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6.7/10   452 votes
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Writers:
Enrique Renteria (writer)
Carolina Rivera (writer)
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Release Date:
17 August 2000 (Peru) more
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Plot:
Gabriel (Demian Bichir) is a filmmaker in Mexico City, where he is a victim of crime and violence sometimes even three times a day... more | add synopsis
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It's like Mexican corrupted reality...but only funnier. more (9 total)

Cast

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Demián Bichir ... Gabriel
Cecilia Suárez ... Sofía Aguirre
Luis Felipe Tovar ... Comandante Eleuterio 'Elvis' Quijano
Ximena Sariñana ... Valentina
Rodrigo Murray ... Martín
José Carlos Rodríguez ... Octavio

Diego Luna ... Esteban
Juan Carlos Colombo ... Lic. Luna
Jorge Zárate ... Taxista enpistolado
Carmen Salinas ... Doña Cleofas

Verónica Langer ... Frida
Claudia Lobo ... Tere
Mario Zaragoza ... Cojo

Ricardo Kleinbaum ... Gabriel
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alfonso Bravo ... Prisionero con máscara de luchador
Alex Cox ... Corrupt Cop
Martha Cristiana ... Patricia
Gabriela Murray ... Layla
Olallo Rubio ... Locutor de Radio 1 (voice)
Fernanda Tapia ... Locutor de Radio 2 (voice)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Gimme Power (Mexico) (working title)
Gimme the Power
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MPAA:
Rated R for language and some violence.
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Fun Stuff

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Cameo(Carolina Rivera): the woman whose purse is stollen at the Zócalo. more
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References "The Simpsons" (1989) more

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1 out of 1 people found the following review useful.
It's like Mexican corrupted reality...but only funnier., 23 December 2006
8/10
Author: insomniac_rod from Noctropolis

"Todo El Poder" is an intelligent critic towards corruption, politics, and the high wave of crimes happening in Mèxico City.

At first it was conceived as a social critic against the system and the fore-mentioned situations that every day keep damaging our country; but the truth is that this movie isn't a straight accusation against someone or something in specific. Let me explain myself. If you want to criticize politicians, governors, narcos, you need to give specific names and situations. But that would mean danger in Mexican society.

Still, "Todo El Poder" tries to cover many situations from modern Mexican society and it does it in a great manner filled with black comedy, drama, and bits of realism.

The acting is great but some characters are very clichèd. Good performances by Colombo, Suàrez, and Tovar. The rest of the cast is also good.

If you want to have an idea of how Mexican's Judicial System works, watch "Todo El Poder" to know more about it but only funnier.

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