In the year 2033, Mexico City has become the perfect city, with perfect workers, and a perfect lifestyle for its citizens. Alas, that’s on the surface. The truth is underneath, and it’s not pretty to look at. Anyone who questions or thinks outside the box are dealt with harshly. Basically, “Equilibrium” without the gun-kata or Christian Bale, and in Spanish. Here’s your first look at the trailer for Francisco Laresgoiti’s “2033″.
After watching the trailer, I have to say, it’s got potential, but I’m not nearly impressed by it as the guys at Quiet Earth seems to be. It looks decent, but the acting and action feel amateurish, and the plot is highly derivative. It looks like they put all their energy and effort into production values (which, admittedly, aren’t bad) to the exclusion of everything else. I could be wrong, of course, but that’s just my first impressions.
It is the year 2033 in Mexico City, now called Villaparaiso (Paradise City). A military government controls society, taking from it its religious faith and freedom of expression. The main characters are Pablo and a “hidden” priest, known as Father Miguel, who transforms his life. Pablo leaves his privileged life in order to aid the helpless and destroy this system which controls the people through an addictive drink called “Pactia.” In this way he fights alongside the “believers’ to bring down the regime. Along the way, he meets Lucía, who gives him a reason to live.
Starring Sandra Echeverría, Raúl Méndez, Luis Ernesto Franco, Marco Antonio Treviño, Alonso Echánove, Claudio Lafarga, and directed by Francisco Laresgoiti.
2033 comes around September 2009 in Mexico.
