This is the most David Lynch-esque film
ever made by anyone besides David
Lynch. Intacto tells the odd story of
a group of disparate Europeans who all
have the power to steal peoples luck.
Engaging in strange games of chance,
they compete for the opportunity to play
Russian roulette with a man named
Samuel whom they call The Jew, and
whose luck-stealing powers allowed him
to survive the concentration camps. Max
von Sydow, the greatest living actor in the
world (at least thats what William
Friedkin told him when he wanted to get
him to play a priest in The Exorcist,
and, hell, its probably true) plays Samuel,
who sits in the eerily lit basement of a
glowing casino that exists alone in a
desert landscape. Tomas (Leonardo
Sbaraglia) and Federico (Eusebio
Poncela) seek him out in order to regain
the souls of those they love, while police
officer Sara (Monica Lopez), who also has
luck-stealing power, hunts them down.
Awesome stuff, guaranteed fun, and
creepy as all get-out, Intacto is in
spanglo-french europanto, with English
subtitles where needed.