El cuarto pasajero

Alex de la Iglesia's black comedy about a crazy road movie , being well paced, competently played and delightfully entertaining . Alex de la Iglesia turns a thriller/comedy in his sui-generis style . At his 50 Julian (Alberto San Juan) , divorced and with a money problem, uses an app to share car to travel Madrid. Falling in love with Lorena (Blanca Suárez) , an usual passenger and now he wants to take advantage of the next journey to confess his feelings to her . However , he makes a mistake when choosing the remaining occupants , the annoying Rodrigo (Ernesto Alterio) and fastidious Sergio (Rubén Cortada) . As his problems begin when in a travel two strangers join with them.

Black comedy , amusing situations , and rare roles by offbeat filmmaker Álex De La Iglesia who wrote as well , along with his customary screenwriter Jorge Guerricaechevarría. Álex de la Iglesia brings us a very mixed bag of outlandish characters , rapid dialogs , and absurd situations in a luxury car . De la Iglesia goes back to the black comedy terrain of previous works , concentrating on the relationship among four off-the-wall roles. A disconcerting road movie combined with a romantic comedy, being an austerily enjoyable and brightly colored film . It can be very funny and very moving at the same time, so it was the perfect combination for me . In this peculiar and fun flick in which Álex establishes again his uniquely breathtaking and visually striking style . A madcap road movie that boasts a nice and attractive cast . Enjoyable interpretations from Alberto San Juan as a divorced 50-year-old man with cash problems who resorts to using an app to share his car , Blanca Suárez as his undercover love interest , Rubén Cortada as the good-looking , free-spirited young man and special mention for Ernesto Alterio who steals the show as the deranged , troublesome passenger who will spark a dramatic change in the course of events .

This black humored picture was competently directed by Álex de la Iglesia produced in his New brand of horror films he calls ¨The Fear Collection¨ along with his wife Carolina Bang , in fact , the character played by Alberto San Juan bears certain resemblance to Álex , because he's a divorced man, as De La Iglesia recently married a woman twenty years younger, Carolina Bang herself . As has become ordinary in his filmography , this new entry swings between humour , thriller and tension , in this case in the guise of a hilarious road movie combined with a romantic comedy and with fine actors who have already worked with the Basque filmmaker previously , such as Ernesto Alterio and Blanca Suárez in ¨The Bar¨ . Alex De La Iglesia is a cool director who has got much successes such as ¨Accion Mutante¨ ,¨Dying of laughter¨ or ¨Muertos De Risa¨ , ¨Baby's room¨ , ¨Oxford murders¨ , ¨Balada Triste De Una Trompeta¨ , ¨Perdita Durango¨ , among others. This is without a doubt a thrilling and agreeable movie to be enjoyed for dark humor buffs and Alex De Iglesia fans , the Spanish king of black comedy . Rating : 6.5/10. Better than average. Well worth watching.