A Mexican cop, a presidential hit, and Chinatown chaos — 1977 pulp thriller energy unleashed.
In the context of a visit by the President of the United States to Mexico, there is a threat that China will attack his life. Policeman Filiberto is commissioned to avoid it, at any cost. His searches in the Chinatown will lead him to endanger his life, while he will find love in the young Marta.
Direction
Eceiza's frantic Chinatown sequences feel genuinely unhinged.
Acting
Pedro Armendáriz Jr. commits hard to the sweaty desperation.
Director
Antxón Eceiza
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Antxón Eceiza was a Basque filmmaker who fled Franco's Spain, making this Mexican-set paranoid thriller oddly personal.
The film captures genuine 1970s Mexico City locations now demolished, including the original Barrio Chino before gentrification.
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