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Good grief this is dull. 40 mins in, it's just full of uninteresting characters and over explaining dialogue about lots of other characters who we haven't met so it doesn't make sense. Classed as 'action and adventure'.....I've seen more action in the Antiques Roadshow.

Well done, good mix of action, good plot twists, characters have some depth, worth watching

What a useless movie. Just wasted my Friday night with this. Why do people even make such meaningless movies anymore? Can't they really think this is a flop while they are writing it? Waste of time!

This film was too long, slowly paced, and tried to be more than it was. The story had major plot and technical issues and didn't make any sense. It seemed like a "blender screenplay" - a bunch of stories blended into one. Nothing was clear on what had happened, or what was happening. Then to end it in such a lame boring way was the icing on the cake. The awesome cinematography is all it had going for it. Directing was ok, but this needed serious editing and to cut the 110 min runtime to at the most 90 mins with a more cohesive script. Raúl Arévalo was horrible as the lead with his expressionless and bored demeanor. Such great location sets and clearly a big budget, that sadly went to a terrible screenplay and just as bad editing. It's 110 minutes of my time that went to waste.

Confusing plot, mixed with unexciting action. Concept could have been interesting (hence why I'm rating 4 star) but it's poorly developed, with a lot of missed opportunities.

Black Beach is like showing up for a movie twenty minutes into it. Some guy from Spain is supposed to go to an African country to try and get a kidnapped American engineer back. Some people he used to know were the kidnappers. The country's army gets involved trying to get some documents back to prevent a corrupt government from taking over. The guy's wife is almost nine months pregnant. His mom works as a diplomat in the United Nations. A lot of people get killed. The guy decides to raise the kidnapper's son whom he may have fathered. There's is so much going on that by the time it was done I didn't know what the hell I'd just watched. In the end, all I know is that the guy is unemployed, he has a new daughter and the boy he brought home likes to take baths. If you feel the need to be confused, then, by all means, watch this movie.

What worked: The strongest aspect of the movie that caught my attention has to be the African culture that I was able to discover, at least superficially. Around half the movie is in Africa and that's fun to watch. The movie has an interesting screenplay that has a scope for a fine movie, if not a great one. What did not work: Screenplay was okay and the movie started fine. It went downwards afterwards. The narrative gets corrupted and mingled in between making it messier and unattractive. I think the movie could have been a better watch if the execution was done better. The editing and action sequences in Africa were not well choreographed. The movie had mediocre acting, an average plot execution making it a superficial project wanting to be smart and intelligent. The movie is not without plotholes. Final verdict: it's an okay movie about something familiar in an unfamiliar settings

This movie is all about corruption up to the United Nations. No wonder the US is sick and tired of donating millions of dollars to this institution. The productions is quite impressive however more ADR sound is much needed technically.

A drama with touches of a Spanish thriller. It has no action, the only action is that of the trailer. It is about a Spanish businessman who goes to Africa to look for a kidnapped person and fix a problem that leaves them money, but what he finds is far from that. Quality. Entertaining. Good effects and shots, only in two moments they are fully achieved. Good performances. A Spanish-African mix like "Adú". It has some slightly confusing moments so you have to follow it all. The ending is disconcerting and somewhat abrupt for the entire sequence that it takes. Talk about corruption, power, the corrupted politics of countries, how the system deceives us and does not let you climb. The only problem is a chase scene where they can't stop the protagonist and everyone has guns. To spend the afternoon.

Very good adventure / thriller movie set mostly in Africa. Interesting original story. 8/10