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Watch: Che: Part One 2008 123movies, Full Movie Online – The Argentine, begins as Che and a band of Cuban exiles (led by Fidel Castro) reach the Cuban shore from Mexico in 1956. Within two years, they mobilized popular support and an army and toppled the U.S.-friendly regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista..
Plot: The Argentine, begins as Che and a band of Cuban exiles (led by Fidel Castro) reach the Cuban shore from Mexico in 1956. Within two years, they mobilized popular support and an army and toppled the U.S.-friendly regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.
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Ratings:

	7.1/10 Votes: 46,516
	68% | RottenTomatoes
	N/A | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 628 Popularity: 16.915 | TMDB

Reviews:

Atmospheric and well made but…
Nothing quite like getting your teeth into an epic is there? Sitting back and letting yourself get immersed into a struggle, a journey, in this case the Cuban revolution that has become such a cause celebre for many since the 1950s. By the time I left the cinema I sadly felt as though the epic had been squashed down into an easily swallowed period piece with all the epic grandeur of a Dan Brown novel. The problem with Che Part One is that it doesn’t say anything particularly interesting or contain any memorable moments. There is lots and lots of shooting which is actually fairly sanitised (this is certainly no Saving Private Ryan), there is some mistreatment of people who are then avenged and there are lots of shots of Benicio del Toro looking quite idealistic and cool.

Don’t get me wrong, there is nothing specifically wrong with this film. It portrays a fairly accurate (if, as I said, sanitised) picture of the March on Santa Clara and the victory of Castro’s rebels. However much in the same way as the kind of perpetually running museum film that you can dip in and out of it is largely uninspiring and leaves you feeling quite detached. The problem is not the direction or the acting which does manage to transport you into the heart of a Civil War ravaged Cuba. It is the fact that we learn next to nothing about Cuba, Che himself or the goals of the revolutionaries. We learn nothing of why the Batista regime was so bad that people wanted to overthrow it. Which means that this simply stands alone as a war film where there are lots of explosions, lots of running around and some scenes of people celebrating in the streets. While I understand from reports that Che Part Two is rather different I think that nevertheless the slight blandness of Che Part One means that, though it looks good, it does feel like a rather wasted opportunity.

Intellengent portrait of a complex man
Back in my fast disappearing youth I was heavily involved with Left Wing politics, and one of my heroes was, of course, Che Guavara, but I never really knew the man behind the legend. The recent films about Che – this, and the excellent ‘Motorcycle Diaries’ – have helped me to understand the man better, and has lead to a great appreciation of him.

This film starts with Che embarking on his quest, alongside Castro and others, to free Cuba from the American Sponsored dictator Batista. The events in Cuba are shown alongside the later events when Che travelled to New York to address the UN, and through this we see Che beginning to emerge both as a tough jungle/street fighter and political orator with intelligence and feeling, finally transforming himself from a doctor with political leanings to a fully fledged revolutionary.

The New York scenes also illustrate the opposition to Che, both within the UN and out on the streets, which give the film an added depth politically and socially.

Del Toro is outstanding as Che, and he is backed up by a superb supporting cast. The film is also helped by Soderbergh’s wonderful visuals – the forests look amazing, and the streets gritty etc, and the careful use of music. Yes, some of the battle scenes do tend towards the “Hollywood”, but generally are within keeping of the gritty realism of the rest of the film.

This may not be everyone’s cup of poison, but if you like your biopics done with depth and intelligence then this is the film for you. Personally I can not wait for mid March when I will have the chance to see part two!

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 2 hr 14 min (134 min)
Budget 30000000
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Biography, Drama, History
Director Steven Soderbergh
Writer Peter Buchman, Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara
Actors Julia Ormond, Benicio Del Toro, Oscar Isaac
Country France, Spain, Mexico
Awards 4 wins & 13 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS
Aspect Ratio 2.39 : 1
Camera Aaton A-Minima, Zeiss Ultra 16 Lenses, Panavision Panaflex Millennium XL2, Panavision C-Series Lenses, Red One Camera, Panavision C-Series Lenses
Laboratory Technicolor, Hollywood (CA), USA
Film Length 3,591 m (Sweden), 3,642 m (Portugal, 35 mm)
Negative Format 16 mm (Kodak Vision3 500T 7219), 35 mm (Kodak Vision3 500T 5219), Redcode RAW
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (4K) (master format), Panavision (anamorphic) (source format), Redcode RAW (4K) (source format), Super 16 (source format)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (partial blow-up)