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Thursday, April 9, 2020

The Padre (2018)

Revenge and money is what is at the center of this movie.  Every character is motivated by one or the other or both.  Except for Lena, an orphaned and abandoned girl who is trying to reunite with her sister, who was adopted out to Minnesota in the aftermath of their parents death.
Tim Roth plays a British con man who is hiding out in Columbia disguised as a priest--one that is not at all convincing in that he defies what the collar represents at every turn.  He is being pursued by Nick Nolte who is as crusty as ever, but somehow more on a hell bent single minded mission to avenge the death of his daughter.  He is not dissuaded by the fact that there really is no one to blame, that his treatment of her is at least as much to blame as anyone.
The problem with the movie is that there is a lot of needless death, and almost no growth on the learning curve at all.  It is just a flat out chase movie where you are really only rooting for the girl to escape, and that seems like the most unlikely outcome of all.

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