Entertainment Review: "Assassination Tango"

While suffering from imperfections of story narrative and coherentness, I enjoyed Robert Duvall's "Assassination Tango." In this movie he plays an aging hit man who is engaged for a job in Argentina. Instead of only taking a few days, however, the length of his engagement is extended to several weeks. Longing to return home to see his step-daughter, he must bide his time in Buenos Aires and while doing so, becomes enraptured by the tango. -------------------------- The above imperfections kind of overlook the point of this movie. The movie is not concerned with details nor rigid logic. Rather, it conveys a sense of mood: atmospheric and hazy, nostalgic and ethereal. Despite the movie's title, the assassination theme takes a back seat to the tango element, which is why I would not recommend this movie solely for the action/intrigue angle. I would, however, recommend this movie if you like Duvall, are interested in Argentina or enjoy tango. ---------------- For me, at least, it was a nice reminiscence to see the black and yellow cabs of BA, and the scene in which he is dreaming about the tango and is suddenly awoken really sums up the feel of the movie.

NOTES

- I saw this movie on Sundance channel

- Coppola is an executive producer

- The woman in Argentina who plays opposite Duvall (Luciana Pedraza as Manuela) is either his girlfriend or wife in real life.