- Type
- Film
- Status
- Released
- Release
- November 5, 1993 (31 years ago)
- Language
- Spanish
- Origin
- Mexico
- Genres
- Dark Fantasy
- Production companies
- CNCAIMC
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Rating
- R
Cronos
Where to watch (United States)
Cast
Federico LuppiJesus Gris
Ron PerlmanAngel de la Guardia
Claudio BrookDe la Guardia
Margarita IsabelMercedes
Tamara ShanathAurora
Mario Iván MartínezAlchemist
Daniel Giménez CachoTito
Farnesio de BernalManuelito
Juan Carlos ColomboFuneral Director
Jorge Martínez de HoyosNarrator (voice)
Javier ÁlvarezBleeding Man
Gerardo MoscosoDrunk
Eugenio LoboStoned Man
Laurencio CorderoWatchman
Francisco 'Napo' SanchezMimo
Luis de IcazaTango Student
Crew
Reviews
Reelviews Movie Reviews Extented Reviews from James Berardinelli. Approved as a critic by Rotten Tomatoes. Fantasy novelist.
Blu-ray Review: Guillermo del Toro’s Cronos on the Criterion Collection The resulting auteurist splatter both fascinates from a thematic standpoint and frustrates from a narrative one.
Cronos movie review & film summary (1994) "Cronos" begins with the legend of a 14th century Spanish alchemist who invents a device both elegant and horrifying: a small golden machine, looking like a scarab beetle from Faberge, which unfolds its beautiful claws and sinks them into the flesh of its user, injecting a substance which will impart immortality. Centuries later, we learn, a Mexican earthquake shakes down the building where the alchemist . . . was still alive.
Cronos - Movie Review What a strange film this is. The second-highest-budgeted Mexican movie since Like Water for Chocolate, this import is an impressive, disturbing rumina
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