Bunker (La cara oculta)

A Hispano Foxfilm (in The country) discharge of a twentieth century Fox presentation of the Dynamo, Bunker, Cactus Flower, Avalon production in colaboration with Fox Intl. Prods. (Worldwide sales: Elle Driver, Paris.) Created by Andres Calderon, Cristian Conti. Executive producers, Rodrigo Guerrero, Stefan Schmitz, Maria Zamora. Directed by Andi Baiz. Script, Baiz, Hatem Khraiche Ruiz-Zorrilla.With: Quim Gutierrez, Martina Garcia, Clara Lago, Alexandra Stewart.An orchestra director's girlfriend inexplicably gets lost within the high-style, low-substance mental thriller "Bunker." Colombian helmer Andi Baiz's ambitious follow-as much as the well-received "Satanas" does decent crowd-pleasing work, delivering the requisite jolts and nervous giggles on the way to a payback that's much more powerful than its shaky setup. However the pic ultimately does not marshal its effects into anything further than throwaway entertainment. The premise is sufficiently strong to suggest remake potential, but otherwise "Bunker" will stay hidden for basically Hispanic auds. Action is mainly occur Bogota and it is environs. Shaky early moments show conductor Adrian (Quim Gutierrez) sobbing because he watches a relevant video produced by his partner, Belen (Clara Lago), by which she notifies him she's departing him. But Adrian is not too deeply affected, apparently, since he accumulates bar worker Fabiana (Martina Garcia) and takes her to his countryside rental property. A flashback shows Adrian, getting been offered a plum job being an orchestra director, purchasing the rental property from Emma (Alexandra Stewart). Emma informs Belen that her late husband, a Nazi, fitted the home having a secret, soundproofed bunker with one-way mirrors, and playfully indicates that Belen utilize it to spy on Adrian to determine whether he's two-timing her. But Belen accidentally will get kept in a lot of the relaxation of pic is shot from her perspective, producing a reasonable little bit of tension as formerly proven moments are presented from the bunker. The buildup of suspense is sufficiently strong to steamroller the numerous gaps in logic: For instance, neither the house's occupants nor law enforcement determine that you have a whole part of the rental property that's inaccessible. But regardless of the periodic legitimately jolting moment plus some nicely grown false trails (most intriguingly, concerning the questionable role of Adrian), the pic's thrills remain consecutive instead of cumulative, and neglect to resonate. Character jobs are as lightweight because the under garments Garcia wanders around set for a lot of her screen time, delivering lines that might be deliberately comical but seem risible. Pic's poorest link is Gutierrez as Adrian, soft-spoken and intense inside a performance whose deliberate ambiguity appears basically unfocused. Lago, in her own most difficult screen role up to now, constitutes a fair stab at offerring the effective feelings to be trapped and instructed to watch her lover's new partner for sex, who might be her only potential messiah. Large romantic styles from Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky are nicely labored in, meaning the initial score by Federico Jusid ("The Key to themInch) inevitably pales in contrast utilization of thunderclaps at properly dramatic moments is comically B-movie-ant. The initial The spanish language title is much more evocative compared to British one, converting as "The Hidden Face."Camera (color, widescreen), Josep M. Civit editor, Roberto Otero music, Federico Jusid art director, Diana Trujillo seem (Dolby Digital), Cesar Salazar. Examined at Cines Princesa, Madrid, Sept. 28, 2011. Running time: 103 MIN. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com