Perdita Durango

Alex de la Iglesias seems to tap so well into Barry Gifford's material that he almost gives David Lynch, who's worked with the man twice (including on the script for near-masterpiece Lost Highway, also released in 1997), a run for... Full review

I own "Perdita Durango" on DVD since more than two years already, but always felt a little reluctant to watch it because, somehow, I feared it wouldn't be as overwhelming as it looks. I'm a big fan of Alex De La... Full review

Right after the success of his masterpiece, the dark comedy "El Dia De la Bestia", Spanish director Alex De la Iglesia took a stab at Hollywood with this wild ride of marvelous insanity and bizarre entertainment. Sadly, the resulting movie... Full review

I hope Alex De La Iglesia is enjoying some measure of success with his films, and apparently he must be somewhere because he's still making them. I think he's mostly unknown in the U.S. and that's sad because his films... Full review

"Wild at Heart" was originally a novel by Barry Gifford. Although "Perdita Durango is not directed by David Lynch and has Rosie Perez instead of Isabella Rosselini as Perdita; it's still one awesome road trip. The screenplay was written by... Full review

Following the success of El Dia De Bestia and Accion mutante, once again the director pursues the nature of dark obsession. The two main leads are dysfunctional amoral sadists who re in some ways rediscovering a part of them that... Full review

A-Pix Entertainment has given the U.S. the closest thing available to the complete version of PERDITA DURANGO, but viewers beware, the "Unrated Director's Cut" A-Pix boasts of the film (retitled for video as DANCE WITH THE DEVIL)is still cut! This... Full review

It seems as though the director was aiming for Tarantino meets David Lynch with this movie: some very bad men, a seemingly bad but probably misunderstood woman, good cops who aren't really all that good, perversion, betrayal, lust, rape, cross-cultural... Full review

This film is NOT for everyone. It is sexual, and very, very violent. In saying that, I watched this film in shock and now I can't stop watching it!Have you ever been around a horrible accident...one you knew was going... Full review

A criminal couple with psychopathic tendencies meet up in Mexico,then embark on an illegal embryo stealing operation. On the way,they kidnap a young couple with the intentions of using them for human sacrifice.Here's a film that could've been a real... Full review

Not since the heyday of Tarantino, has a film emerged that has ignited as much intense passion as the extraordinary Perdita Durango, a black action thriller revolving around two deadly criminals in love, in lust and on the road with two kidnapped teenagers. ... Full Review

Yet it is a striking, haunting work with hugely memorable characters, an explosive music soundtrack and confident, focused direction by Alex de la Iglesia, who also wrote the screenplay. And there are some extraordinary moments. ... Full Review

He handles with the film with great skill. Perdita Durango, well, shes just all around bad news. The Film : The best way to approach describing Perdita Durango (aka Dance with the Devil , 1997) is to say it is an amoral love story. ... Full Review

The great James Gandolfini (as Woody Dumas) joins the movie (17:40). Final thought: Probably THE best Rosie Perez action flick EVER made. Rosie Perez is pretty goldang talented. ... Full Review

" Your mother would hate this film. ".... ... Full Review

Vermutlich wegen seines gensslichen Ausspielens von Gewalt und Sex hat sich Perdita Durango einen gewissen Kultstatus erspielt, dabei ist diese Barry-Gifford-Adaption eigentlich nur der Beweis, dass lex de la Iglesia noch immer keinen ordentlichen Film, sondern nur parodistische Hackstcke mit... ... Full Article