Ivonne Montero & co in “Asesino en Serio” [2002 Mexico, Spain]

Antonio Urrutia’s outrageous comedy “Asesino en Serio” [Eng. Titles: Serious Killer, I Murder Seriously] is one of those deliciously tacky films you’ll love to have in your collection. I had reviewed this several years ago, but this a reappraisal from my DVD.

The film is a sumptuous feast – it is ridiculously funny in places, especially the scenes between the protagonist Jesús Ochoa who plays the crime investigating officer Martínez, and Santiago Segura who plays the priest Gorkisolo, where liberal helpings of satire are dished out. It is also sexy with some seriously gorgeous Mexican beauties spicing things up. The casting, cinematography, direction, and of course the exquisite soundtrack give it the essential Latin flavour. There may be a lot of goofs and inaccuracies if you want to really nit-pick, but that is actually part of the film’s charm. And I’m quite surprised Antonio Urrutia hasn’t made a film since, at the time of this posting. But if you like Latin American cinema, you’ll simply love this – needless to say, Highly Recommended Viewing..!

Commandante Martínez is puzzled by the strange spate of murders in his neighbourhood – dead women found wearing the broadest of smiles, as if they were in a state of ecstasy when they breathed their last. The coroner establishes that the deaths were caused by ‘fatal’ orgasms. Martinez traces the murders to a recent discovery by an archaeologist – about erotic techniques used by mesoamericans. Which leads him to a priest who’d been perfecting his technique of the new-found knowledge upon unsuspecting prostitutes. It so happens that Martínez also needs to master the technique if he’s to survive an elaborate plot to eliminate him…

The Nudity – Compilation 1: Laila Saab, Liana Iniesta, and others

One of the sexiest opening credits in film, where endearingly beautiful Laila Saab works her charms on her archeologist-professor, with serious consequences.

Scene Guide:

• This must be one of the sexiest opening credits in film – a student seduces her professor-archaeologist to see if his theories about Meso-American eroticism are true – with devastating consequences. Endearing Laila Saab plays the sexy student who soon ends up dead, leaving Martínez and his team baffled. The coroner reports that she was filled with vaginal fluids at the time of death. The track “Amado Mío” by Pink Martini is works for this scene beautifully.
• Victim no: 2 – Father Gorkisolo tries out his newly acquired knowledge on Estelita, a local prostitute, played by Liana Iniesta. Martínez investigates.
• Victim no: 3 – which I think is played by Fabiola Torres, but I’m now not sure.
• Victim no: 4 – actress uncredited.

The Nudity – Compilation 2: Ivonne Montero
Yolanda is the love-interest of Martínez. After making her the beneficiary of his life insurance policy, he discovers that she’s after all a scheming bitch in a hurry to eliminate him so that she could live with her ‘real’ lover with the windfall. Yolanda is played by an extremely easy-on-the-eye Ivonne Montero.

The gorgeous and sexy Ivonne Montero is perfect eye candy in “Asesino en Serio”.

Scene Guide:

• Martínez with Yolanda – sparks fly but the poor ol’ chap couldn’t contain his excitement.
• An extension of the above scene from the DVD extras.
• Yolanda makes sure her next date with Martínez will be special. By now he already knows about her cunning plan and is plotting one of his own.
• Martínez shows Yolanda her birthday present – the insurance document, and soon treats her to his newly acquired technique. He also OD’s her lover and places him next to her body.
• CSI Mexico arrive and are still bickering over the reason for Yolanda’s death.
• Brief scene of Martínez with the only woman who seems to care about him – prostitute Gilda, played by Gabriela Roel.

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Download Links for BOTH Compilations:
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
(All parts required – Unpack with Winrar)
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