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Dance with the Devil

1997 · 130 min

A wild, grimy road trip that blends crime, horror, and dark comedy into a feverish, unpredictable ride.

Genres
Action, Thriller
Tagline
Get on the road.
Overview
She's sexy, shameless and loves taking people to their limit. She's a dangerous young woman who dreams about a jaguar that licks her naked body and sleeps by her side. Her past is bathed in blood and weird passions. Now she's met the man of her wildest dreams. He's dark, tough and mysterious. He likes robbing banks, trafficking in corpses and spicing it all with voodoo rituals. Together, the duo sets off toward Mexico destined to become the most feared outlaws in the continent.

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Action, Thriller
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • obsession
  • violence
  • betrayal
  • death
Places
  • road trip
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action7
Horror7
Humour5
Realism5
Romance4
Tension8
Darkness9
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Genres
action, thriller
Directed by
Álex de la Iglesia
Written by
Álex de la Iglesia, Barry Gifford, David Trueba, Jorge Guerricaechevarría
Starring
Rosie Perez, Javier Bardem, Harley Cross, Aimee Graham, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Don Stroud, Demián Bichir, Santiago Segura
Music
Simon Boswell
Cinematography
Flavio Martínez Labiano
Runtime
130 min
Country
Mexico, Spain, United States of America
Languages
Spanish, English

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