I came across a synopsis of "Che: Part Two" on the Web site for Yahoo! movies and it said, "Through this story, we come to understand how Che remains a symbol of idealism and heroism that lives in the hearts of people around the world."

At first this was difficult for me to understand because after the success of the Cuban Revolution, Ernesto "Che" Guevara left his family, his friends and a country in which he was beloved to organize another revolution in a country to which he had no visible connection. To some, this may look like a man obsessed with violence, war, and power, but for Che, it was his duty to free the oppressed. He left fame and success in Cuba for pain and struggle in the jungles of Bolivia where he would ultimately come to his death.

"Che: Part Two," the second half of Soderbergh's epic about the revolutionary Guevara is far less innovative than the first installment. This film suffers from the fact that Soderbergh's film was split in two because it was far too long for commercial audiences to endure in one sitting. It doesn't help that the first hour of the two hour and 15 minute film is extremely slow moving.

Che, played by Benicio Del Toro, disappears from public view in 1966 and rumors swirl concerning his whereabouts. In reality, he is traveling to Bolivia in disguise to begin to organize his guerilla army.

One of the biggest flaws of the story is the number of characters the audience is expected to keep track of. We are introduced to so many characters that it becomes impossible to recognize any of them. Soderbergh could have done better to limit the number of characters and focus on telling a good story about a few.

For example, in the beginning we are shown scenes of a young woman traveling in Bolivia and attending what seems to be a government event or party. We are not told until much later that she is a spy for Che who has infiltrated the Bolivian government. The lack of this information renders those early scenes meaningless for the audience.

The film succeeds in conveying the overwhelming adversity that Che faced in Bolivia; the inability to find and keep loyal and capable guerillas, receiving no support from Mario Monje, the Secretary-General of the Communist party in Bolivia; and the propaganda campaign by the Bolivian government against the guerillas all convey a feeling of the true hopelessness of their cause. A number of intense and crippling battle scenes in the second half of the film accent the painful end of Che's dream for a Latin American revolution.

Between the two parts of "Che" there is a great movie, but on their own they fail to make a significant impact. Soderbergh clearly had a specific vision for the story he wanted to tell but sometimes that vision must be sacrificed in order to make a film more audience-friendly.