A terrific film that raises the spirit of a revolutionary to the hilt.This movie is a 2 part biopic that runs nearly four and a half hours. When I saw it for the first time at home on in 2009, I just took a ten-minute break after the completion of the first part and was dying to start the second part. After finishing the movie viewing, I was overwhelmed. I was very happy; there is an inspiration that I must make my life worth before I die. There is an incentive to value life.Ernesto Che Guevara is one of the most inspirational revolutionaries of the centuries the world over. The way he organized and won guerrilla wars was something that was a shock to many regimes in the American continents. The depiction of Che by Benicio Del Toro is something that took me by a surprise. Benicio Del Toro was intrepid in playing Che. Never did I feel, I was seeing an actor, all through it was just Che.The makeup was superlative. For the first ten minutes of the second part of the film, I was stunned. I could not recognize who is playing the character. So right is the disguise and so great is the acting. Cinematography and art direction in this could be used as references for generations to come. The film took me into 1950's and 1960's and made live in those times.From the word go to the last frame, there is perfection in craft technically. The spirit of revolution is in place. Cuba, Fidel Castro, Revolution, Bolivia, UN conference, Che, wow so many overwhelming elements.Kudos to Steven Soderbergh and perhaps this is his finest effort. Also to Benicio Del Toro. Benicio, you will live on as Che forever.A 5/5 for my favorite revolutionary films. One of the all-time great films this.

I presume Che Guevara can be considered a controversial figure but I personally admire him; I can't deny this. This affection for him, anyway, did not influence my judgment. I take the liberty to make my comments on both movies, part one and part two: I start to say they are quite remarkable. The director has focused exactly on the point, showing to the world the good side of Che Guevara. He was a warrior, a warrior for a very important cause. He wasn't violent, he was at war. South America was and is controversial itself. I think Che had in mind only his fellows welfare and a precise idea of justice. Ha has lost his life fighting for them. His opponents were and are no saints. I am sure some people will not be eye to eye with me on this matter and on the movie quality too. Anyway, besides the outstanding photography and the perfect balance of the screenplay, Soderbergh has created the right atmospheres in both movies. Cuba and Bolivia stories are very different, so therefore the movies are clearly made with two different approaches, making me feel exactly what has happened in there and why the end of the stories have been so different. I think is a good testimony for the future generations. Understand what Che has tried to accomplish is important, whatever is everyone's idea of the world.

Just like part One, a dramatised documentary of such sanitised material that it quickly becomes, and remains, an exceedingly boring watch. No matter del Toro's acting, the script is devoid of any real insight into Che - no, Mr Soderbergh, it is not enough just to have made the film, it has to take on the issues regarding this iconic figure, and you don't!!! The film just watches a bunch of guerillas hopelessly meandering around Bolivia without a strategy or even a workable plan to overturn the regime - just like the first part, so why did one succeed and not the other? A couple of passing answers are hinted at, but nothing to stir or engage the viewer. And what was the point of not showing Che's end, with all the curious onlookers at his naked dead body? Answers please on a postcard! It was only the fact that the US had executed Bin Laden in similar vein and dumped the body that there was any resonance to the tame ending.

Just as was the case with the first movie, this is a well made one but it's also a far from involving or interesting one. Seriously, if you want to learn about Che Guevara you are better off simply reading a book or watch a documentary about him because this movie will learn you very little.It's quite annoying how this movie doesn't really bother to explain anything or go deeper into detail with certain things. Even the character of Che remains a kind of flat one and you just don't know what is going on in his head or what his exact motivations and true beliefs were. He is mostly being a very unpredictable character that you just can't ever really care about.To add to the confusion of it all, even more characters get introduced this time. There are dozens and dozens of speaking roles in this movie and each of those characters have a name as well. Why should we care about any of them when we can't even tell who is who anymore after a while. There are simply too many characters and the movie should had focused more on just an handful of them. It would had made the movie far more involving to watch and easier to follow.Even though you can't really hate this movie, it's also not really a movie that is very pleasant to watch due to its overall approach. It's a hard movie to get through and you really have to sit down to watch it, without any distractions. Yet, strange as it might sound, I liked this movie a tad bit better than the first one. The overall flow was more pleasant and more was happening in this movie, although it still remains a sort of slow- and at times dragging one. The movie didn't seemed as messy and random with some of its sequences this time, almost as if they had more time to put this movie together in the editing room than was the case with the first part.With the first movie it still seemed quite pointless that they spend so many millions of dollars on it. I mean, the movie is about just a bunch of guys going to the jungle. With this movie the money seems better spend. It has more different settings in it and also far more action. But don't think that this means this movie is an action movie please.It remains a really well made film but don't watch this expecting to be grabbed- or learn anything from it. A good movie but without a real heart or message.7/10http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/