Summaries

Bent on avenging the death of his gambling addicted father, Julian Carrera (Valentín Trujillo) embarks on a violent spree with deadly consequences.

A gambling addicted man wins a bet on a horse race, when he tried to collect his money, the sore loser killed him, then, torn by the grief of losing his father, Julian Carrera (Valentín Trujillo) who is mechanic decides to take action and embarks on a bloody vendetta which triggers violence and death.—jairhcastillo

The story is centered around Julian Carerra, he and his younger brother work to support their father's gambling addiction, mother is no where in the picture. After their father wins big one day he is killed by a sore loser. Julian then seeks to avenge his father's death. Once he avenges his father's death he decides to sell off everything he owns to send his younger brother far away to school knowing the possible reprocussions that are to come. The moral is that revenge is never a straight line & he learns the hard way that violence only brings more violence. This was one of the top movies during the 80's pinnacle of Mexican ultra-violence cinema. This is a solid revenge film.—Miguel Enriquez

Details

Keywords
  • revenge
  • shootout
  • criminal gang
  • melodrama
  • female assasin
Genres
  • Action
  • Thriller
  • Crime
  • Drama
Release date Oct 3, 1984
Countries of origin Mexico
Language Spanish
Filming locations Durango, Mexico
Production companies Cinematográfica Sol S.A.

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 32m
Color Color
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio

Synopsis

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