A good man and his son are kidnapped by a bunch of bandits called 'Los Chacales'. Twenty years after, another band of 'banditos' (Los Plateados) terrorizes the region.
Is this thing worth a watch? If you have a massive soft spot for old-school melodrama and don't mind a plot that feels like it was written in a fever dream, sure, dive in. If you get annoyed by people not realizing they're related until it's way, way too late, you'll probably hate this. It’s not for the impatient, that...
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Fernando de Fuentes
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"Is this thing worth a watch? If you have a massive soft spot for old-school melodrama and don't mind a plot that feels like it was written in a fever dream, sure, dive in. If you get annoyed by people not realizing they're related until it's way, way too late, you'll probably hate this. It’s not for the impatient, that’s for sure. The whole setup with Los Chacales kidnapping the kid in the opening feels like it belongs in a different, much grittier movie. Then we jump twenty years, and suddenly..."
Jorge Pezet, Fernando de Fuentes
Mexico
1920 · IMDb 6
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