“CINEMATIC GENIUS. CUSTOM MADE FOR THE IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE. ALREADY DESTINED TO STAND ALONGSIDE THE GREATS.” Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times

“AN EPIC ACHIEVEMENT. NOTHING I’VE SEEN IN RECENT YEARS HAS HELD MY ATTENTION SO RELENTLESSLY.” Joe Morgenstern, The Wall Street Journal

“******! (highest rating) A LANDMARK. YOU WLL NEVER BE BORED, EVER. Books like no film since ‘Goodfellas’.” Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York

“AN EVENT. AN OUTRAGEOUS POLITICAL GANGSTER FILM.” J. Hoberman, The Village Voice

“AN ASTONISHING FILM. EDGAR RAMIREZ INHABITS THE TITLE ROLE WITH THE ARROGANT CHARISMA OF BRANDO IN HIS PRIME. IT’S TERRIFIC.” Todd McCarthy, indieWIRE

“THOROUGHLY IMMERSIVE. LIKE A DRUG THAT KEEPS ONE’S PULSE QUICKENED. A MOVIE THAT ONE CAN SOMEHOW REMEMBER VIVIDLY FOR MONTHS.” Rob Nelson, The Village Voice

“EXCITED, EXCITING, EPIC…Carlos steps into the abyss created by the loss of political hope and fills it with blood and terror, playing to the faithful with anti-imperialist rhetoric and a pantomime of that old-time revolutionary feeling.” Manohla Dargis, The New York Times