semana santa be jaw droppingly bad . it so wrong in so many way i do not where to begin . so and let see . mira sorvino and whose judge husband have be shoot while protect her and go from madrid to seville for her cop job . during the holy week ( semana santa and see . everybody begin to fall sleep . tell u it be bad in so many point and even from the beginning ) and a killer execute his victim like bull in a bullfighting arena . she team up with male chauvinist pig olivier martinez and nice feodor atkine . soon she discover she will be the next target of the killer ( who wear a red robe ) . why and oh but why . why . while that the questionthat have be in my head the whole movie . q representwhy do go to see that a represent because i love mira sorvino ( i even excuse her for that at first sight crap ) q represent why be we only 8 people in the theater this saturday on the first week end of release . a represent ah ah ah . spider man get relaesed the same day . but also the fact that the movie have be blast with execrable review . q represent why this movie have be make . a represent money i guess . but boy do mira need the money . then . why . first of all and there always something wrong with european co production . here you get a french english german italian spanish danish production . yi ha . then it want to play on the same playgroung a u thriller or slasher or whodunit or mystery or whatever . even valentine and though unnecessary and badly script and shot and be much well in the suspense and the fun . then and to give some credit to the story and the screenwriter want to add some political sight to the story . wrong represent do in flash back in a traffic like photography and it certainly the most interesting thing i n the movie . could have stick to it and it wouldn not have to sit through the whole movie . good go straight to guillermo del tros the devil backbone ( el espinazo del diablo ) for some clever fun . then the homophobia . bullseye . the first victim be s and m drug addict gay twin who get stab to death . the annoy olivier martinez go to a dating agency hold by a badly shave overweight transvestive with a blond platinum wig . call mira sorvino character a big dyke all the time . do we need this kind of stuff . nah . just needless offensive remark and just like oltimes . then the suspense . yipee . no apparent motive . the first murder be plain illusion a theyre a representation of a famous painting . but no . and the revelation of the killer ( a horrible fascist and of course ) could have be do from the beginning a he appear at the end of the movie a and i guess and it be time for the director to say weel and time to finish that damn movie . let reveal right now who the killer be and why he kill . then the director think he a director . wrong represent no sense of suspense and no sense of direct the actor and no knowledge of change of pace . a giant and mega bore . the scene of the holy week be needless ( maybe a co production rule say represent ok and shoot in sevilla but show some creditsof this beautiful and historical town with the celebration of easter . there we be represent a mystery movie for tourist . ) then the actor . all wrong . mira sorvino bore herself to death represent she do practicly nothing except get stab in the right hand . everything she do best ( the replacement killer and mighty aphrodite . ) be like they never exist . olivier martinez . hello and anybody here . when the producer will learn that he not an actor but a mannequin with no ability of speech nor feeling . feodor atkine and bland and transparent . only do we pay great respect to alida valli and one of the great actress this last century ( and i hope for some more role in this current one ) . she tha main attraction here a she the only one to give life to her poor line . i would not mention the other actor a theyre only one side character and uninteresting and shallow . incoherent direction and inconsistent actor and implausible plot . idiocy incarnate . superwonderscope say represent 1 .