Matando Cabos
Tags: comedy

Plot synopsis:
Jaque is in a terrible situation after being caught having sex with the daughter of the dreaded businessman Cabos. The day after receiving the most savage beating of his life, Jaque is confronted by Mr. Cabos, who accidentally trips and loses consciousness. Jaque then asks his friend, Mudo, to aid him. Leaving Cabos in his office, a childhood friend that now works as the company's janitor, who was betrayed by Cabos then takes revenge by stealing and wearing Mr. Cabos' valuable clothes. When Jaque and Mudo arrive, Cabos is half naked and they take him to the bathroom while they decide what to do. When Cabos' former friend leaves the building to take his car, he is intercepted by two kidnappers who think he is Cabos, one of whom is actually his own son, who wanted to kidnap Cabos to make him pay for what he did to his father. Meanwhile, in the bathroom, Jaque and Mudo decide, in order to avoid a possible accusation to take Cabos with them and then decide what to do with him, so they flee with him in their car. While leaving the parking lot, they cross roads with the kidnappers, stopping on a street light. Both couples have a body in their respective trunks, and feeling nervous, they smile at each other in order to look casual. Then, they both go opposite directions. While driving, Jaque and Mudo get cut off the road by an impolite bus driver. They confront him in a mid-road stand off and insult each other; Jaque calls the driver "cross-eyed", which makes him remember his tumultuous past, being rejected by everyone, including his fiancé, for being cross-eyed. He gets very angry and rams his bus against Jaque's car and flees. The crash causes the trunk to get stuck, and as a consequence, they cannot get Mr. Cabos out of the car. To aid them, Mudo calls his friend, the legendary pro wrestler Ruben "Mascarita" (who hates being called Mascarita) and his sidekick, Tony "the Cannibal", a man-eating dwarf.
They then agree to go to a bar and there decide that the best plan is throw Cabos' body in his house, as a massive party is taking place that evening, and make him believe he drank himself to unconsciousness. After toasting for the plan to work, a rugby player in the bar recognizes "Mascarita" and calls him by that name. A huge fight "Santo" style takes place. While "Mascarita" takes away all of the students in the table, another group of students from a billiards table get mad and provoke him again. "Mascarita" prepares for more, but Tony stops him. "Mascarita" understands and tells Jaque and Mudo to leave with him and let Tony do his thing. They are seen outside the bar while noises and shouts are heard from inside. Tony then exits the places, spitting out a ring, taken from one of the students finger, thus explaining the nickname "Cannibal".
Meanwhile, the kidnappers arrive to a girl's house, leaving the abducted tied in a chair with a bag on his head. They now attempt to call Cabos' house and inform his wife that they have him and ask for ransom. However, the maid is confused about the call and hangs up repeated occasions. After the wife takes the phone, she interprets this as an excuse for her husband not to show up at the party, and hangs up again.
After being worn out from the bar fight, "Mascarita", Mudo and Jaque go to the latter's apartment to change clothes for the parties occasion. While Jaque is selecting a presentable shirt, Mudo and "Mascarita" are annoyed by the neighbor's bird and go to the door and complain. They stay a while waiting for an answer. Then Jaque's girlfriend arrives to argue with him for standing her up and not taking her to her father's party. Angrily, she leaves and takes Jaque's car (with Cabos still in it). When Mudo and "Mascarita" finally hear the neighbor's voice, Mudo flips out and starts screaming for him to shut his bird up. The neighbor then opens his door (after unlocking around five locks) and points two Tec-9's at each of their faces. He explains his emotional bondage with the bird and threatens them to not complain again. After that, Jaque tells them to get going.
Ironically, Jaque's girlfriend, Cabos' daughter, is also the kidnapper's ally's friend. She goes to her house and asks her to join her to her father's party. The kidnapper's leader then appears from their hideout and pretends to be her boyfriend, and the three go to Cabos' party.
In the party a series of mix-ups occur, resulting in the dumping of Cabos' friend by mistake and Cabos being left in Jaque's house. He then returns to his house, and finds his wife having sex with Tony. Tony escapes out the window. Cabos chases him and sees his friend lying in the yard, who wakes up to the sight of an angry Cabos and subsequently receives a golf club to the face.

Review: In Mexico City, the powerful and violent magnate of steel Oscar Cabos (Pedro Armendáriz Jr.) surprises his daughter Paulina (Ana Claudia Talancón) having sex with her boyfriend and his employee Javier "Jaque" (Tony Dalton) and he works Jaque over.
On the next day, Jaque pays a visit to Cabos in his office and the angry man comes with a golf club to hit Jaque again.
