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I never really wanted to see this one. I hate Will Ferrell and this just didn't garner any interest for me. It does have a pleasant cast otherwise with the likes of Diego Luna, Genesis Rodriguez, Efren Ramirez, and Gael Garcia Bernal.
It is quite obvious a parody of telenovelas and low budget Mexican cinema. It starts off with some Spanish music and a narrator announcing it will be a Mexican film due to this. I did like the Christina Aguilera James Bondy theme song. That was kind of funny. Most of it just tries way too hard to be funny though. It ends up coming up way too short of that. Sure I snickered a few times, but it was more due to stupidity than anything else. It had a few moments of violence I had not expected to see which were probably the only interesting thing here. The twists come out of nowhere and are just ludicrous. I didn't care to stay and watch the end credits scene with Will Ferrell singing.
The performances other than Ferrell (who as bland as expected) were quite good though and humorous. I particularly enjoyed newcomer at the time Genesis Rodriguez as well as the more seasoned Diego Luna and Gael Garcia Bernal.
This is Matt Piedmont's only film and I can see why. This guy shouldn't be making feature length films. Andrew Steele hasn't done too much other than this. Eva Maria Peters is credited for dubbing dialogue which I had no idea was a thing. I am unfamiliar with her other work. It seemed they just tried to hard to make a parody funny and ended up falling flat on their faces.
I really didn't like this film. It just wasn't the kind of humor I agree with. I think it was already killed for me when it was a cast driven by Will Ferrell. If you like Will Ferrell and appreciate the humor then by all means go for it. If otherwise I would recommend avoiding this one.
