Rather than portraying the problems facing the country "Hell" by Luis Estrada, testifies to its spiral into chaos. There is no room for hope in a film whose main source is the imagination of its writers, but the Mexican reality in its most gruesome details. Heads roll in the streets, dressed as charros executed, bodies dissolved in acid drums, each sordid image is familiar: the more fortunate because we saw in the news, the less it dawned on their doorsteps.
Yet we laughed. The film takes on a tone of farce because the truth is so grotesque as fiction does not make sense. It is impossible Photos taken seriously the local capo with potatoes and ex-presidents, we laugh the admiration of the child by the father hit man who died at the point of shooting and every clumsy foray Benny, the friendly and good-natured character in everyday activities narco we start laughing.
Through The Benny and his gradual transformation from prodigal son simpleton in ruthless assassin, the film explores a country in which the sordid, harsh and inhumane treatment of organized crime is no longer contained and abnormal part of society and has become routine, forcing ordinary people to build their lives in the midst of terrible situations and characters. "The narcos are handled with other standards, "says a court in the film, and there are few people who, playing with the rules imposed by the criminals, escape drop in crime themselves. Bribes, accusations, lies, everything is good to meet what at first might appear to greed, but eventually understood as the natural desire to progress in terrible combination with the lack of opportunities, lack of legitimate authority and human weakness.
The film makes us laugh, yes, but nervous laughter. comes in a time when Mexico celebrates the bicentennial of its independence, a party that seeks to celebrate the greatness of a nation that feels humiliated and defeated, while traversing a civil war which is not seen him out. One may or may not agree with the slogan of the film, "Nothing to celebrate," but it is clear that any celebration is marred not only by the blood spilled in the conflict which we live, but by the misery and desolation that is their accordingly, but also its cause. While celebrating a heroic past, one can not forget this grave, which is leading us to a really black future.
And that is the great success of "The Inferno", make us laugh to demonstrate the absurdity of the reality of the country. It is difficult to see the news comfortably, even-handed hearing statements from the authorities, and even self involved in widespread corruption, once we understand that the situation is frightening to the hilarity. By removing the violence of everyday context and put it on the cinema screen, the film changes the perspective and forces us to think about the serious problems that we were taking for granted.
Some feel that the mood of the film is easy, or that the film "complaint" and is well seen. I think an ambitious film, while aims to reflect and make us reflect on a topic that has created so overexposed and tolerance, while still being visible and enjoyable film for any audience. And I think he does with great performances, with very unique visual style, and using comedy as a vehicle to help digest a grotesque reality, it finds its value and its importance.
