Black Fire: Synopsis, Trailer, Cast and Review

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We present all the details of Black Fire, a film that reinforces the presence of Mexican productions in the Netflix catalog.

Netflix continues to bet on Mexican movies and series. The extraordinary reaction to productions like Chicuarotes Y Dark wish animó al servicio de streaming a darles un mayor protagonismo. El 21 de agosto de 2020 se estrenó la plataforma Black fire, a film whose main distinctive feature is total immersion in the horror genre.

In the figure of direction Bernardo Arellano, a filmmaker whose first feature film Between night and day won the Industry Award in the Films in Progress section of the San Sebastian Festival 2010. At the same time, it won the award of the Best First Mexican Opera Award at the Guanajuato Festival. Added to a cast of interesting names, Black fire It is a production that will attract the attention of many who like the horror genre.

Synopsis

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Franco is a hit man who constantly denies his past, all with the intention of finding his missing sister. His mission leads him to stay in a hotel that holds a great mystery, a place where supernatural events take place. Thus we will see deformed characters, monsters and frightening beings. A story full of blood with several moments of tension.

"On the trail of his sister, a renegade criminal seeks answers in a seedy hotel, where he meets a sinister guest and falls in love with a mysterious waitress," can be read in the Netflix synopsis.

Trailer of Black fire

This is the official trailer for Black fire, a film with a script by Bernardo Arellano himself, photography by Damián Aguilar and music by Darío Arellano.

Cast of actors

The stars of the movie Tenoch Huerta, which gives life to Franco, while Erendira Ibarra plays the sensual waitress Rubí. The cast at the same time includes actors Mauricio Aspe, Johana Fragoso Blendl, Dale Carley, Angel Garnica, Eglé Ivanauskaité, Daina Soledad Liparoti, Ariane Pellicer, Marina Vera, Pedro Nieto and Nick Zedd.

In the case of Tenoch Huerta, es un actor que debutó en la gran pantalla en el lejano 2006. Sin embargo, ganó mayor notoriety luego de participar como coprotagonista de la película. Deficit, sharing the limelight with Gael García Bernal. It is worth mentioning that at the same time he recently gave life to the drug trafficker Rafael Caro Quintero in the Netflix series. Narcos: Mexico.

For its part, Erendira Ibarra is an actress who is gaining a growing reputation in the industry. As well as being the daughter of producer Epigmenio Ibarra, she is an actress whose talent places her as one of the Mexican women with the greatest projection abroad. Recently, at the same time we were able to see her in the series. The candidate, released on Prime Video.

Movie review Black fire

Specialized criticism is divided around Black fireAlthough it is surprising that he was more benevolent than the opinion of the general public. Some film analysts recognized the talent of the cast and even Bernardo Arellano's original and disruptive approach. At the same time they celebrated aesthetics and extraordinary photography, as they managed to build a tense, mysterious and inspiring environment.

Unfortunately, the movie Black fire at the same time it faces harsh criticism for various plot weaknesses and disappointing CGI effects. Others consider that it was saturated with too many elements and characters, so it is impossible to delve into several of them and they contaminate a story that could have been more interesting.

“I'm a fan of slow cooker vampire movies, this way I like the style. But for this case, it gave me the feeling that it was very forced (…) It gives the impression of being an innovative project with a distinctive style ”, commented Karina Adelgaard in her comments for Heavan of Horror.

Likewise, Archi Sengupta expressed his disgust at the confusion generated by the film, despite the good performances of the main characters.

“Black Fire, Netflix's horror movie, tries too hard to add a lot of information in just 1 hour and 21 minutes and leaves us confused and wondering what is going on. Apart from the good performances, there is not much here, "he told Techquila.

Jonathan Wilson agrees that history should not be saturated with so many elements in its critique of Ready Steady Cut.

"Black fire has many ideas, more than time allows to accommodate, so several of them emanate without explanation or with the necessary clarifications," he said.

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