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Dog Eat Dog (2008 film)

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'Perro Come Perro' (English: 'Dog Eat Dog') is a 2008 Colombian thriller film by director Carlos Moreno. The film depicts the violence among the low life, crime filled life of some criminals in the city of Cali. The film was shown at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.

The soundtrack of the film included a song by Colombian band Superlitio.

Plot



Victor Pearanda and two other men torture a man known as "El Mellizo" (The Twin) in order to recover the money stolen from "El Orejn" (Big Ears), the leader of the underworld of Cali. Don Pablo, intermediary of "El Orejn" and the thugs, orders a search for the money around the house. Pearanda finds the money and decides to steal it, claiming he did not find any money inside the house.

Meanwhile, "El Orejn" attends the funeral of his godson William Medina. A devotee of witchcraft, "El Orejn" hires the witch Iris to put a curse on Medina's murderer. As Don Pablo failed to find the money, "El Orejn" calls Silvio Sierra to help with the task. Sierra pairs Pearanda with Eusebio Bentez to complete the mission and they stay in a shared hotel room. While they wait for instructions, Bentez has sex with a woman and Pearanda unexpectedly answers the call from a man demanding to know the whereabouts of a woman named Adela. Later, they meet Sierra and go to the funeral of the first "Twin", waiting to find the other "Twin". The "Twin" does not appear, and Don Pablo suspects Pearanda has the money. Pearanda denies and tries to call his wife secretly to use the stolen money to flee from Colombia with her and his daughter.

Bentez began suffering from nightmares because of the curse put on him by the witch Iris, while he, Pearanda and Sierra find the other "Twin". The "Twin" escapes but they capture and interrogate his lawyer. As he says that one of the assassins who had killed the first "Twin" could have stolen the money, Sierra murders the lawyer and throws him into a river. Meanwhile, Bentez is advised about the curse by a friend, who recommends him to remove an object from the right hand of the dead.

Pearanda is invited to a conversation with Don Pablo in a coffee shop. However, Don Pablo does not arrive and Pearanda reads in a newspaper that his friends were killed and unsuccessfully tries to call his wife to communicate it. While "El Orejn" doubts the effects of Iris's curse, Bentez suffers from its effects. Pearanda tries to call his wife to flee with the money but she does not want to see him after discovering the origin of the money. "El Orejn" interrogates Bentez who claims he knows nothing about Medina's murder and whether Pearanda stole the money. The leader of the underworld laughs and demonstrates his power by killing a random man in the middle of a square.

Pearanda tries to escape alone with money but Sierra and Bentez arrive; while the latter locks himself in the bathroom, Sierra says to Pearanda that "El Orejn" ordered Pearanda to kill Bentez. That same night, Bentez goes to the graveyard and complies with what was recommended by his friend. The other day, Sierra tells Pearanda and Bentez that the other "Twin" was captured. Sierra also answer the call from the man looking for Adela and says that she was murdered. While the three men go to a sand factory, Sierra tells Pearanda and Bentez that Don Pablo had died the previous day.

At the sand factory, the "Twin" states emphatically that Pearanda killed his brother and stole the money, but Pearanda denies it. In doubt, "El Orejn" instructs Pearanda to dismember alive the "Twin" with a chainsaw. When Pearanda kills the "Twin", "El Orejn" concludes that Pearanda is really with the money and threatens him, saying he would kill his wife and daughter if he does not retrieve the money in two hours. As "El Orejn" leaves the place, Sierra orders Pearanda to kill Bentez. However, Bentez beats Sierra, while Pearanda kills one of "El Orejn"'s bodyguard. When Pearanda is prepared to kill Bentez, Bentez asks him for a compromise so they can kill "El Orejn" together. Once they manage to kill "El Orejn", Pearanda abandons Bentez and reaches the hotel, killing both a policeman and the hotel manager. However, he is beaten to death by the burly mad man who was seeking for Adela; this demencial man in turn is killed by Bentez, who fled with the money but dies tormented by the curse.

Cast



* Marlon Moreno as Victor Pearanda

* scar Borda as Eusebio Bentez

* Blas Jaramillo as "El Orejn"

* Paulina Rivas as Iris

* lvaro Rodrguez as Silvio Sierra

* Andrs Toro as Zabala

Release



Critical reception

'Dog Eat Dog' received negative reviews from critics. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 20% rating based on 5 reviews.

Accolades

;Nominated

'Goya Awards'

* Best Spanish Language Foreign Film

References




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