It was about Tango and sickening ideas. If there wasn't the tango, I wouldn't have watched this. I do understand that in history there were times when corruption, smuggling, prostitution, murdering dominated, however, I personally do not like to see any bit of these be shown on the big screen (luckily, I had it on a 9', small enough for me to skip details). As a lady, I hate to see girls got sold, got raped, got shared among men.
I understand that some have fetish, some favour S&M, but I do
not understand why the attempt of hurting or killing the one you love
is love, and I do not understand the complicated relationship among
Stephanie (Alba), Cholo and Zico: I do not understand what kind of
friendship it was between Zico and Cholo, I do not understand the
affection between Stephanie and Cholo, I do not understand the
marriages of Stephanie, I do not understand the fond of tango and the
darkest personalities... Okay, let’s say the S&M and tango were
decorating the story, but still I do not understand the story. Is it
suggesting that reality is one gangster and more gangsters and no one
can ever get out of this muddle? Oh, it left question marks for me.
What I could agree is that Tango is very sophisticated, erotic, seductive, raw and vulgar. Tension and attraction was nicely captured but the dance itself was not so spectacular. Even so it was worth watching, because it is easier to have fantastic tango choreography than to have a genuine tango-feeling atmosphere. Maybe setting it in a dark and muddling part of history and danced by whores and killers helped?