After assassinating his boss -- who just so happens to be an important underworld crime figure -- Carlos (Andres Garcia) turns to the one place he can think of to keep him safe: the CIA. But the top secret government organization inexplicably responds to the desperate man's plea for protection by kidnapping Carlos's family, holding them captive until he carries out their questionable demands. Alicia Encinas and Pablo Ferrel co-star.
Direction
René Cardona's unhinged genre-hopping between spy thriller and family drama.
Acting
Andrés García's committed performance elevates ridiculous material.
Director
René Cardona
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Mexico's 1970s-80s 'cine de ficheras' and action boom, when local studios churned out genre films explicitly competing with Hollywood blockbusters on micro-budgets.
Director René Cardona was a prolific exploitation filmmaker who directed over 100 films; his son René Cardona III appears here as 'Blue shirt terrorist,' keeping it in the chaotic family.
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