Sayen

(2023) Sayen (In Spanish and Mapudungun with English subtitles) THRILLER/ SOCIAL COMMENTARY.

It opens with an aboriginal Mapuche woman of Chile, being chased by three people armed with guns through the forest until she jumps several feet down below into the water falls. The movie then jumps backward three days earlier, and we find out later that the woman who jumped at the opening her name is "Sayen" played by Rallen Montenegro- hence the title. And that her and her grandmother are clashing with Spanish developers, headed by the son, Antonio Torres (Aron Piper)in search for cobalt for the intention of pleasing his father Llamando Torres.

From what you can watch from Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong, including North America the action in this film is quite weak and uninspiring. And don't get me wrong, I love to watch movies about female empowerment but the action is reminiscent toward a TV movie.

I find that the poster of this movie slightly misleading as at first, I thought the Mapuche aboriginal woman was working alongside the white dude with the gun, but it's like, as you are watching it, it turns out that the white guy on the poster is the same dude who killed that lady's grandmother and that she is seeking retribution on him as well as others. This is yet another example of false advertising.