
The tempestuous love story between Fernando, an older man who has recently returned to his crime-ridden drug capitol hometown of Medellin, Colombia and the gun-happy 16-year-old assassin Alexis, who murders all too easily. When Alexis himself is fatally gunned down, grief-stricken Fernando hunts for his young lover's killer in the Medellin slums, but instead encounters Wilmar, who bears an uncanny resemblance to Alexis.... (Full plot summary below)
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The tempestuous love story between Fernando, an older man who has recently returned to his crime-ridden drug capitol hometown of Medellin, Colombia and the gun-happy 16-year-old assassin Alexis, who murders all too easily. When Alexis himself is fatally gunned down, grief-stricken Fernando hunts for his young lover's killer in the Medellin slums, but instead encounters Wilmar, who bears an uncanny resemblance to Alexis.
Leave your thoughts about Our Lady of the Assassins.
| Orlando SentinelRoger MooreA movie that finds a new way to get at the dichotomy of the violent yet supposedly religious and of the faith-starved yet militantly agnostic. |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris Hewitt (St. Paul)Treats us to half-baked philosophizing along the lines of 'Life is short and ends when you least expect it' or 'People who aren't on TV don't exist.' |
| NewsdayGene SeymourThe whole film seems to keel over at the end, weary and debilitated by the savagery it chronicles. But the urgency and sadness resound in its wake. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzThe message is fine, the film itself is not so fine. |
| Arkansas Democrat-GazettePhilip Martin...a subtle and rigorous examination of the dynamics of power, both personal and political ...like Thomas Mann's Death in Venice transposed into the key of viciousness |
| Mr. ShowbizMichael AtkinsonStrives for political points while it's whiffing on simplicities like character, motivation, and believability. |
| culturevulture.netGary MairsDeath in Venice with 9mm Berettas...one of the best of Barbet Schroeder's career |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenA bleak, blasphemous, cynical and effective look at the death of civilization. |
| Old School ReviewsJohn A. NesbitMedellin displays [its] bi-polar nature through Schroeder's perceptive camera |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris HewittTreats us to half-baked philosophizing along the lines of 'Life is short and ends when you least expect it' or 'People who aren't on TV don't exist.' |