The Untamed

I think the acting was one of the best things about this movie. I do love how they portray the alien. Primal for what it is and if you are not useful, it responds in what I think is a realistic way. It would have been cool to see how it injures and kills. I think it could have a sequel. I'd like to see where the story goes. I feel like this is the way things would go down. Maybe if she stopped coming, the alien would pursue her, who knows.

A young woman comes to grips with her failing marriage and homosexual husband, and oh yeah there’s something about a tentacle sex alien too, in The Untamed (2016), a Mexican sci-fi horror film written and directed by Amat Escalante. Originally titled La region salvaje, it was released in the U.S. in 2017. The film gratuitously uses a provocative subtext to explore serious drama and sexual themes in small town Mexico.Amat Escalante is a Spanish director known for his gritty portrayal of the Mexican experience. The Untamed paints an unvarnished portrait, and even the natural scenes are bleak and depressing. Its original title translates to “the wild region,” which I’m assuming refers both to untamed nature and female sexuality. There are several close up shots that reinforce that theme scattered throughout the film.Alejandra (Ruth Ramos) and Ángel (Jesus Meza) are raising two children in an unhappy marriage. Alejandra’s brother, Fabian (Eden Villavicencio), is a nurse at a local hospital. Ángel and Fabian are having an affair. Things get weird when Fabian meets Veronica (Simone Bucio), who visits the hospital after being bitten by a lusty tentacle alien her parents (?) keep in their barn.Veronica lures Fabian to the barn, where the creature brutalizes him into a coma. He is later found naked in a ditch and brought to the hospital, where Alejandra meets Veronica. Police arrest Ángel for Fabian’s injuries because a bystander saw the two men arguing in a parking lot before Fabian disappeared.Somehow Veronica convinces Alejandra to also meet the alien, but she has a more pleasurable experience. Her sexual awakening leads her to realize the truth about her brother and husband’s relationship, and she flees with her children. After Ángel accidentally shoots himself in the leg, Alejandra returns to the barn, where she finds the alien has killed Veronica.Like most European films (The Untamed was made by a Spanish filmmaker), The Untamed heavily relies on tedious character development and subtext American audiences generally find boring. I have a feeling most viewers will skip to the alien scenes just out of curiosity. The CGI here is excellent for an indie film; much better than some big budget studio releases I’ve seen.I’m reminded of a writing professor who used to admonish us for including supernatural or fantastic elements in our stories. Why not use a person rather than a monster? He’d ask. Well, a monster is more interesting, I thought. In this case we have to ask: what does a tentacle sex alien bring to the story? You can’t just say, well, the movie is really about the protagonist’s sexual journey, because you don’t need a weird creature to tell that story. Plenty of movies feature lusty aliens, but the aliens are usually central to the plot.In The Untamed, remove the alien and little changes. Alejandra’s brother might as well have been hit by a car. You could say it motivates Alejandra to finally leave her husband, but finding out Ángel was having an affair with her brother probably would have been sufficient. Ruth Ramos and Simone Bucio are both beautiful actresses and don’t need intimate moments with a CGI monster to arouse the audience’s attention.Overall, The Untamed is a competent and provocative film, but its sci-fi element seems gimmicky. Its conclusion is murky and bleak. Is passion and sexual gratification ultimately dangerous and destructive, as the creature implies? Was everyone better off in their dysfunctional yet stable relationships prior to encountering the creature? Somehow I don’t think that’s the message Amat Escalante intended, but it’s hard to arrive at any other conclusion.

It's an erotic foreign fantasy about 2 women that encounters an space alien sex creature. That arouses women'ssexual fantasy desires.

Overall, I'd say it basically just depicts a young woman who isn't happy with her home life, so she decides to hookup with a space alien and experience the hoe life. Her married sex life wasn't fulfilling, but the fact that the space alien was packing huge phallic-shaped tentacles that apparently she enjoyed in every orifice concurrently was enough to make her semi-happy. Outside of that, movie seemed unsure of what it was about.

Wanted to watch a crazy horror movie with the boys during movie night.Immediately shut it off during a graphic gay sex scene.Obviously it didn't fit my needs for a horror movie so I could be biased, or maybe this is just a pretentious trash pile trying too hard to be avant garde cinema.I am sorry I paid for the rental.

This movie is very graphic and sexual. It is way closer to a relationship drama vs a cosmic horror movie as it was sold to me as. Doesn't answer any questions and doesn't really provide any character growth or arcs that are interesting or relatable. All in all, it will hold you interest but once it's over will leave you with a lot of questions and a feeling of frustration.

I have been reading tentacle erotica for some time but only visualize it in my head. This movie gives me the confidence to create my own ideas and hopefully the world will see it too.

If your wife or girlfriend watches this movie by herself, be prepared for her libido to be extremely high after it is over. I don't know if this was the film maker's intent, but it may be quite an aphrodisiac for certain women. Be warned.

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Una edición con excelente imagen y sonido en 5.1 DTS-HD MA, lo único es que tiene una secuencia de diálogo en inglés que no cuenta con subtítulos en español, pero es una buena edición que dudo mucho que la versión nacional logre igualar en las cuestiones técnicas.

I found The Untamed to be a surreal and somewhat erotic but in a horror sense. For this reason it can be shocking, disturbing and unsettling for some viewers. After this being said, The Untamed is an experience to appreciate all its subtleties and twists.

Great film and a great blu

Very good.