Some good films

I've seen some rather good films lately, but I don't feel like writing a full entry for each of them (as I've said before my knowledge about cinema is rather limited, I rarely watch old films, I'm much more into stories than into interpretations...).
So here's a listing of a few good films to spend your time with:

• WAZ. Great horror/thriller film. It's been compared to Saw and Seven in most reviews, and I agree with it, but would like to point that it's not that bloody as the last Saw installments, there's blood and "cruelty", but these are absolutely necessary. A well thought story about catharsis through revenge, about destroying those who destroyed you, using the same weapons. Same as with Amanda in Saw, I seem to love this kind of vindictive women.


• Before the Devil knows you're dead. Very good story about 2 brothers trying to save their spoiled lives by robing their parent's jeweler's. The great plan ends up being a total disaster, and the consequences are even worst. I like how it depicts the decadent lives of 2 men and how they sink more and more.


• In Dreams, pretty good and not much known terror film. Revolves around the pain of a woman whose only child has been murdered by a serial killer. The woman has terrible nightmares about the new crimes to come and is about to get nuts. Intense film where you almost taste the suffering of the main character.


• Desert Flower. Based on a true story about a Somali woman that has suffered female genital cutting, I was expecting a harsher experience, but anyway it's an entertaining film and a good story. It's strange to see how something I reject so much as it's the fashion industry (I see it as a clear example of how banal and lacking in interests our Western Society has turned) in this case manages to fix the life of someone (in a sense a victim of that same social decay).


• Man on Fire. Another good story about broken lives, revenge and redemption. A war mercenary turned into a body guard unexpectedly finds a reason to live and to die for. The setting for the story (modern day crime ravaged Mexico) fits pretty well.


• The burning plain. Great film writtend and directed by the screenwriter of Amores perros, 21 grams... and starring Charlize Theron. So, the credentials are great, and the film really lives up to them. An interesting story stretching over more than a decade and told in a non lineal way. Sons that repeat their parent's "sins" and painfully drown in fear, guilt and remorse end up finding redemption in love. As a plus, I can't help saying that Chalize Theron along with a great interpretation gives us great views of her body ;-)