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To: Chas. who wrote (325)	2/15/2005 2:35:22 AM
From: Neeka	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 725

I saw K-Pak the year it came out. Anything with Kevin Spacey is good imo. His calm demeanor....almost English like humor........seems to be useful in every genre' including comedy, and he played a robot really well too. He always seems to play instructive roles......even in "American Beauty" where he portrayed a lustful, demented older man that lived out his fantasy. He was that man. Assassination Tango.......I'd love the dance scenes. Doesn't sound like much of a plot, (I think this is a dirty old man flick -gg-) but Duval kept my attention even in that dreadful movie "The Apostle" so maybe......??? M Robert Duvall's fascination with tango finds its expression in this labor of love, a film he wrote, directed, and stars in. Duvall plays a professional hit man on a job in Argentina. Forced to kill time instead of his target, he learns about tango, and meets a beautiful young dancer who teaches him the art. Seeing this precise, passionate dance, one feels no doubt it is worthy of Duvall's obsession. The hit-man plotline becomes less urgent as the movie goes on, and the director's loose, improvisatory approach makes for a certain sketchiness in scenes. But, like Duvall's marvelously odd The Apostle, the darn thing is intriguing. In leading lady Luciana Pedraza, Duvall has found a stunning partner--a slinky tango dancer and a beguiling actress. (One has no doubt she is worthy of his obsession, too.) This is a film from the "uneven" file, but like many such movies, it has its attractions. --Robert Horton