El Muerto (2006)

Based on the original comic book, "El Muerto".
Trapped in a purgatory between this world and the next, 21-year-old Diego wanders the streets of L.A. in search of a human sacrifice for the vicious Aztec gods that control his soul. But the sacrifice they want is Maria, his own girlfriend. El Muerto is the story of Diego's fight against the dark gods for his soul...and for the soul of the woman he loves.
Special DVD Features include: Exclusive Collectible Mini Comic Book, Wash & Wear Tattoos, Interviews with the Cast, Gag Reel, Spanish Language Track, Commentary featuring Brian Cox and Javier Hernandez, "Day of the Dead" Featurette, Slide Show of the First Comic Book, DVD ROM including "The Chosen One" Wallpaper, 5 Original Illustrations, Drawing the Dead Manual; Closed Captioned Product Description

THE WORST SOUND EDITING EVER!!!

I just watched this movie and couldn't wait for it to be over so I could do something actually entertaining. The entire movie I had to constantly turn it up and down due to the horrible sound editing. This should never have been released as it is. It goes from speaker-bursting volumes to dialogue so faint you have to turn your TV all the way up. It is worse than any movie I have ever seen/heard. I'm sure my neighbors and the whole town's dogs hate me now. There are only a few times that you actually have just over a minute or two of actual dialogue without horribly loud music and sound effects. For 1.5 hours, I literally turned the TV up and down almost every minute to be able to hear the scattered dialogue, but mostly it was just blaring noise during this entire fiasco. April 24, 2008

This IS the comic, well done!

If you've liked the comic book adventures of Javier Herndez's undead mariachi of justice, this is a very faithful translation onto the screen. Valderama wears the iconic face paint of El Muerto throughout the whole film, too, which is impressive. Too many pretty boys don't want to do superhero roles because the masks hide their features. Not the case here.

The illustrated credit sequence is first rate, and Billy Drago is creepy as hell, too! September 27, 2007

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