Saving Private Perez (2011)
"Salvando al Soldado Pérez" (original title)

A Mexican crime lord is forced by his mother to plan a suicidal rescue mission to find his lost brother in the most unexpected place on Earth...

Director:

Beto Gómez

Writers:

Francisco Payó González, Beto Gómez

Stars:

Miguel Rodarte, Adal Ramones, Jesús Ochoa

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Miguel Rodarte	...	Julian Pérez
Adal Ramones	...	Benito García
Jaime Camil	...	Eladio
Jesús Ochoa	...	Chema Díaz
Gerardo Taracena	...	Carmelo Benavides
Joaquín Cosio	...	Rosalío Medoza
Isela Vega	...	Doña Elvira de Pérez
Rodrigo Oviedo	...	Pumita
Marius Biegai	...	Sasha Boginski
Claudia Salinas	...	Chayito
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michelle Marie Benoit	...	News Correspondent
Michael Birnberg
Alex Cervantes	...	Julian Pérez - niño
Manuel Domínguez
Roberto Espejo	...	Lucio

Storyline

A Mexican crime lord is forced by his mother to plan a suicidal rescue mission to find his lost brother in the most unexpected place on Earth...

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Plot Keywords:

rescue | rescue mission | mission | helicopter | against the odds | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Western

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violence and brief strong language

Details

Official Sites:

Official site (English) Official site (Spanish)

Country:

Mexico

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

2 September 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Saving Private Perez

Filming Locations:

Coahuíla, Mexico

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$664,725 (USA) (2 September 2011)

Gross:

$1,391,770 (USA) (23 September 2011)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lemon Films, Terregal Films, Via Media

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The original song "Corazón negro" was the last one that legendary singer Chavela Vargas recorded, as she announced at the end of the recording session.

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Connections

References Saving Private Ryan (1998)

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Soundtracks

"SOY REBELDE"
Performed by JEANETTE
Written by MANUEL ALVAREZ BEIGBEDER PEREZ
Under license by UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING MGB S.A DE C.V.
Published by EMI MUSIC MEXICO S.A. DE C.V.

User Reviews

Just great....

"Saving Private Perez" is not only the funniest film of the year, but it also features the best ensemble cast. "Saving Private Perez" gets some of Mexico's finest to act. I can best describe this film as Seven Samurai directed by Stephen Chow. It's a story of these seven Mexicans trying to rescue a drug lord's brother. It was insane and funny, but it isn't a parody of American war films it's a parody of drug dealers in Mexico and action films. In fact if it wasn't for the last frame of this film....This could be my favorite film of the year. Coming into the theater I could tell that they thought no one would want to watch this film there was trash all over the floor and the projector wasn't even in. Finally they realized "oh crap there is a crowd here. We better start this soon." I was worried, but this turned out to be the best "movie experience" for me all year. I went into a theater full of Mexicans all ready to laugh. When the first scene happens with these little kids playing with a sling shot you hear a guy a row behind us say "all hard" and I bursted out in laughs. This film does have its touching moments though. The film jumps around from the past to the present so you could see the protagonist's past. You see his life wasn't the easiest. He had to sell drugs in order to get by for his family after his father's death. Saving Private Perez gets all the style points for me as well. It had the best clothes as well as the best music. TOMATOES! (9.0/10)