Eva, a judge with a great future, has for years given exclusively to his profession. Believes strongly in justice and not willing to make concessions, wherever they come from. One day it's ...
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Title: Dark Impulse (2011)
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Cast
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| Leonor Watling | ... | Eva / Judge | |
| Miguel Ángel Silvestre | ... | Rocco | |
| Nathalie Poza | ... | Berta | |
| Adriana Ugarte | ... | Marta | |
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Helio Pedregal | ... | Peña |
| Josean Bengoetxea | ... | Iñaki | |
| José Luis Torrijo | ... | Carmelo | |
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Isabel Mata | ... | Carmen |
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Polina Kiryanova | ... | Liuba / Stripper |
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Imanol Pagazaurtundua | ... | Hijo Peña (as Imanol Pagazaurtundúa) |
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Lorena Vindel | ... | Wendy |
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Alberto Rubio | ... | Carlos / Marta's boyfriend |
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Rodrigo Poisón | ... | Javier / Carlos's friend |
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Nando González | ... | Nando |
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Ramón Sáez | ... | Operario Mudanza |
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Eva, a judge with a great future, has for years given exclusively to his profession. Believes strongly in justice and not willing to make concessions, wherever they come from. One day it's up to instruct the murder of a stripper. And she appears before a witness in the case, the victim's boyfriend, Rocco, a caring and friendly gigolo who is willing to help. In return, Eve will have to give some clues of his own identity. But the inner life of Eva is a mystery, a safe that nobody knows how.
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female full rear nudity | sexually repressed woman | judge | male full rear nudity | bare breasts |Genres:
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Country:
SpainLanguage:
SpanishRelease Date:
10 February 2012 (Spain) See more »Also Known As:
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EUR4,000,000 (estimated)Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
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"Lo mejor de Eva" (Spanish title) is an acceptable thriller that fails on too many levels to be anything more than just a barely entertaining one hour and a half.
Normally quite good Leonor Watling plays Eva, a judge that only centers on her job, and just her job. Investigating the killing of a stripper, she gets to know the stripper's boyfriend, a yes-I-know-I'm-sexy-as- hell Miguel Ángel Silvestre. Will Eva bring justice to the dead woman?
The story is clear enough, but develops quite slowly, and there quite a lot of dead moments. The characters arc's development is quite bad, and some of the decisions the movie takes make not much sense (too many moments of "uh?"). Specially Watling's Eva is a wasted opportunity, in part because Watling plays her as if she was a five-year-old falling in love for the first time. The movie tries to cover the shortcomings with some "extra-alluring-sultry" situations that are just an excuse to get the character's clothes out of the way, and that are lame. Barroso's directing doesn't seem to go anyway and it just seems focused on following the "Thriller-for-dummies" textbook. Also the movie fails in clearly differentiating between sexy and lurid, and sexist, falling closer to the second category.
All in all, a not very good thriller, with average acting, direction and plot.