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Oro negro - Reseña y opinión
> > El cine de terror latinoamericano que yo he visto por lo general se inspira en leyendas, fantasmas, maldiciones y cuentos de la abuela, son historias que se relacionan con magia y sus consecuencias, de eso se trata Oro Negro una película Argentina del 2024, que en un principio pensé que tenía que ver con petróleo por lo del oro negro, pero no es así. > > Algo curioso que me sucede con las películas en español es que me cuesta entender el idioma y lo más chistoso es que es mi idioma natal y el único que hablo. 🤣, pero las películas argentinas o españolas suelen tener actores de su mismo país y sus personajes tienen el dialecto de sus actores, entonces por más español que hablo no logró entender claramente, incluso si están subtituladas activo esta opción para poder entender bien todo. No sé si esto le pasa a otros o soy la única 🤷🏼♀️. > >


The Latin American horror movies I’ve seen are usually inspired by legends, ghosts, curses, and old wives’ tales—stories related to magic and its consequences. That’s what “Black Gold” is about, a 2024 Argentine film. At first, I thought it had something to do with oil because of the “black gold” reference, but that’s not the case.
Something funny that happens to me with Spanish-language movies is that I have a hard time understanding the language—and the funny thing is that it’s my native language and the only one I speak. 🤣, but Argentine or Spanish movies usually feature actors from their own countries, and the characters speak with those actors’ accents, so no matter how much Spanish I speak, I can’t quite understand it clearly; even when they’re subtitled, I turn on the subtitles so I can understand everything properly. I don’t know if this happens to others or if I’m the only one 🤷🏼♀️.

Synopsis
After several years, two friends—Ramiro and Damián—reunite. Damián is always getting mixed up in shady schemes, looking for ways to make easy money, and he makes a proposal to Ramiro, hoping he’ll accept it.
Ramiro’s girlfriend finds out and disagrees, reminding him that he’s been involved in illegal activities in the past because of Damián, but they’re struggling financially and decide to go along with the plan. In the end, things get complicated, and they’ll pay the price.

Plot
The plan was to break into an abandoned convent and steal gold treasures and artifacts that any collector would pay top dollar for. The opening scenes felt very natural; the characters were very authentic, with simple, conversational dialogue, and they gave the impression of having no experience in what they were doing.
Without many clues, they made their way to where the treasure was hidden and stole it; during the process, they had several scares that didn’t scare me 😏, and they realized that stealing those objects would bring them bad luck or a curse, but they didn’t want to back down—though the girl was indeed scared and worried. In the end, they got away with it, sold the stolen goods, and lived the life they wanted, but years later they began seeing ghosts and realized they had to return everything—but they couldn’t, so the consequences were inevitable.
Opinion
As for the plot as a whole, every time a new scene or segment of the movie appeared, I felt like it was abruptly cut off, leaving the viewer confused; the makeup was appropriate for the genre, and there was plenty of gore used to create horror. They rarely changed locations, which leads me to believe there wasn’t much of a production budget in that regard.
It’s a movie for a specific audience—one that enjoys magic-themed stories and isn’t too demanding; I thought it was just okay—I wouldn’t call it bad, since it kept me entertained the whole time, but it’s not excellent either.


Cover image created by me with canva Source with resources from imdb
Translated and formatted with Deepl Translate
Rating: 60/100