Tango has inflamed fimmakers from Carlos Saura to Sally Potter, with decidedly mixed results. Writer-director-star Robert Duvall's shambling shaggy-dog story about an American contract killer possessed by the spirit of the tango while on assignment in Argentina has the unmistakable whiff of a vanity project built around two passions: tango and Duval's attractive Argentine girlfriend, Luciana Pedraza. Brooklyn-based John (Duvall), who's recently settled down with his longtime girlfriend (Cathy Baker) and her little girl (Katherine Micheaux Miller), is sent to Argentina to assassinate unpunished war criminal General Humberto Rojas (Elvio Nessier). Unfortunately, just a...
Released:
2003
Rated:
R
Length:
114 mins