Carlos Reygades' "Batalla en el Cielo" was one of the highly touted Competition film as the Festival de Cannes got under way, but it proves to be a disappointing turn-off. The cityscape of modern-day Mexico City is observed with documentarylike scrutiny but without any particular point of view. "Batalla en el Cielo" -- or "Battle in Heaven" -- may win more festival dates, but despite the inclusion of graphic though unerotic sex scenes it will be tough to find an audience for a film so determined to puzzle and annoy but not to enlighten.

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