Cronicas (2004)
AKA: Chronicles
Directed by: Sebastian Cordero
Starring: Damian Alcazar (Vinicio), John Leguizamo (Manolo), Leonor Watling (Marisa), Jose Maria Yazpik (Ivan), Alfred Molina (Victor), Gloria Leyton (Wife), Luiggi Pulla (Stepson)
Country: Ecuador; Effed Up Central/South-American Cinema
Language: Spanish; Effed Up Spanish Films
Runtime: 01:37:49
Genres: Serial Killers, Based on a True Story, Old-Young, Investigative
Plot – Spoilers:
Very loosely based on the Monster of the Andes, Pedro Lopez.
Vinicio is a middle-aged Ecuadorian peddling the Bible and other religious works that allow him to be a traveling man across South America. His real thing though is the rape, torture and murder of children in astonishing numbers. A narcissistic reporter meanwhile is on his trail while Vinicio plays the neighborhood general nice guy and husband to a pregnant woman with a young boy and baby girl.
Cronicas eschews the horrors of its crimes, but doesn’t let up on the creepiness and exhilarating rush bubbling inside Vinicio as he walks among regular folk, knowing he carries a deep secret that he continually is able to hide and pursue with the barest of means through sheer ingenuity and a sharp cunning. And this is all mostly down to a masterful performance from Damian Alcazar in what is arguably one of the greatest onscreen depictions of a killer.
Good gripping thriller with a massive disappointing anti-climax ending. It was almost like watching a documentary saying it was going to reveal the identity of Jack the Ripper, and then the documentary finishing before the reveal is made.
On the plus side is the very lovely Marisa played by Leonor Watling, but if anyone had told me it was actually Charlotte Church playing Marisa I would have believed them. The resemblance in certain scenes is uncanny.
Leguizamo should’ve played the killer…wouldnt be too far a stretch for that little racist cunt.
What a grrrreat movie
A nice little film but its fucked in the mind rather than on screen. My biggest problem was reading the subtitles (I am a slow reader) so I had to keep stopping and rewinding just to follow the conversations. The end snippet is definitely the nastiest few seconds of mind-fucking possible.
@Admin. Any chance of some elucidation. Is this the future or just some welcome respite?
Best ecuadorian movie ever done! I like it more than “Ratas Ratones” that one is not fucked up but a good movie too.
its not The Pest (1997) but still not bad
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Riding out with a horse dick in a preteen-spunk rodeo
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John Leguizamo and Rosie Perez were excellent together in a film called The Take.
King of the Jungle featured another outstanding performance from him also.
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my erection dribbles for preteen boys
Child rape,fuck bruh I’m into it like a pre-teen faggots asshole haha
The serial killer this is based on,Pedro Alonso Lopez “Monster of the Andes” raped & killed by his reckoning 300 children throughout the 70s & early 80s,in the end 110 of these were confirmed & oddly enough,after being sentenced to prison for the murders,Pedro served his sentence & was released a free man,the justice system & laws are very weird in some south American countries,you’d assume that some of these places being so lawless,chaotic & violent that their would be capital punishment & prison sentences for eternity,but its the opposite,although being in prison over there is a pure he’ll on earth,the sentences are shockingly mild,so at the time the maximum sentence for murder (I can’t recall which part,Brazil,Columbia where the trial & jurisdiction was) was only 16 years & thats for any amount of murders whether it be 1 or 150,16 years was the Max,i find that shit just mind blowing,so Pedro served his 16 years,was released,driven to the border & told to fuck off & not come back,he wanderd off & disappeared never to be seen again,no one knows what became of him & no noticeable pattern of murders started up again which led some to speculate that a gang of the victims loved ones caught up with him somewhere & meted out some vigilante justice & disposed of him,who knows,point was a serial killer of 110 or more kids was lawfully released from prison,anyway just some useless information for those who felt like reading all this shit,I found… Read more »
John Leguizamo is a great actor and this role is perfect for him, the ambiguous hot shot famous tv news journalist. He’s been in a ton of movies and was really memorable as Benny Blanco in “Carlito’s Way.” Leguizamo is great in “Cronicas” and it is a good film but it does drag a bit. There is a lot of action near the beginning but then it becomes a “talkie.” It’s a drama. As far as effed up, well maybe a little. Those wooden bridges gave me the willies. 3.5 stars.