Brutally violent, but an excellent film

Rating: Null/10 (25 August 2011)

At the risk of being spoilerish, let me say that this movie did not play out as billed. It looked like there would be a lot more fantasy and a lot less of the "real life" stuff. Although this wasn't the case, I did still enjoy the movie.
Sergi López has to be one of the greatest villains I've ever seen. He was so brutally evil that I loved to watch what he would do next. Obsession is a beautiful thing when played out properly.
The fantasy portions of the film were not as nice as I expected. They were very gritty and a bit scary. The melding of stories and myths bothered me just a little bit, but I think I can get over it.
I don't know too much to say without giving a lot of the movie away. The fantasy and real life were well crafted and played out right to the end perfectly. An excellent movie that deserves a watch if you can stomach the violence.