Jaque calls his best friend Mudo (Kristoff) to help him, but the janitor Nacho (Pedro Altamirano) finds his boss fainted on the floor and he steals and dresses his clothes and jewels.
Meanwhile, Nacho's son Botcha (Raúl Méndez) and his friend Nico (Gustavo Sánchez Parra) have planned to kidnap Cabos and they are waiting for him in the garage.
When he arrives in the place, the two kidnappers hit him on the back, believing that he is Cabos, and they wear a hood covering his face.
Meanwhile, Jaque and Mudo calls their wrestler friend Ruben "Mascarita" (Joaquín Cosio) and his midget partner Tony 'El Cannibal' (Silverio Palacios) to help them to get rid of Cabos in his birthday party.
But both plans do not work well along the night."Matando Cabos" is a gem of dark humor and one of the funniest comedies that I have recently seen.
This comedy of errors has a wonderful and original screenplay, and the situations are unpredictable and hilarious.
The story of two kidnappings that go badly wrong (but in a very funny way).
"Matando Cabos" is about two kidnappings (among other things) that go very wrong.
On the same night different people decide to get back to him; but things go very wrong, confusion starts and things get mixed up (very mixed up).The movie is funny from start to finish even tragic things can turn into a funny scene.
It's a movie that laughs at the misfortunes of life.
It does have some really violent and sexual scenes (not my favorite) but it is part of the way the movie is done.
I am not sure if foreigners would like it, it is "Mexican" humor.
Inventive, Refreshing and Original Indie Movie from Mexico..
I attended a special screening for this movie and I was quite surprised to see two Mexican aspiring actors writing and starring their own motion picture.
The premise of the movie is that it was done by people under the age of thirty.
This film noir that uses black comedy as well as screwballism is very funny indeed and it is very inventive.
The presence of only two well known actors (Pedro Armendáriz and Ana Claudia Talancón) increases the audience's interest in the plot itself.
One problem that this movie faces is that it has too many things to tell and very little time.
This movie represents Mexican cinema that is well done and that has right support.
'Matando Cabos' is a mixture of the retro, Tarantino and absurd movies.
It's a must to all of us that adored the b-movies of the 70s.The story is not pretentiously developed in a way to be unpredictable, it's more like going out in this trip that you simply don't know what's going to happen next because you simply just don't know, just like in 'Go!'.
In this fashion, 'Matando Cabos' results in an entertaining and hilarious urban adventure.For all of those who are just sick of all those Latin American movies that just try to "portray" the reality of society with stories around prostitution, corruption, crime and injustice, you ought to see this movie.
It's a good way to see that in Latin America they also "just want to have fun"..
Clever Fun. Good characters, well paced, with a tight script full of twist and well placed turns.
In this case I felt like it was more of a good thing instead of "more of the same", sort of like getting a second helping of something great.
The movie does build it's central premise (a series of wild coincidences, characters that are larger than life, the fast paced-all in one night action) on other movies that feature similar elements (Snatch, Pulp Fiction, etc) but because the situations and characters are unique I did not feel ripped off.
I hope it comes out in the US, I would recommend it to anybody that like to be entertained..
I just saw Matando Cabos.
I have sent emails alerting my friends to see it before it leaves movie houses here in Phoenix.
Familiarity with Mexico and its modern culture are a bonus but not requisite to liking this movie.
In many posts, I've noticed people mention movies like Scarface, Reservoir Dogs, Fight Club, and Pulp Fiction.
People, if every movie was that good, then those movies would not be considered great films.
I thought this movie was funny.
Maybe to a lot of people in the poverty ravaged country of Mexico, it's not funny because of the next to life reality of a severed finger and a senseless beating to a sequester victim, but to us in the U.S who have been desensitized by all the smut we see at the movie theaters, this is a great movie.
There were some really funny moments in this movie, including the bus chase scene and the romantic love scene at the end involving el cannibal and Cabos' wife.
A great improvement of Mexican Cinema.
"Matando Cabos" is the title of Alejandro Lozano's debut film, that even when it shares some similitude with American Films, such as "Pulp Fiction" and "Taxi Driver", it stands as a great movie, bringing a refreshing breathe to Mexican commercial cinema.The major attractive of the film lies in its screenplay.
The story is about two best friends, Jaque and Mudo, that are involved on a critical situation when they accidentally kidnap their boss, the sadistic and rich Oscar Cabos, and they hide him on Jaque's car.
Meanwhile, a kidnapper's band, directed by the son of Cabos' ex-best friend, plan to take him to ask for money.
But they take the wrong person and that's how a series of funny events, plagued with a black humor-screenplay, are shown by a bunch of hilarity characters that add a special charm in the movie.Of course, this film is far from been compared to "Amores Perros", "Y tu Mamá También" or "El Crimen del Padre Amaro", which were deeper and focused on complex and even controversial issues.
