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* movie starts: female protagonist kills 2 men for no reason * pushover male protagonist follows female lead, trusting her despite of her actions * very old truck owned by the 2 dead men has a very cool technology device. It's like everyone is an engineer in this world * female protagonist trusts young men despite the virus produces the symptoms that he has * male has amnesia, doesn't remember his identity but very conveniently remembers who was he travelling with, and to where, including the exact location * the man is conveniently an expert in green energy generation, including mechanics * the woman gives a loaded gun to the man and says "shoot", but he doesn't, so she's happy he didn't pull the trigger.

* male steals the stolen truck because he doesn't want to wait a few hours after being asleep for days * conveniently, the old truck has a GPS, and enough green electricity for the whole ride

I could go on... it's a disaster.

Action and drama each require their fair share of time and space in Tsen Ying's classically built thriller that combines well seasoned ingredients from here and there.

Divided in three acts (although announced so discretely that you just acknowledge the fact without thinking much about it), there are echoes from Diao Yinan's noirs "Black Coal, Thin Ice" (2014) and "The Wild Goose Lake" (2019), with much less thirst for blood.

There is generally a strong accent on the emotional suit of the film's protagonists. When the main plot gets interrupted to provide a deeper insight into Wu Jie's life, it delivers an explanation of her depressions caused by a heavy loss, and yet it doesn't slow down the film. There is hardly ever a quiet moment in Tseng's thriller about a madman who takes lives of immigrant women, cutting off their ring fingers and ripping hearts out of their chests.

"Políticamente Incorrectos" is a very cool little film that is well produced, making good jokes and punching to the left and right equally without getting sensitive or lecturing the viewers in a particular way. The protagonists are Laura, a member of a left socialist party, and Pablo, a member of a liberal right party. Though they are initially insignificant to their respective parties, they become pawns in a larger political game when their leaders see an opportunity to use them, leading to a series of mini dramas.

In this 2024 release, running for 1 hour and 30 minutes, Laura and Pablo go into politics to help their parties win the elections. However, as often happens in politics, once the war begins, nothing ends as it was intended. It deftly balances humor, doesn't get too much into political commentary, and offers simple/entertaining take on the absurdities of the political world.

Directed by Arantxa Echevarría and written by Olatz Arroyo, the film stars are Adriana Torrebejano and Juanlu González. It's very well acted. You won't miss the jokes/references if you don't speak spanish.