Detective Alex Scott and his partner Sergio Perez (Christian
Camargo and Carlos Leon, respectfully) are in for more than they bargained for
when they are task with solving the murders of several children in their New
York neighborhood in the film The Cry
(2007). Written and directed by
Bernadino Santistevan (co-written by Monique Salazar) this is a film that
focus’ on the urban legend of La Llorona, “the weeping woman.” The legend of La Llorona is of Hispanic origins
about a woman that drowns her own child in order to be with the man she loves. It doesn’t turn out like she expected.
In the film Det. Scott and Perez are up against this urban
legend who is killing children in search of the reincarnation of her own child
and she won’t stop until she gets what she wants. The plot is very simple but the execution is
haphazard and unfocused edited in a style that is both trying to be
disorientating and groundbreaking (like an art film) but is hampered by
uninteresting characters that are your “typical” cops. There is nothing to distinguish this police
procedural from any of the others.
The film has a great concept but the execution leaves a lot
to be desired. This is mostly due to the
independent film roots which the film can’t seem to hide or overcome. This being said, if you’ve never seen a film
on the urban legend of La Llorona then this is not an entirely bad place to
start.
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