Evengyny Thanks for the memories!

BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment

MamaGravity good back-story, and good acting

Jakoba True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

Bullets1 Whenever a horror movie proclaims itself to be based on a true story, alarm bells start ringing. This movie proves to be no exception.Quick rundown of the plot: a woman gets hit by a truck on KM31, goes in to a coma. Her twin sister (they mention the fact they're identical twin sisters at least once every ten minutes) gets psychic powers from somewhere; a little kid ghost turns up, there's some nonsense in the forest and everyone dies. It's something like that. The plot is incomprehensible and constantly contradicts itself. Not helping is the fact the main actors Iliana Fox (playing both twins, both of whom appear to be a coma), Adria Collado (who looks like he SHOULD be able to act) and Raul Mendez (who also appears to be in a coma) have trouble expressing to the audience exactly what the f*ck is going on at any stage or, more importantly, why we should care. We are given literally no information on the four characters other than their first names and the fact that they're all dating one another - who is dating whom is an afterthought.An unnecessarily and unrealistically confrontational cop is thrown in to the mix for no other reason than to try and tidy up the plot, but he fails miserably adding yet another unwanted and contradictory subplot. The whole thing ends up in an unintentionally unresolved mess with the audience at a complete loss as to what we have been watching for the past two hours, or indeed, why.The MAIN failing in this movie, however, are the ghosts themselves. The audience is given no reason to fear them other than the fact they ARE ghosts. Of the five ghosts that appear in the movie, one is an idiot, two are passive to the point of uselessness and two simply could not be more helpful if they tried. It is a lazy tool of screenwriters to just stick a monster in their movie and expect the audience to be scared of them. There has to be a reason for us to be scared. Patrick Swayze was a ghost in that movie (can't remember it's name) as was Bruce Willis in The Sixth Sense. Ghosts aren't necessarily scary - the writer must give us a reason to be scared of them. There are a few decent shots in this movie which do nothing other than highlight how bad the rest of it is. It's boring, confusing, badly acted and badly directed. The ending is ultimately unsatisfying and the fact that it appears to have spawned a sequel - out in 2014 (maybe) - is beyond baffling. Give this one a miss.

Jim Goad I'd never heard of this film before I saw it and had no preconceptions or expectations. Actually, I was considering going to bed but KM 31 quickly grabbed my attention & I just had to watch it to the conclusion.I actually thought the story was reasonably original for a Ghost Horror movie, so I don't know why people are saying otherwise. I've certainly never seen a movie where the mentally ill mother of twin sisters drowns / OD's, the sisters develop a telepathic connection, one gets run over after seeing a ghost in the road & ends up in a coma, trapped between the world of the living & the dead then the other discovers an old tragedy of a mother & son drowning etc... It was all pretty engaging actually. Admittedly, the style is very similar to that of recent Japanese horror films but that's not a bad thing.I thought the acting was very solid with the exception of the old woman who was quite corny. In fact, Nuno & Omar were very well played. It would be easy for the actors to over act in this sort of film but everything was quite subdued which gave real tension.The Special effects are excellent & a real feature. I actually found myself thinking "Whoa! That was impressive." on a few occasions & that's a very rare thing these days. There are far too many recent films that rely on shaky camera work & bad lighting in an attempt to create the mood & hide iffy effects or ones that have so much CGI they look like a PS3 game. KM 31 gives you gruesome ghosts in gory detail & lets you get a good look at just how nasty they are. Makeup & CGI blend seamlessly & everything looks real. However, tension is retained because we don't get to see them properly until the film is getting near it's conclusion.Dialogue is fairly minimal & there's not a massive amount of character development but I don't think this is too much of a problem. My only real issue was the pace of the movie. Sometimes it drags a bit & there are scenes that could have been cut quite easily. On the other hand, there are parts where the plot moves by too quickly & scenes that ought to have taken 15 minutes are condensed into 5. This makes things confusing at times, especially at the end where there is no explanation why things turn out the way they do. I never quite understood the connection between our protagonists & the ghosts either.KM 31 is well worth checking out & has a really good balance of tension & surprise. I give it a good solid 7.

Julio Saenz (jacktheraperx) I know this is a Mexican movie and I'm Mexican, but for the sake of the website I'll write my review in English: I just went last night to see this movie, and as you can probably imagine I didn't slept all that well, some images kept popping in my mind after the lights were all gone.Anyway, this movie is truly amazing it really stands way above the recent Hollywood/jap horror flicks, some may say that it's just a copy of that, but think about it! let's just compare it to "The ring" (not "Ringu") and you will see this one is not just a bunch of cheap "jumping moments" when you least expect it it builds to it, you don't know exactly when to expect it but when it happens it makes sense and the images get carved in the back of your brain, it has a lot of plot twists and many references to old Mexican folk tales which I dare to presume not all people will get, it has something for everyone, those who know will get to see those old ghost stories come to life in the way of an image, those who doesn't will get a horrifying good time.This story is very well structured, the sound works incredibly at so many levels, the story is involving and straight to the point although we do not see a lot of character development it really is not necessary to understand the movie, the editing is great and the direction goes just beyond with some creative (altough sometimes pretentious) camera angles, the special effects were made with love just like the rest of movie, this is the kind of movie that you get out of teather feeling something's following you, will keep you up the night after you see it and the next day you will want to see it again.I don't know if by any chance Rigoberto Castañeda will read this reviews but if he does I really need to tell him, my hat's off to you sir and I stand up and applaud such a marvelous work of art, being a hardcore horror fan I find it refreshing to see such a movie and it really does give me hope for the Mexican movies in the near future, I just wish you just started a trend, not for horror movies, but for quality movies.Two thumbs up! -J

Paco Colmenares I can try to forgive the mistakes of Km 31, but I know I will not forget. Whoever investigates the Mexican cinema just a little, will realize horror genre is not around for, at least, 15 years. This is not an excuse, but let you understand where we are and where are we trying to go. Yes, it is true, Km 31 failed in many aspects. It failed with a captivating closing or with empathic performances, with a rhythm that he never found, with jumping of images packed in good special effects, but surrounded with incomprehensible sequences. But if we are fair, it also had wise moves. It has sowed a seed of confidence and credibility. He has made us remember that our cinema is perfectible and not only condemnable. It reminded us that bogeys not only exist in Tennesse, voodoo in New Orleans or curses in Japan. It reminded us that also here they watch, they threaten and scare. He reminded to us that here also we have fantasy. I am sure that with the correct support, Km 31 can be the beginning of a new history in the cinema of terror. I hope that this way it should be.