braddugg A terrific film that raises the spirit of a revolutionary to the hilt.This movie is a 2 part biopic that runs nearly four and a half hours. When I saw it for the first time at home on in 2009, I just took a ten-minute break after the completion of the first part and was dying to start the second part. After finishing the movie viewing, I was overwhelmed. I was very happy; there is an inspiration that I must make my life worth before I die. There is an incentive to value life.Ernesto Che Guevara is one of the most inspirational revolutionaries of the centuries the world over. The way he organized and won guerrilla wars was something that was a shock to many regimes in the American continents. The depiction of Che by Benicio Del Toro is something that took me by a surprise. Benicio Del Toro was intrepid in playing Che. Never did I feel, I was seeing an actor, all through it was just Che.The makeup was superlative. For the first ten minutes of the second part of the film, I was stunned. I could not recognize who is playing the character. So right is the disguise and so great is the acting. Cinematography and art direction in this could be used as references for generations to come. The film took me into 1950's and 1960's and made live in those times.From the word go to the last frame, there is perfection in craft technically. The spirit of revolution is in place. Cuba, Fidel Castro, Revolution, Bolivia, UN conference, Che, wow so many overwhelming elements.Kudos to Steven Soderbergh and perhaps this is his finest effort. Also to Benicio Del Toro. Benicio, you will live on as Che forever.A 5/5 for my favorite revolutionary films. One of the all-time great films this.

badajoz-1 Just like part One, a dramatised documentary of such sanitised material that it quickly becomes, and remains, an exceedingly boring watch. No matter del Toro's acting, the script is devoid of any real insight into Che - no, Mr Soderbergh, it is not enough just to have made the film, it has to take on the issues regarding this iconic figure, and you don't!!! The film just watches a bunch of guerillas hopelessly meandering around Bolivia without a strategy or even a workable plan to overturn the regime - just like the first part, so why did one succeed and not the other? A couple of passing answers are hinted at, but nothing to stir or engage the viewer. And what was the point of not showing Che's end, with all the curious onlookers at his naked dead body? Answers please on a postcard! It was only the fact that the US had executed Bin Laden in similar vein and dumped the body that there was any resonance to the tame ending.

carinaoreyes I did not think it was possible to make Che's life appear dull and flat. This movie dragged to the point of boredom. Too long, too much unnecessary details especially some of the jungle scenes and the scenes were unable to capture the audience into the history. Also, the movie seems to be skewed towards the humanitarian Che versus showing both sides where he let power corrupt his very own cause affecting the lives of many young men who foolishly followed him. I was expecting a whole lot more and was sorely disappointed.Even the scene of his assassination was poorly played out, placing the camera angle in Che's eyes rather than allowing the audience see him fall from grace and into his untimely death. It lacked music and sound to give the movie more color and energy. It missed opportunities for rich story context as it builds up to what appears to be a potential scene of one of his people being shot and gets dismissed to depict the merciful Che. Hard to buy it given the controversial stories written of him from his own armies and witnesses. Overall, both movies part 1 and 2 were lackluster and needed a serious dose of energy that could have easily been interpersed. The overall interpretation did not leave me thinking about the controversial figure; it just fell flat.

Argemaluco Che: Part One was a fascinating experiment, which did not only tell a very interesting story, but it also tried to do something different with the "biopic" genre.Che: Part Two is the excellent culmination of this experiment.This movie offers all of the same attributes from the first one, from the extraordinary performances (specially from Benicio del Toro) to Steven Soderbergh's brilliant direction, without forgetting its intention of breaking with the conventional rules from the biopics.That is what I admire from Soderbergh's experiments...they always try to do something different and unusual, and they succeed most of the times.The final message from this film is perfect, and it includes everything we have been told about Che Guervara's life.The only fail I found on Che: Part Two is that a few parts felt a bit irrelevant.In summary, I give Che: Part Two a very enthusiastic recommendation because, as the first one, it is a brave and fascinating experiment which challenges the spectator and leaves us thinking.