El golpe del siglo
2020 · 2m
Directed by Beatriz J. López
Elusive thief Johnny and world-famous con artist Jenny team up to rob the National Bank while a determined police officer closes in to stop them once and for all.
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A heist-comedy premise that reads like a dozen other mid-budget crime capers—two-minute runtime can't overcome the fact that this hits every expected beat without a single subversive twist or formal gamble to justify its existence.
The setup has classical heist DNA, but the execution feels untethered from any tradition worth honoring; there's no evidence of the kind of considered editing or tonal discipline that makes genre exercises resonate across decades.
In two minutes, López threads tension and comedy through a setup that could've been flat, and there's a precision to how the police officer's pursuit is cut against the con—it's a small structural choice, but it's what keeps this from collapsing into generic.