I give it credit for making me aware of a person in a world I knew nothing about before -- lucha libre and more specifically, exoticos. Unfortunately the most interesting character in all this is Cassandro's mother -- protective, demanding, charitable, and clingy. The love interest and that story is barely a spark, and there's nothing about the chemistry between he and the married man that makes you think, "Oh this is why they're still together" outside of maybe they're the only ones around (there was a more interesting dynamic with the Bad Bunny character, which would've been more interesting but it just seemed like they always shied away from real conflict in this script). There was never this moment in the fights that made you think, "Aha this is why they're rooting for Cassandro." They just go from chanting "F*ggot" to being on his side. It's just odd. Even toward the end when he finally talks to his father who abandoned them so long ago, there's this lack of emotional connection in the scene. It's too bad. GGB is a good actor, and it seemed like the other actors in in it were pretty solid, The premise sounded interesting as well, but in the end it all kinda fell flat.
Review of Cassandro
