I'm Gonna Explode review

Some young Mexican tearaways hide out on a roof

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Ignore ads evoking the ghost of Bonnie And Clyde – this ain’t no shoot ’em up.

But that doesn’t mean this Mexican drama doesn’t sport a healthy amount of bloody-mindedness.

Continuing his obsession with teens on the brink (see Drama/Mex), director Gerardo Naranjo draws a sizzling rapport from first-time actors Maria Deschamps and Juan Pablo de Santiago, who play runaways hiding in plain sight on the roof of a house.

If ultimately little more than an extended riff on Jean-Luc Godard’s Pierrot Le Fou, the startling vistas, sexual awakenings and a storming soundtrack ensure it’s never dull.

Josh Winning has worn a lot of hats over the years. Contributing Editor at Total Film, writer for SFX, and senior film writer at the Radio Times. Josh has also penned a novel about mysteries and monsters, is the co-host of a movie podcast, and has a library of pretty phenomenal stories from visiting some of the biggest TV and film sets in the world. He would also like you to know that he "lives for cat videos..." Don't we all, Josh. Don't we all.