On the other hand, in "Matando Cabos" we have a well written and light story from the beginning to the end.Finally, it's very remarkable the use of f/x for the car-chase scene filmed in the Estadio Azteca, supervised by people in charge of effects for "Matrix", that is the most expensive scene ever done in Mexican Cinema's history and by the way, the best Mexican action film.
That's the reason why the film was released on summer, because it's able to compete against the mega-budgeted productions.One of the best movies of the Mexican commercial films that vindicates national cinema with its fresh air and leaves the door open for future indie and risky films that are changing the face of Mexican movies.
Great film, excellent casting, very funny and catchy.
Matando Cabos is a smart comedy about two friends that try to get Cabos a powerful and fearful business men in Mexico City to his home after he get hit.
This film although uses a lot of profanity is one of the best comedies produce in Mexico in the last 5 years.
It also establish that Mexican Comedy Cinema can do better things than La Risa en Vacasiones or Corazon de Melon.
This movie is more oriented to a teenage audience, but it sure be fun to people older than 14 years.
Watch this movie give an opportunity to this Mexican Comedy I tell you that your gonna laugh during the whole movie.
"matando cabos"...this is a very good movie, very funny.......
I recommend this movie: "matando cabos" It's a very funny movie, you will forget your problems because you will be laughing since the movie start to the end.
There are more good movies in Mexico, like "Como agua para chocolate" , Nicotina , Amores Perros"., so Mexican people are doing a good job with this movies.
In my opinion, the actors are good, anyway, this kind of movies are good for distraction, laughing, and when you want to have a very good time and want to forget your own problems.
The director did an excellent job with this movie, including the actors were working on it.
Some American movies are boring, and they suppose to make you laugh..
Matando Cabos is a complete tribute to Pulp Fiction and some other American movies, that if it wasn't for the language (spanish) and the little parody of El Santo (which is one of the few highlights of this movie)I wouldn't know that this is a Mexican film.
This movie is done by some fancy kids with the intention to glorify the Tarantino style and a type of American cinema that doesn't need more cheers than the one that has already been giving in the USA, but if you are already out of ideas and you wanted to do a Tarantino dirty stylish Mexican film at least you should have written those typical adapted Reservoir Dogs dialogues strong and smart enough to keep out that boring "we already seen that and better" feeling.
Why all this new self-made Mexican film-makers can't come with original ideas or at least with a homemade tribute?
The movie felt like a sequel of Nicotina (a Mexican copycat of Snatch and Smocking Barrels), it makes me feel like there is no Indio Fernandez, no Almada Brothers, no Pedro Armendariz's father!
All right, there is some good earn funny moments, very chilango moments too, in the movie but where is no substance there is nothing good enough to make our film industry a worthy one, let's not say a good representation of the Mexican way of life with all those cartonish characters like the ones in Matando Cabos..
Excellent piece of movie making!.
If you liked 'Snatch', 'Pulp Fiction' or 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels', then you're in for a treat!
This is such a great movie!
I won't say more, but I can tell you, you have to see this movie, it is a perfectly well done piece of movie making and as a bonus you get to see a De Niro's memorable line acted by a Mexican, what can I say?
It's a different, refreshing and funny way of making movies, specially for a Mexican movie.
Diversión garantizada Fun for sureFunny from beginning to end, with great references to the classic Mexican wrestling cinema (el santo) and very interesting characters, being "mascarita" and the cannibal unique, all mix up in a movie that in my opinion didn't had many expectations, but at the end it was all worth, really entertaining.Also, even though the acting from Tony and Kristoff is not Oscar winning, is light but adjusts to the characters, simple and stupid, and don't forget "butcher", a kind of nice psycho trying to avenge his father and being such a funny villain.
This movie is better than a lot of American movies!.
There are some people that only sees sh*t in the Mexican movies nowadays instead o supporting, I mean I don't really think the people of Sundance don't know anything about movies!
The acting is good, the screenplay is hilarious, the fx are quite good, the characters are funny I especially love the "Santo" spoof), the best in show is Joaquin Cosio ("Mascarita"), of course its not the best of the movies but its entertaining and that is something everybody likes right?If there's one thing i have to say bad in this movie is that Ana Claudia Talancon was wasted in the movieSo to all the people stop discriminating your own product and enjoy this movie because its entertaining!.
Hard to believe that this flick currently has an IMDb rating of above 7.The language is Spanish, but it tries so hard to copy Tarantino that there is nothing genuinely Mexican about it.
The two main characters are boring college boys trying to look cool.
They apparently actually wrote this garbage, and like Tarantino in his later movies were vain enough to think that it would be cool to appear on screen despite lacking any acting qualities whatsoever.
