With its dark, wacky humor, some moments are reminiscent of last year's "Machete."
Saving Private Perez(Salvando al Soldado Pérez)
✭ ✭ ✭ Read critic reviews
Mexico · 2011
Rated PG-13 · 1h 45m
Director Beto Gómez
Starring Joaquín Cosío, Gerardo Taracena, Jaime Camil, Miguel Rodarte
Genre Action, Comedy
Add to Watchlist
Please login to add films to your watchlist.
Julian Perez is Mexico's most powerful drug lord. One day, his estranged mother informs that him his younger brother, a US Army Private, has been captured. To redeem himself and save his brother, Julian must attempt his most dangerous endeavor yet: a rescue mission in Iraq.
We hate to say it, but we can't find anywhere to view this film.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
The Hollywood Reporter by Kirk Honeycutt
This Mexican action flick from director-writer Beto Gómez has all the makings of a great comedy only no one told the filmmakers.
The New York Times by Mike Hale
If you don't get the jokes, there isn't a whole lot else to get, and it's a safe assumption that non-Latino, non-Spanish-speaking viewers are going to miss a lot of them.
The horrific events in Mexico are proving fertile ground for black comedy, and though Saving Private Perez is certainly not the blackest, it may well be the funniest.
Users who liked this film also liked
Rudo & Cursi
(Rudo y Cursi)
Two brothers living a hard life of manual labor in rural Mexico dream of building their mother her dream house.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Mexico, United States • 2008
- Director Carlos Cuarón
- Cast Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, Guillermo Francella, Dolores Heredia, Adriana Paz, Jessica Mas
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Amazon Video
KM 31: Kilometer 31
(KM 31: Kilometro 31)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Mexico, Spain • 2006
- Director Rigoberto Castañeda
- Cast Iliana Fox, Adrià Collado, Raúl Méndez, Luisa Huertas, Mikel Mateos, Fernando Becerril
- Genre Thriller, Horror, Mystery
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Babadook
A recently widowed mother battles "The Babadook,” a dark character from a children's book who is lurking in the house.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Australia, Canada • 2014
- Director Jennifer Kent
- Cast Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Hayley McElhinney, Daniel Henshall, Barbara West, Benjamin Winspear
- Genre Drama, Horror
- Available on Netflix, MUBI, Shudder, MUBI Amazon Channel, Shudder Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Netflix basic with Ads, Shudder Apple TV Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
The Martian
During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and abandoned by his crew.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 2015
- Director Ridley Scott
- Cast Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, Jeff Daniels, Michael Peña, Sean Bean
- Genre Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Bridge of Spies
An American lawyer is charged with defending a Soviet spy and negotiating his exchange for an American hostage in the USSR.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, India, United States • 2015
- Director Steven Spielberg
- Cast Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Amy Ryan, Alan Alda, Sebastian Koch, Austin Stowell
- Genre Thriller, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
The Devil Conspiracy
- ✭ ✭
- • 2023
- Director Nathan Frankowski
- Cast Alice Orr-Ewing, Joe Doyle, Eveline Hall, Peter Mensah, Joe Anderson, Brian Caspe
- Genre Horror, Thriller
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Hoopla