Lock-up
Stars: Adolfo Fernández, Marcel Borràs, Carlos Cuevas, Irene Escolar | Written by Pere Saballs i Nadal | Directed by Xavi Giménez
It’s not until 15 minutes into the film that the title shows up, but after a lengthy introduction to the central characters, and the problems between them, you’ve all but forgotten that the title hasn’t appeared.
Lock-Up is indeed the title, see, I even managed to give this review a lengthy introduction before dropping the title. It’s a really good technique and something I might start employing when I write from now on. I digress, the attention this review was holding from the first paragraph has just been self-destructed by diverting your mind away from what was going to be a hard-hitting and intense review, into what has become a self-indulgent load of nonsense.
Where were we? Oh yes, Lock-Up, the first 15 minutes really form the basis...
Stars: Adolfo Fernández, Marcel Borràs, Carlos Cuevas, Irene Escolar | Written by Pere Saballs i Nadal | Directed by Xavi Giménez
It’s not until 15 minutes into the film that the title shows up, but after a lengthy introduction to the central characters, and the problems between them, you’ve all but forgotten that the title hasn’t appeared.
Lock-Up is indeed the title, see, I even managed to give this review a lengthy introduction before dropping the title. It’s a really good technique and something I might start employing when I write from now on. I digress, the attention this review was holding from the first paragraph has just been self-destructed by diverting your mind away from what was going to be a hard-hitting and intense review, into what has become a self-indulgent load of nonsense.
Where were we? Oh yes, Lock-Up, the first 15 minutes really form the basis...
- 9/9/2011
- by JeButlin
- Nerdly
Teenage rebellion, exasperated parents, drugs, drink, sex, torture, violence and experimental filming techniques all combine to produce Lock-Up, the recent Spanish film that looks at parenting and the extreme lengths taken to discipline an unruly child. Released today on DVD, our review follows.
Luis (Adolfo Fernandez) is the single father of 16-year-old Fran (Marcel Borras), whose behaviour is bringing him to the edge of depression. As Fran starts to drink heavily, constantly get into trouble and take drugs, his behaviour begins to take a slippery slope into the depths of despondency. After attempting to confront Fran about his irrational and extreme behaviour, Luis decides that his son’s attitude and unwillingness to behave will force him to take severe measures. Discovering a teenage rehabilitation centre called C.I.M.C.A online, Luis is immediately ready to take their offer to re-educate his troubled and problematic son. Taken by force,...
Luis (Adolfo Fernandez) is the single father of 16-year-old Fran (Marcel Borras), whose behaviour is bringing him to the edge of depression. As Fran starts to drink heavily, constantly get into trouble and take drugs, his behaviour begins to take a slippery slope into the depths of despondency. After attempting to confront Fran about his irrational and extreme behaviour, Luis decides that his son’s attitude and unwillingness to behave will force him to take severe measures. Discovering a teenage rehabilitation centre called C.I.M.C.A online, Luis is immediately ready to take their offer to re-educate his troubled and problematic son. Taken by force,...
- 9/5/2011
- by Stuart Cummins
- Obsessed with Film
To celebrate the DVD release of gritty thriller Lock Up (2010) we are giving away a copy to Three lucky winners. Being a teenager isn’t easy, but neither is being a parent and sometimes desperate times call for desperate measures. Luis (Adolfo Fernández) has reached braking point with his sixteen-year-old-son Fran (Marcel Borràs). Fran’s behaviour is starting to spiral out of control, he’s drinking, smoking dope and constantly getting into trouble. Something has to be done. In desperation, Luis makes a decision that will change both their lives forever.
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- 8/24/2011
- by Daniel Green
- CineVue
You just know its all going to end badly, when a horror thriller gets a name like Tranquility Valley, and Spanish director Xavi Giménez is set to take us there next year. His second project as director for movie house Filmax (responsible of course for “[Rec]”), Giménez has previously worked as Cinematographer on some big names in Spanish genre Cinema - including 'The Machinist' and 'Transsiberian' - so he’s well placed to deliver the goods. Starring; Marcel Borrás, Adolfo Fernández, Fernando Guillén Cuervo and Eduardo Farelo Tranquility is tipped as “a disturbing thriller about a re-education centre, which promises to reintegrate difficult youths back into society, through very controversial methods.”...
- 10/28/2009
- 24framespersecond.net
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