SpannersGerm669 To start off with, this movie isn't for the faint of heart. This is a raw portrayal in what society has become. How some of us can be put on the outer, how we feel like we don't fit in, and what someone will do once all the frustration has come to boiling point.This is a very scary film. Its from the perspective of three characters, whose stories ultimately intertwine in a very tragic finale. A War veteran English teacher who lives with his mother and feels like he has no purpose. A young female who works for a syndicate who specialize in robbing men at nightclubs, and a priest who is disillusioned with the life he has chosen.None of these stories are feel good, but feel to have much more of a purpose than simply depressing the audience. Brilliant performances from the actors allow the viewer to invest time in their dilemmas, that most can relate to. The inevitable time bomb is what makes you feel that the whole experience is tragic, but a message that can't be ignored, especially in a world where these sorts of tragedies happen far too often!Brilliant cinema that everyone should check out!

tcdonahue-1 SATANÁS is a very controlled, mature film, but not for the faint of heart. It's definitely a film to digest slowly, because it deals with such a powerful subject matter: human nature. It is a thought provoking film (it grows with you day by day) even though I can see how it polarizes audiences - some love it and some hate it (because it can be disturbing). It is undeniable that the filmmakers did a wonderful job in building up the tension; the last 30 minutes of the film are absolutely brilliant. Even though the three stories seem at first hand to be unconnected, they are not. The three characters are battling with internal demons and it is through all of them that the thesis of the film is manifested. I want to add that the cast is impressive.

johno-21 I saw this film at the 2008 Palm Springs International Film Festival. This is the debut film from director Andrés Baiz who also adapted the screenplay from the novel by Mario Mendoza. Mendoza actually knew the killer Campo Elias Delgado and wrote the novel drawn from his killing spree. In 1986 Delagdo was a 52 year Columbian Vietnam Vet living in Bogota and working as an English Tutor. He was said to be someone who hated violence and lived with his elderly mother in an apartment building and had a fascination with the novel Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde. One day he went on a killing spree that left 23 dead and 15 wounded. There is a the good and bad in most of the principal characters we follow in this dramatized story. Paola (Marcela Mar) is a beautiful vendor at a street market is enlisted by nefarious acquaintances to become a woman who frequents bars with wealthy patrons and she drugs their drinks so her associates can rob them. She eventually becomes a victim her self and is faced with a decision of life or death in retaliation. Father Ernesto (Blas Jaramillio) is a priest who is having second thoughts about his vows as he lusts for the parish's beautiful housekeeper. After a poor parishioner with three hungry children commits an unthinkable act he finds that she made an ultimate choice and rather than accepting help has made another choice of slipping further into madness. The once helpful Ernesto sees an evil side to himself when confronted by a panhandler. Natalia (Martina Garcia) is a 15 year old daughter of wealthy parents who is being tutor in English by Elisio (Damián Alcázar). Natalia is an innocent that Elisio is attracted to but he resents the wealth she is brought up in and her family and friends. Elisio hates his mother and his neighbors and refuses to contribute to a neighborhood charity to help the poor and needy. He has no friends except for the librarian at the university. He is nicknamed Doc by some who know that he was once a medic in Vietnam but Dr. Jeckyl is rapidly and irreversibly becoming Mr. Hyde. This film is filled with protracted violence and as for it's English subtitle Profile of a Killer, it is less a profile of the killer as much as a story of the other characters who have nothing to do with his story until late in the film. This film is a poor choice for Columbia's official entry as Best Foreign Language Film to the Academy Awards and I would have to believe the country has better to offer. This film is certainly not for everybody and I wouldn't recommend it to a general audience. There are some good acting performances here but there is so much you would want to change about this film that I can only give it a 6.5 out of 10.

moralesduarte28 I saw the movie yesterday, and I was amused. Not only for the theme the movie talks about, but because in many technical aspects, is a very well done movie. Although it fails in some photographic issues ( blurs en wide shots, close ups, etc), it is pretty descent. The sound design is very well achieved. In a thematic point of view, I agree with the user that commented before me, it's a universal theme, it could happen in any place of the world. It is not only meant to be referred as a Colombian reality issue. Loneliness, evil, lust, revenge, hatred, are human emotions or feelings, that doesn't have boundaries, humans feel them. In a way, some Colombian audience may find this movie "anti-colombiana", because most of the Colombian people are used to watch shallow Colombian movies, and when reality in a way hits them, they cannot stand it and that's why movies like this one, are criticized. When a movie evokes emotions, passions and most of all, reflection, is a movie that is to be seen. Personally this movie evoked all of these in me. It's a movie to be watched.