Such a frustrating disappointment

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

I've just finished watching "Palabras encadenadas" and WOW...Script, direction, acting - everything is perfect. I usually notice a lot of faults and holes in the (especially) story and acting but not in this film. The story is very coherent, well written, exciting, thrilling and non-predicable. As you watch the film you learn about the characters, bit by bit. At the end we have nicely circled and developed characters and the story itself.Performance of Dario Grandinetti playing Ramon gave me chills and not just chills... I felt like a puppet - like the film is pulling my emotions and mind all over the place. The story just sucks you in.Btw, this is not fast film, nor action film, nor bloody film so if you prefer fast car scenes or Tarantino-ish quasi scary scenes etc. this is not it. This is psychological thriller and I recommend that you watch it.

I'm absolutely amazed about the rate and the comments, here on IMDb, about this movie! Almost all reviews describe it as an excellent film, very intelligent and with great suspense! Well, PALABRAS ENCADEÑADAS is not bad, but it's not as good as it's described by those comments, not even close! The plot is not that original. I'm sure we all have watched movies very close to this one, and about its twists, I must say that if some of them are good, the majority don't work so well… The final twist was far expected I think! It was no surprise at all! Suspense and tension were not great either. If we exclude a few scenes, it's hardly suspenseful! However I must say I appreciated the cinematography, and also the acting. Here, a good work was done. The main scenario (the basement where the girl is arrested) is well constructed. It's cold, empty and a bit sinister. The acting is also good, especially by the main actor, Dario Grandinetti, because he plays a very disturbed character with those very same characteristics: coldness, emptiness and a very disturbed mind covered by a smile and a manipulative speech… As I was mentioning in the beginning I don't think this movie is bad, but I think it's a bit slow paced and boring at parts. It's too centered in the words' games and lacks a bit of suspense because of that. Besides, the way the twists are built is not really a novelty and the final one was quite expected. Globally this film is not too far from average, so I score it 6/10.

Creepy Silence of the lambs feel in the beginning. The first third of the film does much to mentally horrify the viewer. Psycho guy reminds me of a creepy Kevin Spacey, Victim (girl bound & gagged in chair) reminds me of Jennifer Garner in Alias disguise...I really enjoyed plot & twists.Spanish actors and dialog. There are only four main characters in the film and they all seemed to do a great job. Of course I do not understand Spanish so I can hardly be a critic of the acting. The film leaves you guessing throughout, but satisfies in the ending wrapping everything up nicely.

It appears that I am the first American to review this masterpiece. If so, I cannot agree more with the others who recognized the excellence of this film. In a time when plot twists are so formulaic and derivative, Killing Words shows that there us still room for a well-developed, intelligently-written story. A nod should go to the editing of work. At more than a dozen points in the development of the plot, there Might have been an opportunity for the viewer to pause and reason through where the story was headed. But the flashbacks were so well place that the viewer was kept off-guard. One reviewer correctly noted that this piece is a prime candidate for a redo by and American studio. I hope not. The style and grace of this movie could be easily ruined.