Walking Vengeance (aka Solo Quiero Caminar
aka Just Walking/ aka I Only Want To Walk/2008/Maya DVD)
Picture:
C+ Sound: B- Extras: C- Film: C+
A mixed
attempt at a gangster heist thriller, Agustin Diaz Yanes’ Walking Vengeance (2008) has Spanish gangsters going at each other,
with the ambitious Felix (José Maria Yazpik) planning to make more dirty money
than he already is by striking a deal with Korean gangsters. However, four women intend to rob him big-time,
but he has ideas of his own. In the
crossfire is Gabriel (Diego Luna of Frida
and Milk) who is a best friend of
Felix and a gangster in his own right with his own reputation, a man who will
have to make some tough choices while the rest of these players play for keeps.
The four
women (in the Set It Off tradition)
are played by Ariadna Gil (Pan’s
Labyrinth), Victoria Abril, Elena Anaya and Pilar Lopez de Ayala, who along
with the other cast make this more fun to watch than the script that goes from
smart to predictable to punctuated with moments of sex and violence you would
never see in most similar Hollywood product.
Unfortunately, the genre is so played out and the only other thing the
film has going for it are its location work in Mexico
and Spain. Unfortunately, we don’t get too much more
new, but it is worth a look for the actors if nothing else. I hope to see them all again soon.
The anamorphically
enhanced 2.35 X 1 image was shot in the Super 35mm film format by Director of
Photography Paco Femenia (Alatriste)
and though it is stylized intentionally, this is still a little softer than I
would have liked. There are still some
great location shots, though. The Dolby
Digital Spanish 5.1 mix is a little better with a good soundfield and decent
dialogue recording. The only extra is a
Director’s Interview that should have been longer than a few minutes.
- Nicholas Sheffo
