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A Man of Action

Original title: Un hombre de acción
  • 2022
  • TV-MA
  • 1h 51m
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6.3/10
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Juan José Ballesta, Luis Callejo, and Alexandre Blazy in A Man of Action (2022)
In this drama inspired by the life of Lucio Urtubia, an anarchist targets one of the world's biggest banks with an ingenious counterfeiting operation.
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In this drama inspired by the life of Lucio Urtubia, an anarchist targets one of the world's biggest banks with an ingenious counterfeiting operations.In this drama inspired by the life of Lucio Urtubia, an anarchist targets one of the world's biggest banks with an ingenious counterfeiting operations.In this drama inspired by the life of Lucio Urtubia, an anarchist targets one of the world's biggest banks with an ingenious counterfeiting operations.

  • Director
    • Javier Ruiz Caldera
  • Writer
    • Patxi Amezcua
  • Stars
    • Juan José Ballesta
    • Luis Callejo
    • Liah O'Prey
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
    2.7K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Javier Ruiz Caldera
    • Writer
      • Patxi Amezcua
    • Stars
      • Juan José Ballesta
      • Luis Callejo
      • Liah O'Prey
    • 11User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
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    Juan José Ballesta and Luis Callejo in A Man of Action (2022)
    Juan José Ballesta and Luis Callejo in A Man of Action (2022)
    Juan José Ballesta and Luis Callejo in A Man of Action (2022)
    Juan José Ballesta and Luis Callejo in A Man of Action (2022)
    Juan José Ballesta and Luis Callejo in A Man of Action (2022)
    Juan José Ballesta and Luis Callejo in A Man of Action (2022)
    Juan José Ballesta and Luis Callejo in A Man of Action (2022)
    A Man of Action (2022)
    Juan José Ballesta and Luis Callejo in A Man of Action (2022)
    Juan José Ballesta and Luis Callejo in A Man of Action (2022)
    Juan José Ballesta and Luis Callejo in A Man of Action (2022)
    Juan José Ballesta and Luis Callejo in A Man of Action (2022)

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    Juan José Ballesta
    Juan José Ballesta
    • Lucio
    Luis Callejo
    Luis Callejo
    • Asturiano
    Liah O'Prey
    Liah O'Prey
    • Anne
    Miki Esparbé
    Miki Esparbé
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    Alexandre Blazy
    Alexandre Blazy
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    Ben Temple
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    Ana Polvorosa
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    Fred Tatien
    Fred Tatien
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    Josean Bengoetxea
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    Juan Olivares
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    Monica Lamberti
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      The opening scene, set in 1962, shows "Big Ben" $100 bills which were first printed 34 years later, in 1996.
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      Fortissimo
      Music by Guy Magenta

      Lyrics by Ralph Bernet

      Performed by Eddy Mitchell

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    5/10
    Average biopic of anarchist 'hero'/deluded fool.
    A Man of Action is a biopic of Spanish bank robber/counterfeiter/anarchist Lucio Urtubia. Set primarily in the 60s and 70s, this movie attempts to get the viewer to empathise with Urtubia who is presented as a 'modern day Robin Hood' combined with activist, intent on 'bringing down the system' - most notably American style capitalism.

    If you want a taste of the political angle, Che Guevara is portrayed in the movie as some sort of superstar.

    As backstory, Urtubia is given motive for his actions via a childhood experience of a local bank refusing to give him a loan to buy morphine for his ailing father. How heartless and cruel of the local bank manager to do his job and protect local people's hard-earned money.

    Did Urtubia's family not have any friends that could assist them? Instead of attempting to rob the bank, wouldn't it have made more sense to appropriate some morphine directly? Bad decisions fuel drama, but they are less effective at generating empathy for a character.

    To be fair to Urtubia, he was also fleeing the fascist dictatorship present in Spain at the time, so in context his extremism is perhaps more forgivable.

    For me, the best thing about Urtubia was, unlike many contemporary anarchists and activists, he actually built things that people can appreciate.

    He worked as an ordinary builder for most of his life. He also gave away a large portion of the money he stole, although the movie doesn't expand much on who or what this money was intended for ('the cause'). It also suggests that he and his team kept a third of the proceeds for themselves - which seems to go against the real life Urtubia's comments that he never personally profited and hence 'wasn't really a thief'.

    The film presents him as impetuous, naive, and rather simple, but resourceful and with decent intentions. I would suggest he was also utterly deluded. He should've stuck to the day job.

    As for the movie in general, it's average in all departments. There's some interesting period detail and the pace is well handled. It's watchable, but hopefully not too many viewers will find it 'inspiring'.
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    • Release date
      • November 30, 2022 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Spain
    • Official site
      • Official Netflix
    • Languages
      • Spanish
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Aksiyon Adamı
    • Filming locations
      • Vigo, Spain(Vigo, Spain)
    • Production companies
      • Ikiru Films
      • La Pulga y El Elefante
      • Terraza Films, La
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      1 hour 51 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital

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