Claudio Carvalho In 1989, in Medellin, the prostitute and killer Rosario Tijeras (Flora Martínez) has an affair with the playboy Emilio (Manolo Cardona) and is introduced to his best friend Antonio (Unax Ugalde) in a night-club. The relationship of Rosario with Emilio is limited to sex and she befriends Antonio, who is in love with her. After the death of her brother Jonhefe (Rodrigo Oviedo), Rosario and Antonio become closer and she falls in love for him. But Rosario is chased by her enemies from the past.I had a great expectation for this movie based on the awards highlighted on the cover of the DVD but after watching it, it became a huge disappointment. The plot has a promising beginning, mostly because of the erotic scenes with the sexy Flora Martínez and her naked body. Her mysterious character is intriguing in the beginning. However, the dull story goes nowhere and I had trouble to write a summary since nothing happens but a silly triangle of love in the landscape of the underworld of Medellin in a messy soap-opera. The characters are awfully developed: for example, Rosario Tijeras is one of the most ambiguous characters I have ever seen. Is she an expensive prostitute and a killer, and also a drug-dealer or what? Where is her money charging large amounts for sex and murders? She seems to be a powerful and cold woman in the beginning, but she is disclosed extremely fragile like a housewife along the story. Is the upper-class Emilio just a playboy? And who is Antonio? Why are these guys connected to the underworld of drugs? The celebration with the dead body of Jonhefe is funny but totally out of the context. The dinner at Emilio's home is another terrible moment of this forgettable flick. My vote is five.Title (Brazil): "Rosario Tijeras"

Jolly_Judas I knew close to nothing about the movie, when I decided to see it, so I didn't have any particular expectations. Thank God, because the disappointment was easier to bear.Let's start with the most important aspect: the story. It's a drama. A true drama that anyone can create something so dull and uninspiring. What we get is a beautiful girl from a rough neighborhood, who earns her living as a prostitute and a killer. Wow! What a mix! I believe that was supposed to make the protagonist more ambiguous. The only person that cares about Rosario (and Rosario cares about) is her brother. They share an apartment, and he occasionally acts as her pimp. Cute. This unconventional young woman attracts the attention of two upper-class boys. Will their friendship survive this test? Will Rosario find happiness with either of them? You get the idea, right? Basically, Marcelo Figueras feeds us with an indigestible soap opera, spiced up with some coke, booze, nudity, and a few more or less random killings. The biggest problem is that it's a love story, and it's hard to find a love story interesting, when you totally don't care about the characters.With such a pathetic material, the rest of the crew couldn't do much to turn the flick into something watchable. So they didn't try. The directing is very uneven, with some pretty good scenes, as well as the whole funeral sequence, which unintentionally turned out quite funny, and the dinner at Emilio's house, which was just unbearably bad.The editing comes on par with the screenplay. The transition between the sequences is so smooth as a sand paper. Maybe that was supposed to give the movie a more documentary feeling, but it just made it still harder to watch.Now, the acting. The miserably boring story was a challenge that no actor could have come up to. No-one could have played those characters in a way that would appeal to the audience. Even the greatest artist had to fail in this particular case.To sum up, the main reason for the review is to help me release the unendurable frustration caused by watching "Rosario Tijeras". I was very angry with myself for spending time and money on the flick and I really had to do something about it. Unless you're a hard core fan of the book (maybe it's good, I don't know, I didn't read it) or an upper-class young man with a crush on a murderous prostitute, stay away from the movie!

Joost Verduin Just saw this movie in Buga, Colombia. Not being a native speaker it was a bit hard for me to understand all the dialogues - especially the street slang of the hired killers. In my opinion Unax Ugalde did a very good acting job, but then again I didn't notice his poor paisa accent. The first part really was excellent. I loved the way the movie jumped back and forward in time, which added greatly to the suspension. It's a pity that the movie seemed to loose some of its direction in the second half. Still a memorable picture, and hopefully it'll get the international distribution it deserves. Does anybody know if there's a release planned in Europe or elsewhere?

Bass9987 This movie was released first in Colombia because it's based in an excellent Colombian book, the movie shows us a Medellin (Colombia) of the 80's, and although you see some holes that are fulfilled if you ever read the book, you'll also love it because it's so well done, that you'll never yawn even once; the performance of the actors is awesome (except the one of Unax Ugalde he has to make a paisa accent and he really sucks on it), but above all the cast, the best is Flora Martinez, she plays a sexy deadly woman, who kills for money and kisses them before shooting them while plays with the heart of two men, who happen to be best friends, anyway is a very good movie and the rest of Latin America and US will be able to enjoy it next year, I hope you watch and enjoy it as much as I did.Ps: Paisa is like a southern accent around here, I don't know if you've ever heard an interview of Juanes, if you have that's a paisa accent!!!