I don't know who was the one who put the key words, but the movie doesn't have almost any of what is described. They made it look like in the vein of Ken Park, and there's nothing graphic, other than very gratuitous violence, so over the top that makes the movie lose credibility. Disjointed story, unbelievable characters, and for me spaniard from Argentina was impossible to understand the dialogues. My advise, watch something else instead. Nothing to see here.

A strong story poorly delivered. Jesus is a teen going off the rails since the loss of his mother and his with his dad spending too much time away from home for his work and leaving Jesus alone. He hangs out with some friends (a gang) getting high, getting drunk and having sex. One boozy and druggy night after they've broken into a park Jesus and his friends find a young guy (Gonzales) who's also off his face. One of the group (Beto the oldest) starts treating Gonzales badly, getting more and more violent with the others half-heartedly joining in. Later the next day it's on the news because Gonzales made it to a hospital, but is in a coma. Jesus, who hadn't given it another thought, is in shock. His friends desert him and Beto threatens him to keep his mouth shut. When his dad comes home Jesus tells him and his dad takes him to a shack in the countryside telling him it will be ok and he will sort it out. Gonzales dies. Jesus is unaware but his dad hears it on his car radio and he tricks Jesus into a police trap. A very moving final scene. Great story, good acting, reasonable script, but poorly realised. The film lacks tension and tends to drift. Also there are two short sex scenes which are fine in showing the confidence Jesus has in his sexuality. But we know what sex is, it didn't assist the plot by being explicit.

Sometimes a film is slow, with characters doing not much and featuring lengthy shots of little import, but it works. Other times, as with 'Jesús', it does not.

The titular character is a member of a teenage gang in the Chilean capital Santiago. The lads pass their time practicing their 'K-pop' moves, watching execution videos, drinking and having casual sex. Just as the viewer is losing the will to live (I kept myself alert by mentally compiling my shopping list),things spark - but only a little - when the gang viciously assault a drunk they find in a local park. With the man hospitalised in a coma and the police closing in, the gang turn on each other, with Jesús himself torn between betraying his erstwhile friends or evading justice himself.

My word, does this film drag. Those lengthy shots of people driving, or walking down a street, or eating; the conversations with only one participant in camera (and often in extreme close-up); the 'workshopped' feel to much of the activity... I do not think I have ever been so bored by a film! The actors do their best - Alejandro Goic, as Jesús' often-absent father faced with parental responsibility of the most difficult kind, is noteworthy - and I suppose as a portrayal of aimless, hopeless South American youth the film certainly gets its message across, but there is an overpowering feeling of dullness about it all. Although the sex scenes are daringly explicit, even they have a feel of being chucked in just to keep the viewer from nodding off.

Not one for a repeat viewing!