Crappy movie, excellent performance

Rating: 6/10 (23 June 2006)

If you are a Jack Black fan, such as myself, you will be thrilled with the movie. I consider this to be his best performance so far because it shows his versatility as an actor. He is animated, witty, random, clumsy, flimsy, passionate, and vivacious. Not only he is all this, but he is all this in a demanding role (not to mention faking an accent). The chemistry with Hector Jimenes is good and they are a duo splendid to watch. Having said that, the movie leaves much to be desired. The setting, 1970s urban Mexico, is interesting but there is nothing more to it. The storyline could be way better and some of the characters distracted from the movie (which revolves around Nacho's desire to wrestle). The plot is unoriginal and so is the script, with the exception of some funny dialogs (funny in the sense that they are random and out of place). If you are not a Jack Black fan, it's harder to appreciate the movie in its whole and Black's versatility. It is the sort of movie you would only see once and you might as well wait to rent the DVD/. If you are a Jack Black fan, you will be thrilled. But judging the movie as a whole, I give it a 6.