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starring: Max von Sydow, Eusebio Poncela, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Mónica López, Antonio Dechentdirected by: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9781589713161
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 1589713168
Label: Lions Gate
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Lions Gate
Release Date: June 24, 2003
Running Time: 108 minutes
Sales Rank: 63623
Studio: Lions Gate
Theatrical Release Date: 2002
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
This sleek, stylish thriller suggests that luck is a quality we possess, like strength or intelligence, but the more fortunate among us can steal the luck of those less charmed. When a bank robber named Tomas is the only survivor of a plane wreck, the luckless Federico thinks he's found the man who can defeat the Jew--the luckiest man alive, a Holocaust survivor who sits at the apex of a weird, underground world of increasingly dangerous gambles. But on their trail is a police detective named Sara who's pretty lucky herself--and as she learns more about how luck works, she begins to suspect she survived a car crash because she stole the luck of her husband and child, both of whom died. The stealthy story is packed with eerie visuals and charismatic performances, including Max von Sydow (truly one of the greatest actors alive) as the Jew. --Bret Fetzer
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Purely luck???
The idea of this movie is that some people can steal luck from others.
The idea is brillant, but this movie could have been so much better.
I'm a big fan of foreign movies and I have seen this one on the shelf for years, but just got around to watching it.
The story moves at a good pace, but sputters in several places before a so, so ending!
Intacto (Intact) is worth seeing, only once!
Rating:  - Excellento.
Intacto (Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, 2001)
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 Weeks Later...) began his feature film career with Intacto, an intriguing meditation on the nature of luck that wouldn't be out of place on your shelf beside El Laberinto del Fauno. While Fresnadillo stays tied much more rightly to the real world than Guillermo del Toro did in 2006's best film, the sense of wonder that pervades del Toro's masterpiece can be found here in equal amounts.
Fresnadillo's script, ... Read More
Rating:  - Great story!
I didn't mind the subtitles at all, for this movie has a great deal going on and you are soon submerged in the story. A man who survived a Nazi concentration camp believes good and bad luck can be 'transferred'. He runs a casino where luck is vital to the players and many often have 'high stakes' in some bizarre games played behind closed doors. For some, it appears they do have extraordinary 'luck', but can life's events really be that simple? I was very surprised by the ending and it prompted a long ... Read More
Rating: - what's luck got to do with it?
The odd thing when you watch the opening scene of Intacto is a weird feeling of deja vu as you realize the opening scene of the Cooler appears to be stolen from Intacto which predates it by two years. That said, I would agree with the more critical person who said that the logic of luck in the Cooler is a bit easier to follow that the concept of luck employed in Intacto. (The Cooler has its own problems, however.)
Possible spoiler alert. Like the Cooler, Intacto has a kind of feel-good message ... Read More
Rating: - Facinating blend of 'Deer Hunter' Premise and Twilight Zone
`Intacto', the Spanish language film directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo is an ingenious take on an idea seemingly borrowed from `The Deer Hunter', with a bit of subtle sci-fi theming worthy of Rod Serling's `The Twilight Zone'. The impact of the supernatural theme is made convincing by the appearance of the great Max Von Sydow in an important supporting role. His appearance in all those spooky early Ingemar Bergman movies makes his character all that more credible.
The story is a bit thin. All the ... Read More
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