Untamed Royals (now on Netflix) is a dead-serious eat-the-rich drama from Mexican director Humberto Hinojosa Ozcariz. It’s a bit of a maddening watch, since it dramatizes the vast gulf between the privileged and working classes via the hedonistic, sociopathic actions of teenagers who seem to be testing how much social and legal leeway their parents’ wealth provides them. But these kids also loathe their parents, who are awful people who, shocker, went on to raise awful children.
It’s complicated, is what I’m saying – and be warned, the movie may test how long you’ll stick with a movie populated with loathsome characters. Thankfully, it’s only 99 minutes long. UNTAMED ROYALS : STREAM IT OR SKIP IT? The Gist: These people have a whole damn equestrian setup.
Horses, stables, ranch hands, a riding hall. The house is a giant modern concrete bunker with a thousand sharp corners. Money money, everywhere.
Xavier (Juan Pablo Fuentes) lives there. He’s not there right now , because he’s busy telling his therapist that he gets aroused whenever he tells a lie. And he’d be home sooner if the family driver, Leopoldo (Allan Urbano) didn’t get fired this morning for allegedly stealing a watch belonging to Xavier’s father, Santiago (Francisco Rubio).
The dynamic in the house is ugly ugly ugly; Xavier overhears their two housekeepers, Mari (Itzel Quintal) and Paty (Caraly Sanchez) saying they don’t believe Leopoldo did it. Santiago isn’t ashamed to play favorites wi.