Espanol Jack Black

Rating: 6/10 (24 October 2006)

Jack Black is his usual absurd self in this but instead of English, he goes for the Spanish appeal. He looks patently absurd in his tights, but he does show a lot of energy in the action sequences. I think this is a notch below Jack's "School Of Rock" performance but the script actually makes more sense to me than School as in that one, I had to but away reality & pretend a completed idiot could teach school. Don't tell the teachers Union, but that is actually more realistic than this one now that I think about it.
In this one, Jack is NACHO, who becomes El Nacho, wrestler who with Esqueleto go into taking on matches they always lose to make money to feed the orphans at the poor home where Jack works. Jack turns out to be a good guy in this film who when his identity is found out, almost has to leave his job.
Jack does seem a little different in this film than the other although in the wrestling sequences he still gets to do the same type of dive he did from the music stage in School of Rock. This is not a great film, but at least it is funny & only lasts about 100 minutes so it doesn't overstay it's welcome with the viewers.
The supporting acting in this is pretty much not there as it is Jack Blacks show for sure. His wrestling partner, actor Héctor Jiménez (Esqueleto) is really the person who stands out the most in support. None of the others get much script to work with.