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Nacho Libre: Ode to fighting |
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Written by Knight Ridder
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Wednesday, 14 June 2006 |
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SHORT STORY
"Nacho Libre" Click here for Video of Jack Black.
2 out of 4 stars
with Jack Black, Ana de la Reguera
PG-13, starts Friday 6-16
LONG STORY
Long before Hulk Hogan cracked his first folding chair over an opponent’s head, Mexican luchadores — wrestlers — were performing their own brand of highflying moves in a ring.
And, even better — they were doing it in colorful, funky masks and matching tights.
The gentle art of lucha libre, or free-style fighting, is now the backdrop for the new comedy “Nacho Libre.”
Opening Friday, it stars Jack Black as a Mexican cook at a monastery who lives a secret life: To raise money for an orphanage, the corpulent conquistador dons a mask and tights and becomes a professional luchador known as ... Nacho Libre!
Many Americans may know lucha libre only from old Mexican movies and the occasional televised match on Spanish-language television. But the form has been around since the 1930s, and such masked performers as El Santo (the Saint) and Mil Mascaras (Man of a Thousand Masks) starred in both the ring and a series of movies that elevated their characters to near superhero status.
“Nacho” is an affectionate ode to lucha libre, with several real-life Mexican luchadores cast in the film, including Silver King, also known as El Bronco (in real life, Cesar Gonzalez), who plays Nacho’s nemesis, Ramses.
Also appearing is Mascarita Sagrada (in real life, Gerson Virgen Lopez), a champion midget wrestler who plays one half of a ferocious tag team known as Satan’s Helpers. His name translated means “Sacred Little Mask.”
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