Che Part Two (2008)

Cautiously Recommended

France/Spain/USA

Feature Film

Director: Steven Soderbergh

Writers: Peter Buchman, Benjamin A. van der Veen, Ernesto Che Guevara

Cinematographer: Steven Soderbergh (as Peter Andrews)

Composer: Alberto Iglesias

Cast: Benicio Del Toro, Pablo Durán, Eduard Fernández, Marc-André Grondin, Óscar Jaenada, Kahlil Mendez, Cristian Mercado, Franka Potente

Part two of Soderbergh’s Che Guevara biopic, this time focusing on the failed Bolivian campaign, is a more focused, linear work than the first, and just as compelling, persuasive, and well-made, but unfortunately its no more enlightening or insightful, with very little effort being spent on uncovering the inner emotions and character details of its enigmatic protagonist. Iain.Stott