Blame the script for creating a very dull movie on the famous Argentine born rebel who became an important figure in Castro's Cuba and fictionalized as the narrator years after this for the musical "Evita". Omar Sharif looks the part onscreen, but sadly that's where similarities end. Add in further ridiculous casting with Jack Palance as Fidel Castro, another case of hysterically bad miscasting, increased by his melodramatic overacting.
I found this to be a lifeless account of Che's life, coming to life through some beautiful air shots of what is supposed to be the mountains of Cuba. It's told in flashback with rather weak narration, documentary style, and an insult to Cubans and other Hispanic cultures because nobody seems to even be remotely Hispanic. Melodramatic speeches and episodic situations are not helped by a confusing structure, episodic in nature and obviously incomplete. Glad I caught it, but for historical research purposes, a complete waste of time.
I found this to be a lifeless account of Che's life, coming to life through some beautiful air shots of what is supposed to be the mountains of Cuba. It's told in flashback with rather weak narration, documentary style, and an insult to Cubans and other Hispanic cultures because nobody seems to even be remotely Hispanic. Melodramatic speeches and episodic situations are not helped by a confusing structure, episodic in nature and obviously incomplete. Glad I caught it, but for historical research purposes, a complete waste of time.