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638 Ways To Kill Castro [2006] [DVD]

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Directors: Dollan Cannell
Format: PAL
Language English
Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
Number of discs: 1
Classification: Exempt
Studio: Fremantle Home Entertainment
DVD Release Date: 29 Jan 2007
Run Time: 140 minutes

Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

ASIN: B000MEYGTU
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 49,799 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)
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638 Ways to Kill Castro tells the story of some of the numerous attempts to kill Cuba's leader Fidel Castro.

The film reveals multiple methods of assassination, from exploding cigars to femme fatales; a radio station rigged with noxious gas to a poison syringe posing as an innocuous ballpoint pen. The former head of Cuban Intelligence alleges that there were over 600 plots dreamt up to end the life of the "red menace".

On the trail of Castro’s would-be killers, the filmmakers meet a series of would-be assassins – several are also accused terrorists, still living in America. All these men, the film reveals, were supported and funded by the United States. At one point, staggeringly, the CIA even sought the help of the Mafia in the hope they would be able to succeed where so many others had failed.

The sub-text of the film is a comment on the contemporary War on Terrorism - acknowledged terrorists who have made common cause with the CIA in the past live happily in the United States, but individuals with often very sketchy connections with latter-day terrorism have ended up incarcerated without trial at Guantanamo Bay.

Synopsis

A look at a number of ways America and exiled Cubans have attempted to assassinate Cuban leader Fidel Castro. Features interviews with those who attempted to kill Fidel and those who have prevented them doing so.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Terrorism versus 'fun & games', 9 July 2007

By	Brian Covert - See all my reviews

A brilliant British-made film that would be outrageously funny if its subject were not so deadly serious. "638 Ways to Kill Castro" features a wealth of old film clips, backed up with great firsthand interviews of some of the people who had plotted to assassinate Cuban president Fidel Castro over the years. Cuban-Americans in Florida, USA openly and proudly talk in the film of the need to kill off "The Beard," as the aging Cuban leader is called, essentially to save humanity.

I always pay great attention to a movie's soundtrack, and I also really like the music that the filmmakers have used for the interplay of characters and scenes throughout the film.

Secret operations are often known in the U.S. covert intelligence community as "fun and games," and, as the film shows, the obsession of several U.S. presidents -- from Eisenhower to, yes, Clinton -- has made "getting" Castro the biggest game of all. Never mind that the U.S. government has worked with some of the most notorious figures in the mafia and Cuban exile community to try and "get" their man. One such well-known figure, interviewed in the film, is Luis Posada Carriles, who today is living freely and openly in the United States.

In this age of the "war on terrorism," this film brings home the irony of how one nation's terrorism can be another nation's "fun and games." The film is well-researched and well-edited, entertaining and informative. History, humor and some home-grown filmmaking hubris earn this one 5 stars for sure.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Engaging, 1 Aug 2008

By	K. Murphy (Co. Kerry, Ireland) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I found this film very enjoyable. It's an engaging look at an interesting subject, Castro, who most of the world would have been much happier had he just gone away. Well, there were many attempts on his life, and some are just so crazy, you know they have to be true. You certainly come away from the film pretty certain that Castro is not the crazy one among this cast of characters...

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