Director Sebastián Cordero's Rage (co-produced by Guillermo Del Toro) is a pitch-dark drama that revels in its own manic depressiveness while offering surprisingly astute social commentary—an action-suspense thriller served up with class-conscious cultural observations. Set in Spain, where it appears that Conquistador-era elitism and prejudices still rule, the nasty bigotry is witnessed through the eyes of two Colombian immigrants: José María (Gustavo Sánchez Parra), an impulsive construction worker, and his lover Rosa (Martina García), a live-in housekeeper for an elderly Spanish physician and wife in a House of Usher-like old mansion (where the pair have passionate trysts while the owners are out). Although seemingly mild-mannered, José is the proverbial ticking time bomb: after being sacked by his abusive boss for assaulting a colleague, José accidentally kills the foreman. Determined not to fall into the hands of the law, he holes himself up in the attic of the house Rosa works in—unbeknownst to her. Cordero then slowly reveals more about the doctor and his immediate family, showing how the adults' sense of upper-class entitlement has resurfaced in a more destructive fashion in their visiting offspring. A class-war shocker, Rage is recommended. (M. Sandlin)
Rage
Strand, 95 min., in Spanish w/English subtitles, not rated, DVD: $24.99 Volume 26, Issue 3
Rage
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