I looked into Lazaro Ruben Torres, there's not much online about him just a few brief articles saying the United States is trying to find him in Mexico for murder. Interestingly enough this film explores that. Note that I found the actual 'crime' much more interesting then the scary movie packaging. *I believe from a marketing standpoint the film was a gem of controversy, but it's rather being explored from a Horror gene, which the film shouldn't (shame on you marketing, the brilliance that could have been). The movie is a thriller drama with a supernatural element.
The movie was extremely intelligent by screenplay writer and actor Zachary Laoutides who plays Lazaro. The film is artistic (I can't stress this more), so I can see people getting frustrated with it. Personally, I like the smart-artsy films so I thoroughly enjoyed the movie (have in mind I'm confessing to being a art house lover).
Zachary Laoutides is a one-man-show in the film; it would have been slightly more entertaining if there was more depth performances with the other actors or at least a strong contrast to Lazaro. The bad guys in the film need to play 'bad guys' the character of Aaron (the only other real supporting character) is just to weak for us to have any sympathy or empathy. Rather we find all these character traits in Lazaro as he goes in and out of depression.
Lastly the film plays somewhat silent, it's really an expression piece and that is very hard to pull off; emotions verses dialogue (kudos to the director La Raza, that's why I'm giving this film a nine). This film does just that! A big winner in my book that could have been and should have been promoted differently; staying authentic to the story of true crime. *Luckily I'm not rating the marketing in this review!
