La dictadura perfecta

Maybe because the main actor and director from La Ley de Herodes are attached,one would think this is a sequel to the 1999 movie that made history. Nothing of the sort, this watches more like a made for tv (and for profit) movie. Cinematography is as bad as any mexican soap opera, and it figures, most of the actors in this are Mexican tv stars, yep, the same mexican Televison industry that the movie tries to criticize.

While Herodes had some beautiful framed and shot scenes, and acting was very good, (maybe because most of the cast were cinema and theater actors) this one has the feel of a Televisa production, it seems clearly shot on video and the acting is really subpar.

The message is still the same we all know: Mexico's system is corrupt. If you want to learn why, then go watch La Ley de Herodes.

I can't explain how I felt while watching the movie. Every single detail is so real that hurts. I could simply replace the names of the characters by the names or real politicians. Our countries in South America are experiencing everything that is portraited in the movie. This satire is amazing and at the same time painful to watch. Worth watching!

The overdubbing was terrible. So bad I hated to watch it and I just mostly listened to it. The story itself was not completely original, but interesting enough to keep me from turning off this thing, but I would've preferred to watch it with subtitles and appreciate the acting. I'm used to the histrionic style of Telenovela's, and this kind of fit the bill for that with the political twist- it's too bad it didn't translate as well trying to overdub English. It just kept repeating itself over and over again for the most part sort of like I am now just to fill the space so that I can leave this review.

The selection of various classical music masterpieces is very impressive !

This movie felt too real, and I say this from a country thirteen thousand miles away from Mexico.