Kiltro (2006) Reveiw
August 12th 2010 22:25
Some countries are known for making good movies, like the cinema of Italy or France. Other countries like the USA or Hong Kong are more known for fun “Popcorn” films. Now, when movies come from countries that you
didn't even KNOW had a cinema scene, you have no idea what to expect. Enter the martial arts thriller Kiltro, produced, directed, and filmed in Chile. Now, I watch movies from all over the world, but I can say with confidence I've never seen a film from Chile, or any other part of South America for that matter. Thanks to my brother Jason's expert foraging ability, and a local Hollywood Video clearing out it's old DVDs, Kiltro came to my attention.
Kiltro is the story of Zamir, or “Kiltro” to his friends. He's a hapless street thug who has a serious crush on a Korean martial arts master's daughter Kim. Sadly Kim isn't very interested in Kiltro, and sadly the big doofus's only way of showing he likes Kim is beating the tar out of every guy who touches her. When Kim's father is captured by an old rival of her father Zamir must learn a new way to fight from an old ally of his mother's. The story is kinda of cute to start, but the long-winded dialogue combined with the poor acting will have you eventually shouting “Shut up and Kick something!”
The cover of the DVD gives you next to no preparation for the weirdness that was to come, at face value the colorful goofy costumes reminds me of the cover of a Sega Genesis game, you don't know weather to take it seriously or not. The long-winded and frankly dull dialogue is often broken with comedic or slapstick sequences so it's evident that the movie knows how goofy it looks. Chilean martial artist and stuntman Marco Zaror is graceful and powerful in the film's ultra-violent fight scenes, but as an actor he's got the emotional range of a wet napkin. The rest of the cast seems to either overact or underact comically.
I enjoyed Kiltro, but I don't think I enjoyed in the way the filmmakers intended. You laugh at the silly story and bad acting in Kiltro like you'd laugh at it in an old episode of Might Morphin' Power Rangers. While Kiltro isn't the “Next Martial Arts spectacular” as the box says, I can say with utter confidence that it's the best movie I've ever seen come out of Chile.
FINISH HIM!
The cover of the DVD gives you next to no preparation for the weirdness that was to come, at face value the colorful goofy costumes reminds me of the cover of a Sega Genesis game, you don't know weather to take it seriously or not. The long-winded and frankly dull dialogue is often broken with comedic or slapstick sequences so it's evident that the movie knows how goofy it looks. Chilean martial artist and stuntman Marco Zaror is graceful and powerful in the film's ultra-violent fight scenes, but as an actor he's got the emotional range of a wet napkin. The rest of the cast seems to either overact or underact comically.
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