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This film is for those with strong stomachs and open minds
This film is about a few topics such as relationships , loyalty and desperation . It is put together in such a way that the viewer is frequently wondering what is going to happen next . Even those familiar with Sam Peckinpah's style will be likely to be shocked by certain scenes and images . <
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>Warren Oates gives a great performance that is heartbreaking at times . <
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>If you find this film to be a bit over the top , then you are lucky enough to be able to buy the " Peckinpah Western Collection " DVD set , which has just come out . That would be a bit of an antidote to this movie . <
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>If you are new to Sam Peckinpah's films , then this would not be the best place to start . I feel it will be a while before I watch it again , though I'm glad to have it in my collection . <
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>It seems to be a film that may be enjoyed by those that have been around the block a few times relationship wise - I got that feeling from it . It is a film that would not be made today , I feel safe in saying . <
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>Those that really want a departure from the everyday may enjoy it . <
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A Disaster
I'm a huge fan of both Warren Oates and Sam Peckinpah, but I can admit that this film was a bust. <
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>It totally failed my expectations, based upon the somewhat whimsical title and the fact that Oates was cast in the lead (not his only starring role, he also takes the lead in "Cockfighter") I expected a grimly humorous caper, with Oates playing a bumbling, but loveable man, out for cash, caught in the middle. What I got was a farce. The plot is basic and uninteresting, no real hooks and horrible characterization. In the beginning of the film we see Oates' character, Benny, an American piano player living in Mexico, enlist in the quest to obtain the head of Alfredo Garcia, a young womanizer responsible for impregnating the daughter of a wealthy landowner, who subsequently puts a bounty on Garcia's head. Benny is reluctantly aided in his campaign by his girlfriend, played by Isela Vega, who is killed along the way. Angry at her death, Benny goes on a killing spree, with the other bounty hunters his target, as well as the wealthy landowner who took out the contract on Garcia. What!? How does Oates character go from cash hungry lounge act, to a mega action hero gunning down everyone involved in this situation that was inaverdently the cause of the death of his girlfriend; a girlfriend who is at best, nothing more than an unfaithful, on\off affair, even seen giving him crabs in one scene! What a joke of a plot. I think Peckinpah just wanted an excuse to throw in as much violence as possible, albeit violence which has no cause, rhyme or reason. I was totally shocked by this, as while Peckinpah certainly does depict the brutal side of humankind, he has always shown it with honesty and a sense of almost regretful compassion, just look at the final scene in "The Wild Bunch", or better still, "Iron Cross". The violence in this had the same spirit as the violence in some video game. <
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>Furthermore, something wasn't right with Oates in this one. He lacked that slightly gooberish edge he always has. He played the part far too seriously, and while I have never seen Oates play a role poorly any other time, I must say that here his performance was forced. I got my answer to what was wrong when I watched a documentary on the man, and Robert Culp (who said "Bring..." was "crap" and "didn't work") noted that Oates was attempting to play Peckinpah himself in this. Apparently, this film was Peckinpah's personal fantasy. <
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>I give this two stars only because Isela Vega is great, and there are a few cool little moments that save it from total oblivion (such as the scene I noted where Oates is sitting in bed, picking out crabs, pissed at what his woman gave him the night before), otherwise, it would have gotten one.

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There's a bad smell coming from my DVD player...
Nobody in the world will ever convince me that this film doesn't suck. I have two eyes, a respectable knowledge of film and a very good idea of what I find entertaining and I say this film is junk. <
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>Some stud by the name of Alfredo Garcia knocks up a teenage girl, so her father puts out a $1M reward for whoever brings him the head of Alfredo Garcia. Films going good so far, but wait cause here comes Warren Oates as a goofy talking drunk who never takes off his massive grandma glasses. <
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>Him and his unimpressive girlfriend drive around and drink and talk and sing and argue and meet that world's friendliest rapist and talk and talk and talk. Finally after about 7 hours we get to some action and I've seen better action scenes on "The A-Team". What a horrible movie. <
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>Skip this stinker.