thieves tells the story of a group of outlaws disguised as rebels during the Mexican civil war. They descend upon the home of a man, his 3 daughters and man servant in search of lost royalist gold. During their search however they find more than they bargained for and the horror begins.

A stylish horror I appreciate everything they were trying to do here and much of it works. Sadly too much of it doesn't and it just doesn't come across very engaging. It's violent, it's gory and it looks great, sadly it just fails to be as interesting as you'd imagine.

Everyone involved in front of the camera does a decent enough job and I like the idea, I think they just dropped the ball more than a tad. On the flipside however this is at least now the best Mexican movie I've ever seen.

The Good:

Some nice ideas

Looks the part

The Bad:

Frustratingly unengaging

Wasted potential

This is by far one of the best horror mexican films in many years which is not so surprising considering how low is the standar for these films. México folklore is so rich I fail to understand why mexican movies can make them justice. And if its true for this one we dont have a folklore coming to life its refreshing to see a mexican horror movie going for something different and that is what makes this movie worth the watch. The best part is the plot twist and the actresses nail their performances. However I stick with my argument that this could have improved with a rewriting of the script and reshooting, so I can forgive when I remember this was more likely a low budget movie like most of mexican movies are. So this is a solid ok, not something special but defenitely a movie that deserves more appretiation.

Bad movie. The performance is really bad. Actors so novice and bad. The film does not convince. I give 1.0

Not quite as weird as The Similars (another Mexican horror) but, still, properly barking. I have no idea how to describe this film, so I won't. Left me wanting to find other Mexican films to watch, because I've never seen anything quite like it.

Nope dont like it. Horrible and boring. Waste of speace in Netflix