| | Cronicas DVD
| Category | Action/Adventure DVDs, Latin Movies, Dramas Videos, Thriller, Mystery, Suspense, Spanish, Detective, Serial Killers, Serial | | Starring | John Leguizamo, Leonor Watling, Alfred Molina, Damian Alcazar | | Director | Sebastian Cordero | | Composer | Antonio Pinto | | Director of Photography | Enrique Chediak | | Producer | Guillermo Del Toro, Alfonso Cuaron, Jorge Vergara | | Screenwriter | Sebastian Cordero |
Star anchorman Manolo Bonilla (John Leguizamo) of the Latin broadcasting One Hour With the Truth program has flown down to a small town in Ecuador with producer Marisa (Leonor Watling) and cameraman Ivan (Jose Maira Yazpik) on the trail of a child serial killer and rapist, The Monster of Babahoyo. Manolo is determined to be the hero who single-handedly stops the hero. Cronicas attempts to approach the metaphor of who the true monster is - the criminal, the media, or our society? Damian Alcazar also stars. Extras include deleted scenes, director & star commentary, alternate film ending, making of featurette, still photo gallery, Soledad recording session, previews,mor The murky ethics surrounding tabloid journalism mix with serial-killer intrigue in this powerful film by Ecuadorian writer-director Sebastian Cordero. John Leguizamo stars as Manolo, a Miami-based television reporter for a Spanish-language, real-crime TV show called One Hour with the Truth. While researching a story on The Monster, a child murderer who has been terrorizing an area of Ecuador, Manolo and his crew wind up in the epicenter of a violent near-lynching when a traveling bible salesman named Vinicio (Damián Alcazár) accidentally hits a small boy with his car and kills him. Terrified of being murdered in jail by the boy's father, the badly beaten Vinicio hints that he is willing to reveal clues to the serial killer's identity to help Manolo get his story on the air. A strange psychological game develops between Manolo--who seems to think he can trick Vinicio into confessing his identity as The Monster (thus getting the scoop of the century)--and Vinicio, who wants to use Manolo's media power to get him out of jail in time to see his his wife give birth to his child.
Leguizamo shows star wattage in the lead; he's great in Spanish-language role, and he delivers a relatively restrained performance as a journalist letting ambition get the better of his judgment. Spanish actress Leonor Watling is also good as his sexy love interest. Gloomy location photography creates a rain-soaked, poverty-stricken ambiance that's memorably unsettling. Alfonso Cuaron and Jorge Vergara (Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN) produce this riveting film. Theatrical Trailer: JULY 8, 2005 Cronicas Reviews: "[T]he movie is worth seeing for Leguizamo's sinewy urgency, Alcazar's desperate cleverness as the killer, and the squalid, frantic atmosphere of Latin American hunger."
-- Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly "CRONICAS is a raw and powerful suspense thriller set in Latin America that also is a timely commentary on the tabloid nature and sensationalism of TV news. It examines how far journalists should go to get a story and raises concerns about the methods used to gather sensitive information."-- Claudia Puig, USA Today Cronicas | List Price | $12.99 (You save $3.70) | | Studio | Palm Pictures | | Orig Year | 2005 | | All Time Sales Rank |  71988  | | CD Universe Part number | 6945306 | | Catalog number | 3125 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Nov 08, 2005 | | Rating | R (MPAA) | | Rating Reason | violence, a scene of sexuality, and language | | Running Time | 108 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen; Subtitled; DTS Sound | | Movie Details | Color; Widescreen; Subtitled; DTS Sound; Spanish |
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