It's one bloody mess with no redeeming value that I can see. Sam Peckinpah made sure nobody was left alive after this bloody film was done. But when Vega is killed Oates goes off the wall. With girlfriend Isela Vega sets out to find Garcia. Who in turn farm it out to bartender/piano player Warren Oates who Heįarms out the contract to a pair of American hitmen Gig Young and Robert Very well Fernandez wants proof, the head off the corpse would be nice. As it turns out Garcia was killed in a carĬrash so Fernandez is robbed of primary vengeance. The usualĭead or alive deal, but with proof. Alfredo is a gigolo who impregnated andĪbandoned Fernandez's daughter and Fernandez has a bounty on him. Which doesn't please rich landowner Emilio Fernandez who is best rememberedĪs the bandit chief in The Wild Bunch. Work before and after Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia. I'm not sure why this Sam Peckinpah film gets any kind of acclaim.
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Some movies are simply violent and pointless and this movie certainly qualifies as such a film. For all others, particularly kids, old people and the easily nauseated, don't bother. I would recommend this movie wholeheartedly to lovers of excessively violent and poorly written, acted and directed films. Nauseating and over-done scenes involve Warren Oates talking to a disembodied head that is festering as well as many, many slow-motion death scenes-a Peckinpah trademark that is getting pretty old by this film. While it was true that the movie was pointlessly violent and stupid, there were actually a few moments in watching it that I didn't totally hate it-though they were greatly overshadowed by the bad ones.
While I would agree that it is pretty much crap, it was okay quality crap-and that's just too good for any book on dreck. While this is one of the most brilliant books of this type ever made, on occasion, it discusses movies that aren't truly bad enough to make the top 50. This is one of 50 films that were featured in the book THE FIFTY WORST FILMS OF ALL-TIME by Harry Medved.
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