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Alec B A thoroughly strange thriller with several memorable set pieces. However convoluted you find the central concept, it is hard to deny its originality. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/26/24 Full Review Michael O When the lights came up, I thought, "Either that was a great movie and I didn't quite get it or that was not a great movie." I had to think it all over. Once I put the pieces together, I was convinced that it was a great movie. It is the only movie that I have ever seen twice on consecutive days. One question: Did the dealer cheat with the ace of hearts? I am not sure. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Aside from being well directed and acted it's intriguing, but in a way that's just a little too weird and incomprehensible to be truly great. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Intacto is one of the first films of the modern Spanish cinema that made an impact. Directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, who later became a bit more famous with "28 weeks later", the film won the best film and best screenplay awards in Fantasporto 2003 festival. The plot of the film is completely original. It's the story of some people who are considered to be extremely lucky and they end up gambling their own life in a game of life and death. The film raises the questions of luck, fate and destiny in a clever way, although there are a few unexplained or contradictory parts in the screenplay. Direction is very modern, actors' performances are solid (Max von Sydow stars too) and the film can be considered a thought provocative action film. Extremely underrated in both imdb and rotten tomatoes it's highly recommended for it's originality and for being clever and cool at the same time. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Good idea, but grotesque. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member Intacto is a film that takes place in a world just like our own, but strangely luck is basically a bankable commodity. The film centers on a group of extremely lucky people who take part in games of ever-increasing risk to see who is the luckiest. It's a really cool concept and not one I've seen explored in a film before or since. I just wish it was executed a little more effectively. For one thing they take a long time before they establish what's going on. I know it's nice to avoid unnecessary exposition but I think this might have been necessary. So many odd things take place and I find myself completely lost right up until we get an actual scene where something is explained. Then when things are explained they don't set up concrete rules about how the transferring of luck works. It doesn't hold any logical pattern so I still feel somewhat lost late in the movie. It's a shame because there's a good cast and a great concept that just fall slightly short of making a great film. I'd still recommend it as a mind-bender, but I wouldn't call Intacto a must-see. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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