Heads Up

Breckenridge Gamble is a man suffocating under the weight of high-society boredom, a protagonist defined by a restless energy that his daily routine cannot contain. When a group of oil magnates offers him a clandestine mission to the South American Republic of Centralia, he doesn't just accept a job; he escapes a gilded cage. His task is a simple delivery to President Losada, but upon arrival, the narrative shifts from a travelogue into a high-stakes revolutionary thriller. Gamble discovers a nation in the throes of a coup, with the President languishing in a dungeon and the ruthless Cortez pulling the strings of power. After being captured himself, Gamble orchestrates a daring escape through a series of tactical deceptions, including a bold impersonation of the prison's own comandante. The film culminates in Gamble raising a makeshift army and delivering a financial draft that serves as the literal and figurative lifeblood of the legitimate government, securing both the state's future and the hand of the President's daughter, Angela.