The film deals with six different stories embodied in specific frames: 'Pasternak', 'Las Ratas' ('Rats'), 'El Mas Fuerte' ('The Strongest'), 'Bombita' ('Small Bomb') and 'La Propuista' ( “The Proposal”) and “Hasta que la muerte nos separe” (“Till Death Do Us Part”). It is a distinguished collection of drama, fairy tales, action and other different frames.
Szifrón brings everything to the table here: anger, rage, betrayal, malice aforethought and panic. But he leavens this with humor, style, cleverness and wit.
Revenge may be a dish best served cold, but the dark comedy Wild Tales (Relatos salvajes) argues that payback is more satisfying when it's doled out in fiery, bloody and outrageous doses.
Wild Tales - Relatos salvajes in its original Spanish - is, indeed, savage. And surprising. Your jaw will drop, your head will shake, more than a few times.
It's rare that a casting director's genius is so obvious, but Javier Braier pulls together a huge, disparate cast that is dopey, baiting, mean or gloriously evil at the right times.
