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Summary: Interesting footnote to history
Review: Antonio Banderas turns in a very strong performance as Pancho Villa, in this HBO movie. The production values are excellent for a made-for-TV movie. There are no heroes here. Pancho Villa was a bandit and murderer long before he became a revolutionary general. This movie accurately depicts that Villa was a cold-blooded killer as well as an incredibly charismatic leader of men. The moviemakers were pretty cynical as well, insisting that all battles be fought in daylight so that they could be filmed. Studio execs in New Jersey (where the movie industry was based in 1914, before it moved to Hollywood) edited the movie to delete Villa's criminal side and build up the idea that he was a folk hero - a sort of Mexican George Washington. There's nothing in this movie about Villa's raid on Columbus, New Mexico, in which 26 American civilians were killed, or his murder of 16 American mining engineers captured on a train, or Gen. Pershing chasing him around Mexico for several months. Those events occurred later, a year after the filming of the movie in which he played himself. All-in-all, it is a good little movie, considering the modest budget it probably had.
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Summary: Not Real!!
Review: I am from Chihuahua, México, Pancho Villa's land. I have taken history of my country and especially of the Mexican Revolution because Chihuahua and "Los Dorados de Villa" were the protagonists of that war. When I saw this movie I just could not see it as a movie based on the real history. I want to ask this questions: Where is the original movie that supposedly was taken in the Torreon's battle? Where is the movie that was exhibited in Nex York? Where is the copy of the movie that was given to Pancho Villa? Why is not there any Mexican or international researcher able to prove the existence of that film?
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Summary: WOW!
Review: I really liked this film when I saw it on HBO back in September. It has some great action scenes and has some great acting by Antonio Banderas as the leader Pancho Villa. The film makes Villa to be more of a hero rather than a bandit. However, it's still a great and entertaining film!
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Summary: Best acting Banderas ever did
Review: I watched this movie with my friend who was raised and still lives in Torreon, we loved it. My friend has many stories, told to him by his grandmother, who was from Chihuahua. Whether or not a movie by D.W Griffith ever existed, this one was certainly well done. Antonio Banderas did a wonderful job as Pancho Villa. Villa was the epitome of good and evil. He believed in Mexico and wanted to be the Robin Hood of his time, by the same token, it was too a heavy burden for any man to bear. If you don't see this movie you are cheating yourself out of a wonderful piece of history.
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Summary: The Real Deal
Review: If you've been eying this movie, keep reading! My girlfriend and I just watched this movie tonight. We both like Antonio Banderas so it was pretty shocking that one of his movies was soooo bad. About half way through, you start to realize that there is basically no plot, it's not exciting, the "action" that other reviews talk about totally sucks, I gave this movie one star!! In fact I think it should give us our stars back!!! We didn't even make it to the end, I fell asleep near with the end, which I've only done during 3 movies ever! So anyone wanna buy a slightly used copy of Pancho Villa??
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Summary: great movie
Review: wow, spectacular, wild great movie
ACTION PACKED
i was actually a extra in the movie i lived in mexico for a while so yah.....
GET IT!!!!
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