Pedro Armendáriz Jr. was funny, but he only had a very small part.
The rest of the cast are about as forgettable as the two writers.Anyway: if you want to see a Spanish language version of a Tarantino movie, watch a Tarantino movie dubbed in Spanish.
If you want to see a good Mexican movie with violence and dark humor, watch El Infierno.
If you want to be bored and annoyed, watch Matando Cabos..
It would be an exaggeration to call this Mexican action-comedy "good." It is disjointed, full of stupid actions on the part of the principles, and the comedic tone is often thrown off by gratuitous violence.
This puts the employee, who happens to be engaged to Sr. Cabos's daughter, in an awkward situation, especially when he goes for help, returns with his co-worker, and finds his still-unconscious boss inexplicably stripped to his underwear.
If "Weekend at Bernie's" had been in Spanish, had two bodies instead of one, and periodically degenerated into graphic violence, it would have been "Matando Cabos."Tony Dalton and Kristoff, who play the two leads, play their characters as a couple of goofballs, and are nothing special.
Nor do Ana Claudia Talancon and Rocio Verdejo, the two main actresses, do anything to distinguish themselves other than look good.
It is Joaquin Cosio and Silverio Palacios, who play the wrestlers Mascarita and Tony the Cannibal, who make the movie.
It actually makes no sense that these two would be willing to spend a night risking their lives for a guy they haven't talked to in years, but that's part of what I liked about the characters.
This is a very entertaining films which is similar in pace and style to Snatch and "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels".
It is still a big madcap adventure in which lot of stuff goes.The pace of the movie is fantastic and there is always something happening.
Lot of bad things happen but it is always funny and I don't mean smiling black comedy funny, I mean ha ha funny.Acting is very balanced, there are many good characters but none of the actors have tried to outshine others.
A must see movie if you like Guy Ritchie's brand of cinema..
entertaining, good.
hi, I assume that you are moviegoer, let me tell you that what happens in Mexico is that we Mexicans think that everything that we make, even cinema in this case is "chafa", that means "poorly and badly done".
If a Mexican does something, or attempts to create a product, or actually does it, in this case a movie, then, thankfully not all Mexicans of course, we say that is "chafa", just because it is Mexican.
We Mexicans hate our products and our culture.
I have seen that this happens in some other countries too, not just Mexico.
But hopefully that is changing in Mexico , the proof is that Matando Cabos, did well at the Mexican box office.
Of course this film has its flaws, what movie doesn't, films goals primordially is to entertain, this films achieves this greatly.
assume this and (Mexicans), shut up and help, don't just criticize in a hateful way.
This movie was the good revelation of the week!.
Oscar Cabos is a powerful magnate from Mexico known by his violence towards people who displease him.
However, one day, when Cabo faints, a big confusion is made, with two kidnappers trying to kidnap Cabos and taking the wrong man instead.
Things get really mixed up, specially when Jaque and Mudo try to help Cabos bringing him to his house.''Matando Cabos' was the good surprise of this week for me.
I took this movie to watch after a recommendation of the librarian of my Spanish course and after almost 3 days watching nothing but ordinary movies, I come across this great Mexican movie!
The situations are hilarious (and some of them are creepy, like when Botcha cuts his own father's finger!) and the movie has very good and tense moments.
I don't consider it exactly a comedy, it's more like a mix of an action/ dark comedy movie, but it is VERY worthwhile!I can say that it became one of my favorite Mexican movies of all times!.
Not my kind of comedy,nothing that funny or likable..
these 2 gentlemen also are 2 of the leads.There are very few likable persons in this farce of a mistaken kidnapping.I found nothing funny about the excessive needless violence.Now I do like violent movies,but here it was overdone.
It also needed a more likable kidnap victims.I also like wrestling,the few bits here do not come over.
Great fun, but horrible ending!.
In a visual style reminiscent to "Snatch" and cultural references similar to "Pulp Fiction", Mexico does an attempt at making a neo-noir smash hit comedy.
Having a classic but very funny mix-up plot, you add excellent in-jokes and situations that crack you up all over the night.
Average acting, like Tony Dalton's, added to Kristoff Racynsky's humorous persona makes this a very good piece of Mexican cinema.
As it was expected, the dialog is plagued with cursing, sometimes being funny and others exploiting some curse words way too much.
Tony "the cannibal" was a completely useless character, and all we see him actually do (the bar brawl not included) is him sleeping with Cabos' wife.
I personally would have enjoyed him kicking Cabos' ass when he encounters him in the bedroom, instead of beating his poor friend up.
And I would have loved to see the cross-eyed "microbusero" once again.With some minor flaws, this is the best Maxican film recently.