Bodybuilder vs. arms dealers — in tights. Venezuela made a lucha-noir fever dream.
In Caracas, a massively built dock-worker has beef with munitions-smuggling gang, and meanwhile he's recruited to perform as a lucha-libre wrestler.
Acting
Sergio Oliva's physical presence — three-time Mr. Olympia in spandex.
Practical Effects
Genuine lucha libre sequences with actual ring legends.
Production
Caracas dockyards as gritty, unlikely action backdrop.
Director
Alfredo B. Crevenna
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sergio Oliva was the only bodybuilder to defeat Arnold Schwarzenegger at Mr. Olympia; this was his acting debut.
Crevenna was a prolific Mexican exploitation director; this rare Venezuelan co-production captures Caracas's oil-boom anxiety.
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