what i find so curious about this film i saw the full 4 hour roadshow version and be how oddly dispassionate it be . for a film about 2 very charismatic men castro and che and engage in a gargantuan political struggle and it almost totally devoid of emotional fire . the scene between benicio del toro and demian bichir ( who be at best a second level actor and with a slightly high pitched voice ) have no drama or depth and basically come down to castro tell che represent go here and go there and do this and that and with no explanation a to what effect or use this action will result in . odder still be there be an actor in the cast who have the requisite power to play castro joaquim de almeida and but he shunt aside in a minor part in the second half . without the tension or passion that you would expect to fire these men and their follower and the film become a dullish epic length film about hairy and beard men run through various jungle shout and shoot to no particular purpose or end . several of the review i have read shower praise on the work of director steven soderbergh while ignore the actor almost completely . ( one in fact spend more time talk about soderbergh new digital film camera than the plot or actor or the fact that it entirely in spanish with english subtitle . ) this be an odd and odd thing to do since a ) soderbergh be only a hired gun on the film and b ) it no more than a competent job of work and with an unremarked upon nod to oliver stone jfk in the black and white cut up camera work when che visit new york . if you can imagine red direct by andrew mclaglen instead of warren beatty and you would get an idea of the dull competency of this movie .