Che (Parts 1 & 2)
Benicio del Toro, Demian Bichir, Catalina Sandino Moreno
Director: Steven Soderbergh
It's easier to say what Steven Soderbergh's Che Guevara double feature isn't than what it is. It might run to an epic four hours, but it's hardly a fully fledged biopic of the revolutionary; nor does it attempt to explain where he came from, as Walter Salles' The Motorcycle Diaries tried and failed to do.
One could even argue that Che offers as little insight into the motives of the man as the popular T-shirts bearing his likeness. We see Guevara, played by Benicio del Toro (right in beret), talking at the UN, cutting through Cuban forests and engaging in ferocious street combat in Bolivian towns, but the film offers scant understanding of what made him tick and where he drew his inspiration from.
Nevertheless, Che is an audacious project, considering how Soderbergh defied all expectations to present Guevara in a highly unconventional way.
