Seeing Queimada (Burn!) again after all these years & just having re-read the book, I find the film a bit lacking in clarity. The frenetic editing doesn't leave quite enough time for the full import of each incident to sink in before racing off ahead to the next scene. This gives the plot line a somewhat disjointed sensation that robs it of its overall power. In addition, the Jose Dolores character needed a bigger bolder actor to really carry it off — Ving Rhames would have been ideal. Brando played his William Walker role to the hilt — doesn't he always? — but I find the film doesn't quite do justice to Norman Gant's fine book.
