Alex, Najwa Nimri, is a 20 year old girl, she is a violent, foulmouthed but sensitive youngster. She belongs to a dangerous gang carrying out trafficking and killings . Alex becomes involved with dangerous delinquents , Killers ,druggies, junkers and all kinds of scum . And she kills herself some crooks.Alex keeps financially all her family, her mother, Marivi Bilbao , Father , Saturnino García, and a little boy through weapons smuggling and drug trafficking.As everything becomes complicated, as violence generates more violence.As Alex becomes involved into a criminal cobweb plenty of dope, dog fighting , treason, violent events and murders.
This is an average and disagreeable thriller with suspense , twists , thrills , action and lots of violence . Najwa Nimri gives a good interpretation as Alex. She is the only girl on a men's violent band. Her life is torn between an existence based on violence or her need to love. Support cast is pretty good as Karra Elejalde as a druggie , Saturnino Garcia as Luis, Marivi Bilbao as mother and Alfredo Villa , fetish actor of director Calparsoro. Highlights of the movie are the photography in semidocumentary style, with camera over shoulders, showing essentially the great city of an Industrial Bilbao, pre-Guggenhein museum , and pruny surroundings as Baracaldo, Sestao.
Atmospheric and evocative cinematograhy by Kiko de la Rica, being urgent a perfect remastering because the film copy is wornout. The motion picture was regularly directed by Daniel Calparsoro in his film debut , he was born in País Vasco, where he often shoots his movies. Were his first films the followings : Salto al vácio, Pasajes , A ciegas and Asfalto . Subsequently , he directed films and Tv movies of all kinds of genres , preferently thrillers a Ausentes , Guerreros , El castígo , La ira , Inocentes, Tormenta,and the successful Combustión And 100 años de perdon.
This is an average and disagreeable thriller with suspense , twists , thrills , action and lots of violence . Najwa Nimri gives a good interpretation as Alex. She is the only girl on a men's violent band. Her life is torn between an existence based on violence or her need to love. Support cast is pretty good as Karra Elejalde as a druggie , Saturnino Garcia as Luis, Marivi Bilbao as mother and Alfredo Villa , fetish actor of director Calparsoro. Highlights of the movie are the photography in semidocumentary style, with camera over shoulders, showing essentially the great city of an Industrial Bilbao, pre-Guggenhein museum , and pruny surroundings as Baracaldo, Sestao.
Atmospheric and evocative cinematograhy by Kiko de la Rica, being urgent a perfect remastering because the film copy is wornout. The motion picture was regularly directed by Daniel Calparsoro in his film debut , he was born in País Vasco, where he often shoots his movies. Were his first films the followings : Salto al vácio, Pasajes , A ciegas and Asfalto . Subsequently , he directed films and Tv movies of all kinds of genres , preferently thrillers a Ausentes , Guerreros , El castígo , La ira , Inocentes, Tormenta,and the successful Combustión And 100 años de perdon.