Cobra Verde 1987

Critics score:
88 / 100

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J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader: Verde is too blankly amoral to sustain interest, but the film has isolated moments of haunting poetry. Read more

Time Out: Though less apocalyptical than usual, the imagery is as lavish as ever, but the film is wrecked by an underwritten narrative. Read more

Mark Holcomb, Time Out: The type of crazed, folkloric epic that Germany's own De Niro-Scorsese duo usually excelled at. Read more

Ed Halter, Village Voice: It's easy to understand why this was Herzog's final collaboration with the actor, but Kinski's performance nevertheless serves up a potent confusion of documentary and fiction that has long been an essential element of Herzog's filmmaking. Read more