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Lively music helps. But it's more bullet-riddled escapade than an all-out laugh riot.
Claudia Puig, USA Today
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Saving Private Pérez
Overview
La vida ha llevado a Julián Pérez por caminos equivocados, pero el destino le presentará a este hombre la oportunidad de encontrar su redención cuando es enviado a la misión más peligrosa y noble de toda su vida, una misión ordenada por la única autoridad que todavía respeta, su madre, Doña Elvira. Julián debe viajar hasta el otro extremo del mundo, a un lugar llamado Irak, a traer de vuelta vivo, a su hermano menor el soldado de infantería Juan Pérez. Con la promesa hecha, Julián Pérez regresa a su natal Sinaloa donde reclutará a un comando de elite, destinado a cumplir una misión suicida: viajar a Irak y salvar al soldado Pérez.
Director and cast
- Beto Gómez Director
- Miguel Rodarte as Julian Pérez
- Jesús Ochoa as Chema Díaz
- Joaquín Cosío as Rosalío
- Gerardo Taracena as Carmelo
- Rodrigo Oviedo as Juventino Rodriguez 'Pumita'
- Jaime Camil as Eladio
- Adal Ramones as Benito Garcia
- Isela Vega as Doña Elvira de Pérez
- Juan Carlos Flores as Juan Pérez
- Humberto Yañez Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Rotten
If you don't get the jokes, there isn't a whole lot else to get, and it's a safe assumption that non-Latino, non-Spanish-speaking viewers are going to miss a lot of them.
Mike Hale, New York Times
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