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it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

While "Che:part one", the first installment of the docu-biopic about Guevara, shows us "Che" in a victorious - albeit dull - mood, here we have only an excruciatingly dull description of his failure and death. As in the first part, these tragic events are described without the slight tension or dramatic resonance.Again, we are given no insight whatsoever about the man and his motivations. If anything, Guevara's behaviour can only raise doubts about his soundness of mind. He had a family and a good life and yet decided to leave everything behind, for the sake of misguided ideas about permanent revolution.Just like in the first part, we are shown a documentary-like version of the long and unexciting ride during the ill-fated Bolivian guerrilla. However, we are not shown the six months Guevara spent in Congo, which would have explained why the Bolivian authorities insisted in stating to the press that Guevara was still there.Neither are we shown the disastrous results of the Congolese mission, which would have explained why Guevara seems so disconsolate and acting like a doomed man running towards the inevitable defeat.The whole mood of the film is doomed and gloomy. The pace is lethargic. It is hard to believe any of the guerrilla fighters believed they could actually win, considering the odds against them, even more so Guevara, given his considerable experience of the world.What we see here is a disappointed man engaged in what he knew was a suicide mission. The reasons for which remain unexplained.

Che: Part Two serves as a great follow-up to the first part of the series, although perhaps it stands at a slightly lower level compared to it. This does not mean that one must watch the first and not the second however. This one perhaps just becomes a bit repetitive after seeing Ernesto Guevara recruiting men and fighting in the jungle for several hours in both movies. Moreover, whilst the first movie kept showing Che in the United States giving speeches and interviews throughout the movie, this one did not do the same innovative thing. The film did hold its own however by providing a good storyline and suspenseful moments which make the historic aspect of the movie very interesting and engaging. Furthermore, the character of Ernesto Guevara was very well played by Benicio Del Toro, as he certainly reached the audience through all the struggles he overcame in the movie, including his battle against both sickness and opposition. Together, Part One and Part Two make up a fantastic series about the life of Ernesto Guevara during his guerrilla leader years.

It surprises me that I actually got the courage to watch the bio flick or flicks "Che: Parts 1 & 2". Why? Because if my Cuban exile parents would ever found out I saw this movie about this despicable mass murderer of the Cuban revolution, I would be grounded for life. Hey wait? I am an adult, they can't ground me no mas. Director Steven Soderbergh, and newbie commie (sorry Steven, but I had to take Soder shots here) divides the movie in two partes on Commander Ernesto "Che" Guevara's revolutionary life. "Che: Part 1" presents how Che in the mid 1950's joined Fidel Castro's guerilla crew in their revolutionary quest to overthrow Cuban President Fulgencio Batista's regime; which as we all know was a revolutionary success for them, but a gargantuan guerilla disaster to many Cubans as it revolted into Communism. "Che: Part 2" presents Che trying to revolutionize the T-Shirt industry by pitching T-Shirts with his appalling bearbado face to T-Shirt manufacturers. OK, I am che-chatting a lot of crap towards your way! I meant to say the 'Che: Part 2" focuses on Che in the late 60's trying to bring back the revolution, this time to a poverty-stricken Bolivia, but with far different results. In fact, Che ended up being dead meat enchelada when he was captured and killed by the Bolivian militia in 1967. Soderbergh does not include the in-between time of those two instances in Che's life when he commanded the despicable La Cabana Fortress Prison in Cuba, where he mass murdered many Cubans who opposed Communism. That is where I think Soderbergh executed a cinematic injustice by not showing the viewers how atrocious Guevara really was. I did decide to see "Che" in hopes that Soderbergh would not glamorize him, but instead present how disturbed he really was. Unfortunately, Soderbergh did not do the latter and sadly decided to present Guevara as a Revolutionary hero, which he was not. He was a sick man who thank God is now probably at the bottom of the devil barrel. Now, I do have to be an objectivistic reviewer and must admit that Benicio Del Toro's performance as Che was extremely commanding, and worthy of merit. And that Demian Bichir was a haunting dead-ringer as Fidel Castro in his meticulous performance. But the rest of the cast of "Che" was primarily comprised of mediocre performances of actors portraying Guerilla soldiers. And as much as I do admire Matt Damon, why did Sodebergh throw him in the revolutionary mix in a Spanish-speaking cameo performance portraying a Bolivian delegate? Soderbergh did not have to present this biopic which is mostly "too much talk and not enough action" in 4 hours and 30 minutes. We have had too much of Che already, even posthumously with those ridiculous t-shirts, so why give us too much more of him? But I guess when you have the Del Toro by the horns (as you did here Steven), I guess it is your saving grace for not totally executing "Che: Parts 1 &2". *** Average

What an unusual movie.Absolutely no concessions are made to "Hollywood special effects" or entertainment. There is no background music, not special effects or enhanced sound.Facial expressions are usually covered by thick beards and the Spanish language is a strange monotonic lilt that sounds the same whether in the midst of a battle or talking around a campfire.I sort of viewed these movies (parts 1 and 2) as an educational experience, not really something to go and get entertained by. Its quite long and in places dull.But I suspect that given the lack of any plot development, I don't think its very educational either.Its also difficult to perceive any story from the movie dialogue - it would be a good idea to read up a little on the history so that you can understand the context of what is happening, since for some reason the director didn't see fit to inform the audience why Che's band was moving around the way they did - as a result there seem to be groups skulking around the woodland for no particular reason and getting shot at.I would have loved to give this movie more stars for somehow generating more empathy with me and developing depth of character, but somehow all of the characters were still strangers to me at the end. The stars it gets are for realism and showing the hardships of guerrilla warfare.