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Set in Lima, 2001. Dog, a former army member involved in the fight against the guerrillas of Shining Path in the 1980s, is now a killer-for-hire. One of his missions leads him to a Christian church where he changes bosses.
In 1995 the Peruvian government passed an Amnesty Law absolving those accused of crimes during the country's 15-year counterinsurgency war -- including brutal paramilitary squads. GUARD DOG is a moodily atmospheric film that chronicles the violent days of Miguel, a ruthless government killer then and a ruthless contract killer now. Expressionless and given to bouts of fury, he coldly liquidates his targets under orders of his boss, the General. Though he seems to have a family, Miguel squats alone in a leaky grey apartment -- until, in a vague search for something like salvation, he wanders into a charismatic church. An intriguing girl and the congregation's pastor try to persuade him to seek forgiveness through the Lord. As Miguel starts to shift his allegiance to a new Boss, it looks like there's a day of reckoning coming. (Cinemax)
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A solidly gloomy and pretty uncompromising crime movie that tries to bewitch you with the main character and an atypical Peruvian setting drenched with not only religious terror but also human filth. As a small-scale film, it’s good, but there were too many prayer beads and purgatories for the average human.
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